Results
Temperature readings were fairly consistent in their month-to-month variance.
In winter the bins with leaf and weed mixture
maintained a higher temperature.
Bins with leaves and weeds averaged some 20 degrees
warmer then bins with only leaves.
Bin one had greatest temperature variances in second reading
From Nov. 24th to Dec. 14th 2004, general trend bins was
to decrease in temperature.
Between 10/25 and 11/14, bins 2 and 4 had highest temperature
Around 12/9, bins 3 and 4 had highest temperature
which continued until the end of study
Temperature results are
inconsistent with our observational data in humus production
Bin observations
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Date
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Bin Observations
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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11/11/04 |
warm to touch, dry, lots of mold, no visible decomposition | less warm than bin one, more mold, dry, no visible decomposition | warm, lots of steam, less mold, no visible decomposition, earthworms present | warm, not as much steam, no visible decomposition, earthworms present |
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11/23/04 |
no visible decomposition, pretty dry, some mold | warm, little moisture, little mold, very little decomposition | cold and wet, lots of earthworms, some decomposition | wet and cold, very little mold, lots of earthworms, most visible decomposition |
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12/9/04 |
wet, few worms, cold, no visible decomposition | cold, more worms than bin one, little mold, very little decomposition | cold, lots of earthworms, some decomposition | wet and cold, little mold, most visible decomposition, lots of earthworms |
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2/8/05 |
leaves frozen together, few worms under pile, no visible decomposition | frozen throughout pile, some worms under pile | frozen on top half, many at the worms at bottom third of the pile | frozen on top half, many worms at the bottom third of the pile |
Temperature readings of all bins during the duration of the experiment
