super soil smell

it's going to smell a little at first, especially with the fish bone meal in there. but it will mellow out after a week or two. You are composting soil so you should expect a little bit of smell, if you think something is off dump it out and give a good stir, you don't want it to go anaerobic.

Yeah i dumped it out and mixed it up. Shit is nasty. Thanks simon

it stinks a bit at first, by the times its ready to use (8 weeks for me) it will smell pleasent.

kane

If it is a earthy fishy smell your good but if it smells like ammonia.... it went anaerobic.........cause=too wet & not enough oxygen ....if that's the case just dump out let dry.....

Mine got an ammonia smell but that went away after like 3 days.

Yeah it smelled like a septic tank? Ammonia? I dumped it out and mixed it up real nice. should that help?

yep let it dry so all the bactieria currently in it will die for the most part then rehydrate it a small bit after a few days dry and seal it back up. septic smell is bad you want to smell, bread or wine smells, fish smell and some ammonia smell is ok. but fir the most part think "sweet" smells.

Polyarcturus, after drying out is it fine or should I just trash it?