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Message: [QUOTE="Mystic Moon Tree, post: 270490, member: 14503"] I have tried it & also tried composting directly into planting pots as they are recommended as low effort methods. I just didn't like them because the compost goes through a wet swampy anaerobic rot down phase which can spread pathogens from like store bought food or maneurs into the soil bed permanently. The alcohols & fermentation gets high, it gets HOT & if you plant into it too soon (an experiment I purposely did) the plants suffer. So I preffer to place a compost pile above ground on a tarp or cement so the neutrients don't leak away, or in specific tubs or buckets for composting. They gather for about 3 months in the buckets with loose lids or a trough cover or a tarp over them when I water them a bit to get the process started & I wait for flying insects to disipate. Then the buckets get fed to the worm farms & leaf scraps and clippings go to the compost pile. The aged pile gets added to the older pile after the wetter fermentation phase is done. We rest for a winter without disturbing the crust. Then the next spring we start turning out into 3 successive piles. We end up with rich soil, which is also safe from pathogens. We add amendments & aged chicken or pig maneur in as well as the worm castings & other things. Trenching can work, if you know the stuff you're putting in is free of pathogens and parasites. I personally would rest it to decompose for a couple years before planting into it. [/QUOTE]