After rising to 133 at 4:15 pm yesterday, the temperature again started falling, to 132 by 7:30 pm, and 131 by 10:00 pm.
This morning at 8:30 am it was down to 124, and by 2:00 it was at 120.
So....
I decided to move it into a plastic garbage can, just to see what happens. If it starts getting too hot, or if it doesn't do anything I'll put it back in the wooden barrel.
I put straw in the bottom of the plastic can. No rice hulls for now. Then I moved the bag of sukumo, added hot water, and mixed it around as much as I could. In spite of the water Stephany and I added on Wednesday, it was the most dry that I have seen it since we started this. Even after adding 2 spray bottles of water, there were STILL dry spots. So I mixed it around as best I could, stuck the thermometer in the middle, closed up the bag, and piled more straw and the weights on top of it.
105 degrees when I finished at 2:35 pm. And it is outside. The air temperature is 93, which is theoretically too hot. But I will watch it all very closely.
Just checked it again before I post this. 2:49 pm and it is 106 degrees. That's a 1 degree rise in 15 minutes. So it is rising, but not alarmingly fast, but hopefully will get up to the target 145-150.
Again, I promise I will watch it closely!!!!
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