Posted by Home Composter on November 1st, 2009 under How to Make Compost

How do I know when the compost is ready? Since I haven’t gotten to the point of adding another tray to my Worm Factory 360, I had not yet considered if I would know that it was done. I think mainly the worms will leave the tray once there is no food left and there is food on the next tray up, but I guess it’s possible that the tray could be full and not fully composted. So a tip I read on Real Simple is to put the compost into a baggy and smell it before you seal it. Put it in a drawer for a few days and then open it and smell it again. It should smell the same as when you put it in. If it smells worse, then it could probably use more composting. Great tip and very cool to see one of my favorite magazines with a couple of articles on Home Composting.

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