Rapid Hot Composters Q&amp;A

Hi there, Interested in getting a big pig for a family of 4. Id like to use card board pellets that guinea pigs have used as bedding (will have hay mixed in), will this be ok for the carbon mix? We have a large garden but currently not much grass to add t...

Question 2

Amy

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi NiallWe purchased our mini hot bin composter in March 2020. About 5 weeks ago it started losing heat and it is has never come back up. I have tightened the strap as far as it will go but it has made no difference. We received one strap only with our ...

Question 3

William Hennigan

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Is it OK to only use the same sources of brown material all the time, for me that would mainly be straw & shredded cardboard. Occasionally I would also have sawdust from freshly cut timber. Would those sources of brown material be OK or are the wood p...

Question 4

Eddie Joyce

Answer posted 4 years ago 1 answer

Hi, could I put in cow manure mixed with straw?

Question 5

Denis

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

I have a big number of apples what do I need to include with them to keep the balance right

Question 6

Walsh

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi Folks delighted with my little pig , bought in July, now using my first lot of compost. Can I put out of date eggs in the little pig. ?

Question 7

Deirdre O Callaghan

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi Quickcrop! You are currently listing the Little Pig as no longer available. Are you intending to restock this and if so when? The Big Pig would be too large for our 2-person household. Thank you.

Question 8

Sue Esplan

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi we have just moved to a property with 0.5 acre & a garden that needs a lot of tidying up! We always have a lot of household food waste- we are 2 adults but cook, bake and grow our own veggies...would this be required to meet our needs or the &ldquo...

Question 9

Sinead

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Compost Bins > Rapid Hot Composters > Joraform Compost Tumbler JK400

Question 10

Adrian Masterson

Hi Niall, I assume you keep adding material to the bin until it's full, what happens then? Do you wait until everything has broken down to usable compost and empty it to another container and then starting again? Thanks for your help, Adrian

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Can we compost those compostable coffee cups and lids I these hot bins?

Question 11

Mary FitzGerald

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

What happends when we ran out of the bulking material? What would be the ideal alternative? Also, we having issues with the temperature. After a month is stuck at 30-35 degrees and we have lots of flies and larvae, is that normal?Thank you.

Question 12

Carlos

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

HiI have a quantity of raw horse manure (no straw)can this go into the composter with my grass clippings and straw / paper

Question 13

john salmon

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

why the 400l one so expensive? two 270 better value!

Question 14

stephen sullivan

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Compost Bins > Rapid Hot Composters > Joraform Compost Tumbler JK400

Question 15

Georgina Keane

Hi, I recently purchased the big pig as per your recommendations but it seems way too small for what we need. I'm starting to think that we have had the wrong size sent out to us? If it is that this is the correct size then we could do with a heap of them...

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Compost Bins > Rapid Hot Composters > Joraform Compost Tumbler JK400

Question 16

Estelle Taylor

Hi Niall, my Mum has one of these and loves it. She’s encouraging me to buy one. Do you have any recommendation on which size would be best for a household of 1-2 adults please?

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi where can I buy bulking agent for hotbin

Question 17

keith dempsey

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi Niall hope you’re well. Regarding emptying the Little Pig what wheel barrow & the tools would I need? Thanks a million 🙂

Question 18

Michelle

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hello Quickcrop, I'm thinking of getting a small Hotbin but I'm wondering is it difficult to access the leachate with the tap being so low down? If it was a choice between the small Hotbin and the Joraform "Little Pig" would you have a recommend...

Question 19

Virginia Chipperfield

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi. I am looking to buy a jotaform compost tumbler but uncertain what size I should buy? Thinking it would be between the big pig or jk400? We are 2 people in the household (so waste from a kitchen if 2 people), we have 4 chickens with waste from their co...

Question 20

Georgina Keane

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Compost Bins > Rapid Hot Composters > Joraform Compost Tumbler JK400

Question 21

Angela Cummins

I lost the clip to close one section of my my big pig it was the older model I am lost without it . Many Thanks if you have one

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

I’m not sure whether to go for little or big pig. I live alone but have a 3 acre garden with plenty of material for composting. I usually would fill a dustbin a week with garden rubbish and 2 small kitchen caddies with food waste. I always have loa...

Question 22

Claire Benbrook

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Do you ever run out of space in your beds to put the compost (or have to remove soil) say after a year or 2?If I was buying soil for a new bed - should I just but too soil so that I can complement it with my own compost over time ... or should I Still b...

Question 23

Garrat

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Can you place dog waste into this composter?

Question 24

Ron Abbott

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi, I have the little pig up and running and on the first batch. I had thought I'd filled it to the half way mark. I couldnt help sneaking a peek after two weeks and notice the contents has totally reduced down to quite a small amount- can I add more to t...

