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Composting involves the burying of dead organic matter and allowing it to rot. Some disadvantages of using compost pits are: cost of equipment, the loss of ammonia and the time and effort required to build compost pits.

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Compost pits are mostly made in?

villages.


What are the disadvantages of pit compost?

Less cooperative access and longer processing times are disadvantages of pit compost. Compost is the dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich organic matter which breaks down naturally through human intervention or natural forces. It may be more accessible and available in above-ground bins, containers, heaps or piles than from in-ground pits.


Compost pits are mostly made in village or town?

mostly made in villages.


What is helpful about compost pits?

Aesthetics, convenience, and environmentalism are what is helpful about compost pits. The structures in question involve the placement of compostable, decomposable, recyclable materials into a hole dug in the ground. Such a way of producing dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich organic matter known as compost and humus within about a year requires no construction or maintenance -- as in the case of compost bins -- and resists the pesty, windy challenges of a backyard, uncontained compost heap or pile.


How can compost be produced?

Breakdown of carbon- and nitrogen-rich recyclable materials in cultivated and uncultivated lands or in compost bins, containers, heaps, piles, and pits are ways in which compost can be produced. Compost is organic material which is dark in color, fresh in smell, and rich in nutrients. It represents the end-product of human-intervened or Mother Nature-guided processes.


Why do some people have compost piles?

Facilitate aeration, layering and moisturization; save on equipment costs; and speed up decomposition are reasons why people have compost piles. Dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich organic matter can result from composting processes in containers, heaps, piles or pits. The choice depends upon what the compost-minded gardener has in mind in terms of buying or making bins, digging holes or moving around or over containers and pits.


What are examples of how people compost?

Collecting leaf litter, leaving grass clippings in place and using compost bins, heaps, piles and pits and worm bins are examples of ways that people compost. People compost when they allow recyclable materials to break down through the work of air, heat, micro-organisms and moisture. Recyclable materials involve food scraps and yard debris that decompose into dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich organic matter to be used as soil amendment, fertilizer or mulch.


Why are commercial farmers using fertilizers instead of compost?

There is not enough compost to support corn demand


Why is fish not added to compost heaps?

That it attracts foraging wildlife, releases unpleasant smells, and requires extra turning are reasons why fish is not added to compost heaps. The food leftovers and scraps in question nevertheless may be layered -- with such cellulose-heavy items as sawdust and wood chips -- into underground compost pits or subjected to appropriate vigorous turning in tumbler-style compost bins.


What are the disadvantages of composting?

Smells bad (Please refer to Question 'Why does compost stink?' to solve odor problems)


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What happens to compost pits after the first week?

The initiation of anaerobic decomposition is the happening in compost pits after the first week. The type of composting in question refers to a hole which is dug in the ground to facilitate the breakdown of carbon- and nitrogen-rich materials without inputs from air. It yields dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich organic material for soil amendments, fertilizers, and mulches in as little as three months.