A$15.00
1 x Compot Lid – Green Virgin material
Compost Lid can be purchased separately as a replacement for a lid you have damaged by accident. Or you might like an extra one to make propagating easier so you can easily swap over a seeded lid with one sitting on top of your Compot. Thus rotating the lids when you are propagating.
A replacement lid is sold separately without a lift pin. If you require an extra Lift Pin click here to add that to your cart.
But it is not necessary to have more than one per Compot. An extra one is just a bonus if you are using it a lot for propagating. This allows you to prepare your seeds in the lid at leisure before you go and put them on top of a Compot. I often do this on my balcony late at night (due to lack of time during the day), then swap over the lids the next day. It is up to you of course. It does allow you to give the lid an occasional soak in vinegar or a week bleach solution to kill any potential harmful bugs that may have colonised on the lid from a previous progradation. Doing this is much the same as cleaning your tools to reduce the spread of disease. But a good wash and a little sun is probably all that is required.
If you need a replacement black lid just let me know in the notes on the order form
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All care is taken to produce a quality product that will work for you all day every day giving you many years of satisfaction, as well as naturally fertilizing your garden, reduced council waste and therefore reduced greenhouse methane gas emissions.
Please see our returns and refunds policy if you are not satisfied with your purchase but please call us first. It is very rare for the Compot not to work and you might just need a little extra information.
Or check out our FAQs and Tips and Tricks page.
Compot Lid Height: 4 cm
Compot Lid Width: 21cm to 23cm
Box Dimensions for shipping: 26cm x 26cm x 6cm
Weight for shipping: 1kgs
POSTAGE COSTS: Postage costs for all Compots is now Free.
If for any reason you feel the cost of a Compot is out of your budget please email us so we can work something out for you.
Be sure to sign up for monthly discounts which I hope to release on the 1st of each month and will run for that month.
Having an extra lid is most helpful when propagating seeds.
This allows you to prepare your seeds in the lid away from the garden – perhaps in your shed.
Then swap over the lid on top of the Compot for the lid full of seeds.
It is not absolutely necessary for you to do this. Just an extra option.
ALSO
It has been known for people to forget they have a compot in the ground and run over their soil with a rotary hoe.
This will no doubt ruin your lid so you may need just a replacement lid.
I only have the green ones listed to replace as the black lids are mostly used above ground.
However if you need replacement Black Lids you can order the green lids and just put a note in the extra instructions box to swap for black lids.
Failing that just call me (0467 006 529 of 07 3357 3716) and order over the phone.
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We want to help you and make your life easier. So we compiled all the instructions on how to use our eco-eze compot. The detailed guide contains a few simple steps to install a Compot, fill a Compot, propagate with a Compot, empty a Compot or move a Compot.
When I started this journey in 2009, I found nothing existed commercially, that was reasonably priced and easy to use. There was a homemade system which I also found was not that user-friendly.
Then a friend of mine told me about a homemade method she used. However, when I tried her method, I found this also didn’t suit my needs, as it too had flaws that I considered where important. It did not keep vermin out, did not have a lockable lid and (to me) looked unsightly in the garden.
YES. Absolutely you can fill it with just worm friendly scraps if that is what you prefer, but you will have to separate all your scraps into two piles. I personally don’t have time to fiddle with separating food waste and just toss it all in together. One thing though – you may find the Compot will need emptying more often as the worms try to fill the pot up with soil and their castings. But you will have beautiful compost more regularly to harvest if this is your aim and your Compot will be full of worms.
There is no need to water your Compots specifically. When you water your garden water will naturally go into the Compot through the holes and this is a good thing as it will keep the contents nice and moist.
If, however, you found your pots were really dry and the waste was not decomposing at all then you might want to add some water to soften the waste to help the decomposition process along. Dry contents can occur when you don’t cover your Compots with leaves, or hay etc because the hot sun gets in, in summer, and dries the contents out, dehydrating the waste rather than decomposing it. Much the same as if you were to throw your waste out onto an open lawn without burying it. The same will happen in winter but this time it is the cold air drying out or freezing the contents.
You can fill your Compot with any biodegradable waste from your kitchen. IE: Anything that will break down. EG: Meat, citrus, onions, oil, dairy, eggs, coffee grounds, tea and tea bags, paper towel, old nuts, pasta, bread, cooked food of any sort, wastewater (with or without detergent), milk, cream, yogurt, and anything else you can find in your kitchen that you would normally eat or throw in your council bin, aside from the obvious; glass, plastic, metal etc. So literally everything that you produce in the kitchen that is biodegradable.
Everything will decompose – even doggie doo (un-medicated preferably unless you are putting this waste by a big tree or unused part of your garden). No doggie doo in your veggie patch either.
The time it takes to decompose will just depend on the density of the food, the time of the year, and whether you are relying on all the elements to decompose your waste or just worms.
If you only want to fill your Compot with worm friendly scraps, then you need to leave out most of what I just said you could put in the Compot. It’s up to you how you want to use your Compot and what you feed it. But I find it more efficient to fill it with everything. Just do what is best for you. See other tips and tricks about ways to make it work faster.
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With 1, 2, 4 or 5 Compot + Lid order.
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(Valid: 20th – 30th November)
With 1, 2, 4 or 5 Compot + Lid order.
*One coupon redeemable per order.
(Valid: 20th – 30th November)
