cockroaches

produce guy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:40 pm **Posts:** 166

just got in from turning my compost pile and have noticed alot of cockroaches,short and fat ones,Not like the kind you would find in your house,Should I try and get rid of'em or just keep 'em. :roll:

Dchall_San_Antonio · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:31 pm

Cockroaches in the pile are your friends. They decompose stuff in the pile, leave behind rich roach dung, and then they die leaving their carcasses there to decompose.

electryc_monk · **Joined:** Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:06 pm **Posts:** 4

huh! good to know... thanks...

produce guy · **Joined:** Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:40 pm **Posts:** 166

Hey just wanted to get back to y'all,this year -2011,there are no more cockroaches at all,they all seemed to have disappered by Dec. of 2010. :shock:

Dchall_San_Antonio · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:17 pm

Yup! It is interesting to see how critters come and go to the compost pile. I have not seen a worm in my pile in a couple years.

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