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

2024-10-18 Composting at Home 101

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

2. Composting at Home 101

3. Ellen Book, Branch Manager Pinecrest Branch Library [email protected] www.mdpls.org

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30. Composting Saturday, December 28, 2024 @ 2pm On Zoom

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

32. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - IFAS https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/miami-dade/

33. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone

34. Everyday Information Source

35. Everyday Information Source

36. https://tinyurl.com/MiamiVeggies

37. Was NOT me

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

39. Too much too wet too long… Anaerobic bacteria kills worms UF/IFAS

40. 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

41. 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?

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

45. THE RECIPE

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

47. Attribution to: KidsGardening : A Kids’ Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt by Kevin Raftery

48. Photo www.bobvila.com

49. Graphic from : https://www.emnz.com/article/microbial-imbalances-in-the-soil

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

51. 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?

52. Smaller surface areas decompose faster

53. Attribution to: KidsGardening : A Kids’ Guide to Messing Around in the Dirt by Kevin Raftery

54. Aeration keeps microbes alive . Anerobic microbes STINK!

55. The free GeoBin

56. Compost Crank Aerator

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

58. Smaller bits decompose faster BIGGER pieces need more time

59. Unfinished compost may stress plants, causing yellowing or stalling growth

60. Compost maturity test with radishes

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

62. How to Turn a Backyard Compost Pile (youtube.com)

63. HEALTHY VEGGIES AND PLANTS START WITH HEALTHY SOIL ! UF/IFAS Leon County Extension

64. Five “Pests” in a Compost Pile Ants, spiders & centipedes: compost is too dry Slugs & flies: compost is too wet

65. NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT…

66. Red Wigglers

67. Contains 5Xs the available nitrogen 7Xs the available potash 50% more calcium than 6” of good topsoil Water soluble nutrient immediately available for plant intake. Will not burn root system unlike fresh raw manures Red Wigglers UF/IFAS

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70. KITCHEN SCRAP COLLECTION FOR FERTILE EARTH WORM FARM

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74. Evaluation & Voucher The Miami-Dade voucher will be accepted for six months while supplies last The link to the evaluation that leads to the voucher will be up until Monday at 8:00am. Vasquez,Laura A [email protected] Urban Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Coordinator Link to slide presentation: TINYURL.com/ MGSoil