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• Clean the inlet air valve (part 13), the outlet air valve (part 8)
and the seep liquid hose, if necessary.
• Clean the liquid separation plate and seep liquid opening when
draining.
5.5 Using the adjustment valve
• When the temperature inside the composter is higher than
the outside temperature, keep the inlet air valve adjuster
(part 13) set to position 100. Monitor the temperature of the
composter and outside air (see Figure 3). If the compost mass
tends to cool down, lower the reading until the temperature
stays warmer.
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• As a rule, you can keep the inlet air valve completely open (po-
sition 100) during the warm season and turn it to the nearly
closed position (position 20) during the cold season.
• The structure of the inlet air valve prevents the valve from be-
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6. USING COMPOST AND SEEP LIQUID IN
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THE GARDEN
Compost is an excellent soil conditioner and contains nutrients
with a long-lasting effect for plants to use. Compost soil changes
and develops constantly and should be used in a different man-
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ner in the different stages of its development. Compost soil is
usually divided into two groups based on how mature it is: semi-
mature cover soil and mature compost soil. The mass emptied
from Quick Composter 500 is semi-mature cover soil. It can be
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further composted into mature compost soil (see 6.1) or used in
the garden for ornamental plants (see 6.2).
6.1 Maturing cover soil into compost soil
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When the Quick Composter is emptied, the compost mass has
usually matured to the cover soil phase. It is recommended that
cover soil only be used for covering the growing beds of orna-
mental plants. If you want to use it for edible plants, you should
post-compost it for another year to mature the mass into proper
compost soil.
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6.2 Using cover soil
Cover soil refers to semi-mature compost mass. The decompo-
sition process has progressed to a stage in which food waste
has decomposed. Harder wood matter and eggshells and citrus
fruit peels, for example, may still be visible, so cover soil looks
coarse. Semi-mature compost may still contain substances that
will impede growth and germination, so it should not be used as a
growing medium as such. Cover soil is not harmful to plants when
spread to cover the beds of ornamental plants in a layer of a cou-
ple of centimetres. This will allow the nutrients contained in the
compost to release for the plants to use.
6.3 Using mature compost soil
The fertilizing effect of compost depends on its raw materials.
The nutritional value of compost made from household waste is
usually higher than compost made from gardening waste. Com-
post soil alone does not make for a good substrate; instead, you
should add one-third to half of mineral soil, such as sand, silt,
loam or clay.
6.4 Using seep liquid
If you use a hose connected to the composter's seep liquid open-
ing to collect excess seep liquid from the bottom of the com-
poster, you can utilise the liquid in your garden. The seep liquid
contains nutrients which plants can readily use.
• Use seep liquid diluted with water (a minimum ratio of 1:2) for
watering your garden plants.
• You can also recycle seep liquid in your Quick Composter 500
by pouring it back into the compost mass from the top. Add some
bulking material and absorb a maximum of 5 litres of liquid in it
per day. If the mass is already wet, do not moisten it further with
seep liquid.
7. TROUBLESHOOTING
Composting not successful?
The majority of problems are caused by the wrong
type or insufficient use of the bulking material. Also
keep in mind the Biolan Tehokuivike high-perfor-
mance bulking material for cold-season composting.
What is the correct temperature in composting?
In Quick Composter 500, the temperature of the
composting mass varies between +10–70 degrees
centigrade. A very common temperature gauge read-
ing is +30–40 degrees. The less waste there is for
the micro-organisms to decompose, the lower the
temperature. The most important factor that ena-
bles composting to take place is to keep the mass
from freezing.
7.1 Rotten odour
If the composter has an odour of rot or decay, the compost mass
is too dense or wet, or there is no oxygen inside the composter.
• Check that you are using Biolan bulking material.
• Check that you have used enough Biolan bulking material.
• Temporarily increase the amount of bulking material until the
compost mass is no longer too wet.
• Remember to open and empty biodegradable bags before you
place them in the composter.
• Empty some of the wet compost mass from the bottom of the
composter (see Chapter 5.2). Place a couple of centimetres
of the mass around your ornamental plants. The unpleasant
odour will dissipate in a few days.
• Add a couple of shovelfuls of Biolan bulking material to the
bottom of the composter through the emptying hatch (part 4).
• Compact the mass and mix plenty of Biolan bulking material
in it.
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