Compost has many usesin horticulture, it is often called green gold and for good reason, because the resulting end product is an unrivaled substrate with amazing properties, beneficial for plants and soil. It is from it that we obtain compost soil.What is compost soil and how to make it?See how to get valuable compost soil of your own production! "
Compost soil
Compost soil. What is this?
When thedecomposition process of the compost is overand its temperature stops rising, the composting will be complete and we will have acompost that resembles the touch, smell and appearance earth The resulting mixture is a component of the substrate for plant cultivation, the so-called compost soil.
Ripe compost can be usedas fertilizer, mulch the plants in the garden, and, as mentioned earlier, use it for planting plants. In mature compost, the decomposition processes are completed, so it improves the soil permanently by incorporating stable humic forms.
" The compost soil can be usedin the cultivation of potted plants, plants growing in boxes on the balcony, as well as those in a vegetable garden or a greenhouse.We sprinkle the compost soil on the plants that need an additional injection of food , ornamental and fruit trees and shrubs. "
When preparing the seedbed,the compost soil should be additionally sifted through a sieveIt can be spread over the beds without sifting. In the case of potted plants, the compost is sieved and mixed with the normal potting soil. Tired soil will revive thanks to the addition of compost, which stimulates microorganisms and provides humus.Fruit trees can be plantedin a 1: 1 mixture of compost soil and fresh garden soil
How to make compost soil?
If you want to obtain composting soil , you have to set up a compost heap or a composter on your plot. It is there that valuable compost is formed from plant and animal residues in the composting processes. Every few months it should be processed, it should not be allowed to dry out and excessively moist, and sprinkled with a layer of garden soil or older compost, adding herbs to accelerate its composting (nettle, dandelion, yarrow, field horsetail). You can also add ready-made composting accelerators such as Active Komposter. In this way, after a few months, we will obtain a lumpy structure with a pleasant smell,our target compost soil , which can be mixed with various mixtures of substrates and used for planting.
Formerly it was said that you have to wait several years to obtain valuable compost, todayyou can start using well-prepared compost after a few months Sometimes the germination method is used to check whether the compost is mature enough. It consists in the fact that the tray filled with compost, moisten, sow quickly germinating seeds, e.g. beans on it, lightly press it to the ground and sprinkle with compost. If after 4 days most of the seeds emerge and the seedlings are strong and green, the compost soil is suitableand can be used in the garden
MSc Eng. Joanna Białowąs
