All About Composting

What should you include?It is recommended to compost vegetable waste, shells, flowers, fruits, tea leaves, animal droppings, leaves, small branches. It is advisable to make fertilizer with weed seeds still on them. Once this type of fertilizer is distributed in the soil is contaminated. You can not be composted meat from the carcass, pieces of meat and fish, boiled vegetables. This waste attracts rats and smells really bad.

When to start composting?It is best to start in the spring or late summer - August and September due to good weather and dry soil conditions.

Where should you compost?It is recommended to compost in special containers or in specially prepared in the field. 

Containerization is more convenient because less space is needed and the right temperature rises much earlier. Containers provide compost faster maturity, and is easier to retain moisture. In addition, it is easier to maintain and take care of the payment in this way.

How is this compost?The two most important things to consider is the temperature and ventilation. In order to have a fertilizer, the temperature should be at least 122 ° F. weed seeds in this temperature disappear. It is also essential to provide the container with enough oxygen. Therefore, you have to mix and do not press too.

It is imperative that the temperature in the container is not too high. Once it reaches about 158 ​​° C, the amount of nutrients decreases in number. To avoid this problem, use a container Yimby glass of water and mix your compost easily.

It is also important that the temperature is not too low. If the temperature of the battery increases, this could mean one of two - too wet or too dry. Dryness can be treated by irrigation fertilizer, while moisture is followed by the addition of dry substances.

Humidity is also crucial. It should be about 50 to 60 percent. The battery must represent something like a sponge sucked - not dry, but the water has more to give. This type of humidity should be maintained at all times.

It is mandatory to mix the compost frequently. Once it reaches its highest point, the temperature is lowered in the next four to five weeks. During this period it is recommended to mix the compost so that it gets enough oxygen. Once the temperature change disappears, let the compost for another two months to decompose. the matured compost is smoke, almost black color, and smells of the forest soils.

To improve compost, use additional fertilizer. You can consider adding phosphorus and potassium elements if your compost is composed mainly of grass and leaves.

For the compost mixtures without disintegration, screening is necessary. Mature compost is sieved through a network to get rid of small branches, stones and other unwanted materials.

Using the composter?You can use compost for application to the surface or soil excavation and putting it deeper. It can also be used for indoor plants.

To protect the compost from the infection, which is mandatory to get rid of damaged waste and use of rotten manure. I can not draw centipedes, which cause damage by eating strawberries, potatoes, beans and peas.

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