Mantis Back Porch CompoTumbler User Manual
Mantis Back Porch CompoTumbler User Manual

Mantis Back Porch CompoTumbler User Manual

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  • Page 1 User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 User’s Guide he following guidelines will help you have compost within four to six weeks. This process allows you to gradually fill your Back Porch ComposTumbler with common organic kitchen throw-outs as well as yard and garden waste. The speed at which these materials compost is dependent upon the carbon/nitrogen content of the materials, their size, the moisture of the materials, and how often you turn the drum.
  • Page 3 Do Not Put These Materials In Your ComposTumbler Meat Fish Dairy products Sauces Pet waste Diseased plants Seedling weeds Bones It is not required that you chop or shred the materials you put into your Back Porch ComposTumbler. However, if you don’t, you can expect the materials to take considerably longer to compost.
  • Page 4 You should go out to your Tumbler about three or four times per week to check the moisture, the smell of the materials, and to turn the drum. You will likely be out there that many times to add materials anyway, so it is a perfect time to check its progress and give it four to five easy spins.
  • Page 5 Your Back Porch ComposTumbler is designed to be a bottom- less garbage pail but in order to get a full load of finished com- post you need to stop adding materials for a few weeks to fin- ish off the existing materials. All you need to do during this period is monitor your moisture, smell, and give the unit a few spins three to four times per week and in four to six weeks you will have a finished load of compost.
  • Page 6 5-Year Warranty The Back Porch ComposTumbler ® is warranted against any manufacturer’s defects in materials or workmanship for 5 years from the date of delivery. We will replace any defective part, or the entire unit if necessary, at our expense. This warranty is given only to the original pur- chaser and is not transferable, nor does it apply to damage caused by misuse.

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