Summary: If your compost pile isn’t heating up, it’s likely due to one of four reasons. Steve goes into each of the 4 main culprits why your compost pile is failing to achieve high temperatures.

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Video Timeline:
0:00 Start of Video
0:20 Why a car motor is similar to a compost pile or compost bin
0:36 Why a compost pile needs oxygen and how to help it stay oxygenated
1:00 How bulking agents keep compost piles oxygenated
1:43 The concept of carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and why your pile needs to be near 25:1
2:05 What are browns and green in a compost pile? How to tell the difference
3:03 How to figure out how much brown and green material to put in your compost pile
4:10 How bulk density affects how you compost
5:05 What happens if your C:N is too low or too high
5:35 Why your compost pile needs heat in order to create more heat
6:05 How large does your compost pile need to be?
6:29 Why a compost pile needs moisture between 50% and 65%


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