2024-10-18 Composting at Home 101 for Master Gardeners .pptx

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About This Presentation

2024-10-18 Composting at Home 101


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Ellen Book, librarian and Master gardener UF/IFAS Cooperative Extension

Composting at Home 101

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COMPOSTING 101 Ellen Book, Master Gardener UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County Master Gardener Link to slide presentation: TINYURL.com/ MGSoil

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Kitchen food scraps. Photo: Tia Silvasy , UF/IFAS

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Adjustable size allows you to set it up “skinny” for low capacity or make it large enough to hold 246 gallons of materials. 36.5″ in height Adjustable size allows you to set it up “skinny” for low capacity or make it large enough to hold 246 gallons of materials. 36.5″ in height

The most important factor for locating your composter is CONVENIENCE. What Is The Best Location For A Compost Bin In Your Yard – Sun or Shade?

Sheet Composting Top-dressing on the soil surface like a garden lasagna right onto a future growing space. Trench Composting - composting directly in the soil Cold Bin Composting Fill your compost bin halfway with browns and bury kitchen scraps Bokashi Bucket anaerobic bacteria (grass-like inoculated bran, rice, dried leaves sprinkled over scraps). 10 days to ferment & “pickle” waste, forming an acidic organic matter that must be dug into the soil or added to a compost pile. TYPES OF COMPOSTING

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GREENs = nitroGen BROWNs = carBon NitroGen = Protein CarBon = Energy From: https://small-farm-permaculture-and-sustainable-living.com/how-build-compost-pile/

THE RECIPE

Citrus  green/nitrogen cut in half or quarter before composting mix with browns & add a 6-inch layer of browns on top

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AS PILE TEMPERATURES  &  TIME IS NEEDED FOR VARIOUS MICROORGANISMS TO COLONIZE

Left: (1 year old) Last year’s material all garden stuff, grass & leaves, kitchen: banana peels veg. trimmings from the pile’s top. Middle: (2 years old) bottom of this year’s pile put into bags Right: (3 years old) Finished product from the bags to be used in the garden & greenhouse this year GUESS WHERE THIS COMPOST WAS MADE?

Smaller surface areas decompose faster

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Aeration keeps microbes alive . Anerobic microbes STINK!

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Check for moisture when turning the compost. The consistency should feel like a wrung-out sponge . UF/IFAS

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Compost maturity test with radishes

Heat cooks most weeds. For hot composting turn when pile temperature drops below 100°F or if the pile is more than 150°F

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