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VbSparky Dansville, NY(Zone 6a) Aug 04, 2005

Where i work we had the guys that shread up branches from the sides of the
roads drop there chips in a pile. today i went to look at them and seen steam
coming out of the top of the pile so i went to get my infrared thermometer
to see how hot the pile was getting.

Outside Temp low 70's-F 7am , overcast morning ...

6 inches inches down in the pile was 136-F

Thought i would post to give some specific temps.

the pile was like 6 foot tall , 8 foot around ..

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Michaelp Erwin, TN(Zone 7a) Sep 03, 2005

If you have or make a bin outside and run some pipes through it and use a small fan to draw heat in to the greenhouse it works, --don't put the pile in the greenhouse it makes too much gas and makes tomatoes sick, [don't ask me how I know,-- LOL]

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