10 rules of good compost

Also, using the compost can be poor, heavy clay or light sandy soils turn into fertile or easily restore exhausted land.

Kompostnik should be placed on the site in a slightly shaded place, protected from wind and direct sun exposure. Shadowing a positive impact on the process of decomposition, because then there will be good to breed earthworms, centipedes and micro-organisms, and the earth will not be able to dry quickly. Kompostnik should be easily accessible, but it does not strike the eye (for example, it can be closed by a hedge or a gazebo).

Products that can be composted: Food scraps, grass clippings, leaves, cut branches and twigs of trees (finely chopped) egg shells, waste from fruits, vegetables, coffee grounds, used tea leaves, straw, hay, sawdust.

Products that can not be composted: Remains of food and food products, seeds weeds (chickweed, nettle, etc.), the weeds with a good root system (bindweed, ground elder), patients plant (part of plants affected by bacterial, viral or fungal diseases to be burned, because bacteria are able to remain after fermentation in the compost), plants sprayed insektidami, rocks, chemicals, building materials and other items that are not susceptible to decomposition.

The smaller size will have compostable waste, the quicker and more efficient to process (minerals in the compost remain longer)

practical recommendations:

• Kompostnik can be done at any time of the year, except for the days when there are frosts. Best for this is time - autumn, as the garden is more than just plant waste. In a place where you wish to put kompostnik ground level should be raised (e.g., to kompostnika measuring 1.5 m x 1.5 m must pour ground layer of about 15 cm; if the land is clay, it is necessary to make a drainage layer of sand; if the land is sandy, it is necessary to make the insulation layer of clay).
• Divide the area for composting into 3 parts: one is folded starting material, the other two will be the container for composting and rearrangements of the finished compost.

• The easiest way to make a compost pile in the form of a pyramid, limiting the dimensions of the sides of the boards. It is also possible to dig a pit depth of 30-40 cm or fabricate special container. To create such a container is suitable absolutely everything: the board, brick, wire or old metal barrel without a bottom (but in the side walls, be sure to make holes to let air into the interior kompostnika). It recommended kompostnik with two sections to allow the finished humus stored separately from fresh material. (cm. photo - kompostnik of wooden frame)
• Before composting all sorted material (separately straw, grass clippings, cut branches, etc.) should be well grind to a process took place more quickly. Necessary to lay the material layers we conceal way to compost pyramid tapered upwardly, and the total height of it should not be more than 1-1.5 m (when provided with a free access of air). Kompostnik better cover straw, hay or leaves.
• In the absence of kompostnike required amount of air, its contents begins to decay, as evidenced by the characteristic smell. Normalize the airflow can be shoveled the entire pit. If it is too dry, it means that the compost gets too much heat. During the heat of the compost should be watered pyramid, and during the long rains cover kompostnik.
• Compostable waste require heat, air and humidity. The important point is that the water must be exhausted, and the air to circulate. For this purpose, the lower layer should consist of large pieces of waste (wood is fragmented, etc.), and the following layers must be alternately of green waste and sticks in the ratio 2: 1.
• Between the layers of high (20-25 cm) of the waste is placed a thin layer of animal manure, which is rich in nitrogen and carbon, as a result, obtained after fermentation excellent humus. Alternately, you can use accelerators for composting. All of this should be to cover a thin layer of soil or compost left over from last year.
• After the formation of the compost pile need to wait until the compost is "ripen". Periodically (every 2-3 months) the crude compost must be mixed, since then the temperature inside the composting material will increase again. Periodically, it should be lightly watered.
• Humus soil is formed after 1-2 years, but for a shorter period of time, it turns fresh compost. Normally, to speed up the decomposition process uses special drugs. In order to get within 2 months of compost, shredded materials should be alternated with layers of poultry manure or manure. The thickness of all layers should not exceed 20-30 cm. If necessary, a compost heap can be poured.
• Finished compost smells earth and rotting leaves. The resulting compost can be further sifted using sieves. Large pieces should be composted again. Ready humus should be scattered in the garden and gently flatten it with a rake - it does not need to dig.

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