Question 25

Orla

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi I received my little pig this week , thanks for such quick delivery. However on assembling which was easy I noted I didn't receive the metal plate to cover the compost when one compartment is ready? This plate is mentioned in the advertisement. Thanks...

Question 26

Deirdre O Callaghan

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi, do you sell the bulking agent for the Mini hot bin composter separately, for when the initial amount has been used up? And how much does it cost?

Question 27

Margaret

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi folks, I am interested in the JK125 and am a novice when it comes to composting. Will it work As well if put it in a shady part of the garden? Will it work throughout winter months too? Thanks,

Question 28

Alice donovan

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi I have my hit in a few weeks now and it as reached the desired temperature I have set it up as per instructions but I have juices coming out from around the the gap of the opening we’re the cam straps go at and it’s also coming from the air...

Question 29

Will

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi, we (my husband and I) have very little food waste (afew chicken bones, bit of fish skin once a week) but plenty of veg trimmings and fruit peelings, paper, cardboard. Will the mini hotbin work for us?

Question 30

Sandra

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

I want to buy a rubber mat to put underneath it when it arrives. What size sould the mat be?

Question 31

Geraldine Powell

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi, can you tell how the joraform composter holds up along the coast. The composter is quite expensive if it would be lost to rust in few years!Do they have a guarantee on the steel?Thanks.

Question 32

Jill Burton

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi.. i recently got a hotbin and in my research some sites say to keep tomato stems/stalks out of the compost. I need to prune my tomato plants and want to know if its ok to throw them in the hotbin

Question 33

Colm

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi normally with compost bins you need at least 2 dont you -one to fill and one doing its job .as the hot bin works so quickly would you say that 1 is sufficient ( given that it would be quite expensive to purchase more than 1)

Question 34

annette

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

hi, i got lots of flies and magots in the last two weeks.what can i do?it doesnt seem to be hot enough.

Question 35

Ionela Papai

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Can you put chopped up prickly prunings in the bin such as rose stems,blackberry stems, hawthorn, Berberis and holly leaves. If so will it take longer to compost.

Question 36

Karen Kneller

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi. I sent a question yesterday and got an email to say there was an answer on the Questions page but there is nothing there. Could you repost the answer? Thanks

Question 37

Sandra

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Is the hotbin composter suitable for a small garden with no lawn or grass, just a veg bed and some shrubs? We would be using the bin for kitchen waste (not cooked food), newspaper, weeds and occasional prunings from the hedge and shrubs. There are only 2 ...

Question 38

Sandra

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

I have just put in an order for your hotline. However a second look at the picture does not seem to show the upgrade model with the drainage funnel to let off excess liquid from the bottom of the bin. Is this an oversight as you mention in the blurb as yo...

Question 39

Clara Cleere

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

What is the Hotbin made out of?

Question 40

Kaethe Burt-O'Dea

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi Niall, Can it deal with bindweed as its growing in my grass and at the edge of hedges?Thanks Christopher.

Question 41

Chris Burke

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi NiallWhat's your current delivery time on a hotbin? I've been wanting to invest in one for ages.Also what can be used during the winter instead of grass clippings? We produce plenty of food waste and have waste paper _ I'm just worried about what w...

Question 42

Karen Wiseman

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Does the jk270 compost egg shells and if so how long do they take to break down.

Question 43

Michael Crowther

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi Niall,Many thanks for dispatching my JK 125. We assembled it at the weekend thanks to your very helpful video; instructions were brutal! Just a quick question, do you sell the brackets for wall mounting and is the same frame used when mounted on the w...

Question 44

Paul

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

I would like to purchase a hotbin composter. I live in Dublin. What is approx delivery time?

Question 45

Jane Doran

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Have chickens for which I use wood shaving for bedding. Can this be used as brown waste? Will I compost quickly?

Question 46

Liam FANNING

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Trying to decide if I need 100L or 200L bin. We already have a Hungry Bin wormery, but also looking for something for the cooked food that will not attract rodents. Household of 4....what would you recommend?

Question 47

Paul McCluskey

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

Hi - do you have to fill the bin then leave it untouched for the process to work or can you keep adding kitchen/garden waste as you go?

Question 48

Kit

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

I have had my Hotbin since mid-February, and have diligently followed the instructions, gradually building up the material (kitchen waste, torn paper and the additive which came with the bin, as well as the odd dead bunch of flowers. I also used the heat...

Question 49

Ann Haccius

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer

When I open my hotbin Composter a million + swarming 'insects' erupt...its horrendous!🙉😩 have to close lid immediately to stop being suffocated as they fly out in droves!I can only compare this phenomenon with the flies that used to come off Lough Neagh...

Question 50

Elizabeth Hamilton.

Answer posted 5 years ago 1 answer