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Seen this on my FB feed from rockets are cool. Indiegogo for a kitchen composter that alleges it turns table scraps into compost in just 24 hours. 
 
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zera-food-recycler-recycling--2#/
 
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Hybrid_Mode_01 said:
     (From the link^) "Keep the product away from roots and plant stems."
     It looks like I need to rethink what I've been doing with my compost all these years. :think:
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no i think you are fine.. having worked in the tree industry for over a decade i believe they are meaning roots and plant stems will probably tangle up and seize the motor... some stems shred into rope like material,wraps itself up around the gears and stoppedhuge chippers that could easily eat and spit out 3 foot diameter oak logs...
 
JUR-Z-Devil said:
 
no i think you are fine.. having worked in the tree industry for over a decade i believe they are meaning roots and plant stems will probably tangle up and seize the motor... some stems shred into rope like material,wraps itself up around the gears and stoppedhuge chippers that could easily eat and spit out 3 foot diameter oak logs...
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     Not quite. When they say "product" they're referring to the product of the machine, not the machine itself. The link actually instructs the user to never put the "compost" in contact with a plant's roots.
     But, yeah, it would also probably be a bad idea to put long vines or roots into a machine like that.
 
 
 
edit: Also, take a shop day and sharpen your knives! ;)
 
Hybrid_Mode_01 said:
 
     Not quite. When they say "product" they're referring to the product of the machine, not the machine itself. The link actually instructs the user to never put the "compost" in contact with a plant's roots.
     But, yeah, it would also probably be a bad idea to put long vines or roots into a machine like that.
 
 
 
edit: Also, take a shop day and sharpen your knives! ;)
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ooooohhh... now i see... it registered in my brain backwards as in dont put stems and roots into the product and then i thought you meant you put stems and roots in your compost and are gonna rethink that now as if they had some detrimental effect... misinterpretation...
 
Hell, im the climber... i dont touch the machinery other than the chainsaw... :dance:
 
the only reason they would say that is because its not actually compost yet.. its actually just a dehydrated smoothy.. once it gets wet it is still gonna have to decompose... same reason when landscaping with woodchips we never put them against the plant stem but leave it open a bit so the continued decomposition doesnt burn the plant...
 
it seems like the dried ground up matter (if that's what it is as opposed to actual composted material)  would compost in a matter of ...?days?....?a week or 2? ...and be usable to the plants right away as opposed to the year-long cycle of the usual compost pile. 
 
Dunno~ some of you plant guru guys could probably answer that question.
 
salsalady said:
it seems like the dried ground up matter (if that's what it is as opposed to actual composted material)  would compost in a matter of ...?days?....?a week or 2? ...and be usable to the plants right away as opposed to the year-long cycle of the usual compost pile. 
 
Dunno~ some of you plant guru guys could probably answer that question.
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Wouldnt that process steal nitrogen from the soil that the plant could be depending on? At least while it was actively decomposing... On a whim one day I shredded some carrot peels and mixed em in with some dirt and attempted to grow a pepper in it. The thing sprouted white, almost translucent, and then died after a few days. Havent tried that since :)
 
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