What happens to compost?

Answer 1

Composting is a way to help the environment by recycling used waste products. A great way to compost is to use paper scraps, soaked in liquor (!), because the starch in the liquor helps to disolve the waste. It also makes the (Saprophydic) bacteria become intoxiated, and then they reproduce faster. Great things to put in a composting bin are

Egg Shells

News Paper (Soaked in Liquor)

Grass Clippings

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Composting is about decomposing kitchen and yard wastes rapidly, to contribute the organics to build fertile, healthy soils and subsoils in the gardens and yards.

I keep my egg shells in a separate pail until I have a load. I crush them with an old, broken Baseball bat, and then blend them. They break down into sand-like particles which really speed up their decomposition in soil.

Newspapers are NOT recommended because of the lead in inks. Accumulation of heavy metals like lead in vegetable garden soil is a health hazard, but OK in flower beds.

Research sources of your papers to find out which ones may be using vegetable oil-based inks which are OK.

I bring home the shredded paper from the office. Maximum white blank space and minimum printing makes them relatively safe. Great for topside mulching as well.

If you have cats, the cellulose in shredded paper is an excellent and free deodorant, absorbing toilet odours quickly. I use the fouled sand and shredded paper in the flower beds, buried deep because of the odour and sanitation.

Grass clippings are essential as they heat up rapidly and speed the decomposition of compost pile ingredients. If you stuck your hand into a large pile of grass cuttings after they were out in the sun for a week, you would immediately yank your hand out in shock, as if it were on fire.

Answer 2

[1] Compost is the breakdown of materials into carbon and nitrogen. Both are present in fertile, healthy soil that is rich in organic material and that has enough air and water pore spaces. So compost is aka humus, and organic material. [2] This natural breakdown is speeded up by the presence of air and moisture, and by the regular turning over of the alternate layers of carbon-rich and nitrogen-rich materials. [3] There must be enough air so that the pile doesn't turn anaerobic, by running out of oxygen. [4] There must be enough moisture so that the pile continues to decay. [5] The endproduct has no smell other than the freshness of crumbly, rich dark brown soil particles.

Answer 3

[1] Alternate layers of carbon-rich brown materials, with nitrogen-rich green materials. [2] Don't use diseased yard waste, or weeds. [3] Kitchen scraps may be used, as long as they don't include dairy products, fats, greases and oils, and meats. [4] Make sure that the materials are about as moist as a lightly wrung-out sponge. [5] Also make sure that the materials are aerated enough so that they won't run out of oxygen, and turn anaerobic. [6] Regularly turn over the layers. The more the layers are turned, the quicker the compostable materials become compost. Daily turning may produce compost in less than a month.

Answer 4

There are some of important advantages of use of compost:

Improves the soil structure, density and created a better plant root environment

Improves water holding capacity of sandy soils, reducing water loss and leaching.

Supplies macro and micronutrients and supplies significant amount of organic matter

Using this plant improving their ability to hold nutrient for plant use.

improves and stabilizes soil pH

Answer 5

Composting is the process of using decayed plant and organic materials to create a rich, dark soil mixture which is places in gardens and flower bed as an alternative to fertilizes.

Composting starts when you collect organic matter like egg shells, cuttings of fruits and vegetables (like tops of celery), leaves (not sycamore leaves), Grass cuttings, and twigs. Don't put coffee grounds or meat on compost piles either. Then you should find an isolated spot to build a fence around you pile because sometimes the composts stinks. Also you can use a clean trash can with drainage holes cut in it if you don't want compost pile. Stir you compost to insure even decomposition and moisture evenness. Two different pile are good because once one is full takes 3 years for large pile to compost and about a year for a trash can pile.

Answer 6

It is applied to fields/crops, lawns, gardens, flower beds, ect.