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For example, if your compost heats up to 40 or 50C, you can deduce that the ingredients contained adequate nitrogen and moisture for rapid microbial growth. To take your temperature readings, make sure to use a probe that reaches deep into the compost.
Use compost as a buffer agent. If your soil's pH is only one pH point or so off, adding compost will give it a buffer of one pH point (so, soil with a pH of 7 would be able to grow plants that require a pH level of 6 to 8). Simply spread a 4-inch layer over the soil and then turn it into the soil to a depth of 8 inches.