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Tumbling Compost Bin

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SaguaroBlossom · 02/06/2023 13:08

Garden Point Dual Chamber 2 x 70 L Tumbling Composter Bin | Composting Waste Box with Ventilation Openings | Made of Polypropylene & Stainless Steel | Suitable for Year-Round Use | 74 x 60 x 63 cm https://amzn.eu/d/hX78faT

Have any of you any experience of this type of compost bin? Our garden is too small for a large bin and I wonder if this would be effective . Thanks for any advice .

https://amzn.eu/d/hX78faT?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-gardening-4818994-tumbling-compost-bin

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zebette · 02/06/2023 16:25

I have a tumbling compost bin that I use for the winter time only when I don't want to walk to the end of the garden. It really is nowhere near as good as the bog standard dalek at the bottom of the garden - probably because it's small and not in contact with the earth. And mine has a larger capacity (single drum) than the one you're looking at - 70 litres is tiny.

Tots678 · 03/06/2023 08:39

I had a plastic drum type which didn't work too well for me - the compost would get wet and heavy and be difficult to turn - I don't know if it's that I'm in a cold wet area of the country or that I just don't try hard enough with chopping cardboard/ rotted leaves/ shortage of material. But last summer (sunny) was quite successful (in a dalek composter) and it's going well this year (sunny again). What about a wormery instead (but keep it raised as the hedgehogs/ badgers ate my worms).

PinkPlantCase · 03/06/2023 08:42

Never tried one of those but a hot bin worked really well for our small garden as it composts so quickly! They do different sizes and we had the smaller one.

https://www.hotbincomposting.com/

HOTBIN Compost Bins | Compost Garden & All Food Waste

HOTBIN Composting Bins are 32 times faster than cold Compost Bins and work all year round to provide you with nutrient rich compost in as little as 90 days.

https://www.hotbincomposting.com/

SaguaroBlossom · 03/06/2023 09:54

Thanks for the interesting comments. My Dalek bin worked really well in our previous garden, and I have also been thinking about a wormery. But perhaps I need to save up for a Hotbin!

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WobblyLondoner · 03/06/2023 19:27

I recently bought this after having a horrendous experience with a Hotbin.

www.hozelock.com/product/easymix-2-in-1-composter/

It doesn't ooze smelly goo everywhere (like the Hotbin) but it's not really delivered on the compost front either - I rotate it every few days and it just feels like a huge lump inside it falls from top to the bottom. Lots of tiny flies too, I think inherited from the Hotbin (I put the remaining compost from that into the new one).

So the jury is out for me, but I'd not get a Hotbin again within our current garden set up.

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