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Originally Posted by maricybele
The reason I prefer a sterile mix is the issue of bugs. My compost pile is more of a cooler pile, not alway hot. Bugs will lay eggs and they will hatch. I agree if you don't plant your precious seed it should be fine. I lost a lot rare seed just by having compost in the room, had other rookie issues but my room was full of all different kinds of insects due to overwintering of peppers I had just spread compost on and kept them in the same room.
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Throwing some fresh manure or even nitrates on the pile should help it to heat up from the inside out. I cannot turn my pile like I need to, so I broke all of my own rules before the rain and put a fairly large amount of nitrate on my pile the other day due to all the extreme cold and wet conditions. Without the heat inside the compost won't kill all of the bad things that can develop in an anaerobic pile. With each passing month it is harder for me to even fork new materials into the pile, much less turn it!