Composting organic waste allows you to improve soil structure and significantly increase its fertility at no cost.
But not all gardeners use it to significantly increase its fertility. But not all gardeners use this method. Some compost preparations are considered to be extremely difficult, others, which have received a negative experience, are not in a hurry to repeat the experiment.
Choosing a place for compost
First, the site where you will store the waste plant must be level, without any bias. Second, it should be protected from direct sunlight (hence lower humidity). Third, we need an easy way to load waste, shovel, water, and remove the manufactured compost without hindrance.
Compost pit, compost heap or compost bin?
If you choose a hole, you can dig it behind the bushes in the corner of the garden or behind the outbuildings, so as not to catch your eye. But mobilizing its contents is not enticing, oxygen is not flowing properly, so the compost ripens for a long time. As a rule, such pits are used for simple waste storage. This is an option for those who are not in a hurry. After filling, which lasts the entire season, the pit is filled with a small layer of soil and left for 2-3 years.
Do you have enough space and no time at all? Then you can stack the trash. But heaps are harder to cover, retain moisture inside, and look less attractive. But it's easy to shovel the contents, moving the composted mass to a new location. On piles, compost, laid out in the middle of summer and cracked a few times, usually ripens by the spring of next year.
The compost heap should not be like a hay bale (steep edge, rounded crown). In the cross section, it is rather a trapezoid. The following are considered best: height 1-1,5 m, width 1.5-2 m, length 3-4 m. The next batch of raw materials in the tab should be dense.
Keep in mind that small piles cannot warm to the required 60-65 ° C and compost them for a long time. For better absorption of moisture in the upper part of the pile, a small depression was created.
There are even more benefits for boxes, especially two- or three-section ones. The raw material is in the enclosed space, helping to maintain a constant temperature and humidity. As the compost ripens it is easy to move from compartment to compartment, easier to wet and cover. And by making the edges of such a collapsible vehicle composting, you can adjust the height. And in appearance, such designs are more aesthetic.
Compost ripening in boxes is faster, but also depends on the number of transshipments. To get fertilizer in the middle of the fall, the starting mass should be regularly moistened and disturbed at least twice a month.
