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MIXInG The coMPosT
ThE dESIgn OF ThE COMPOST MIXER
TAkES ThE hARd wORk OuT OF
COMPOSTIng.
YOu CAn OnlY TuRn ThE hAndlE In
OnE dIRECTIOn (AS IndICATEd). ThIS
wIll AllOw YOu TO lOCk ThE dRuM
InTO POSITIOn whEn unlOAdIng.
FIvE
REvOluTIOnS
dAYS ARE SuFFICIEnT EnOugh FOR
ThOROugh MIXIng OF YOuR COMPOST
PIlE.
whEn YOu hAvE FInIShEd ROTATIng
ThE dRuM, PlACE ThE dOOR In An
uPRIghT POSITIOn. ThIS PlACES ThE
AERATIOn/dRAInAgE unIT AT ThE
bOTTOM And wIll AllOw FOR ThE
EXTRACTIOn OF COMPOST TEA.
!
AlwAYS EnSuRE ThAT ThE dOOR IS SECuRElY ClOSEd bEFORE TuRnIng ThE dRuM.
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eXTRacTInG coMPosT lIQUIDs (Tea)
AFTER PlACIng ThE dOOR In An
uPRIghT
POSITIOn,
bOTTOM AERATIOn vEnT TO ThE
MIddlE,
AllOwIng
COMPOST TEA TO dRAIn. PlACE A
buCkET undER ThE dRuM, And ThE
COMPOST TEA wIll SlOwlY FlOw OuT
!
IF YOu wAnT TO kEEP "COMPOST TEA" FluId InSIdE ThE dRuM,
MAkE SuRE ThE bOTTOM AERATIOn vEnT ARE SwITChEd TO ThE ClOSEd POSITIOn
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EvERY
FEw
SwITCh
ThE
ThE
lIquId