Re: [compost_tea] Re: compost

From: Robert Norsen <bnbrew_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 18:19:41 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Ron - One thought about compost- If you can find the brown and green and wood chips from people in your business - such as your own sources, add to that the reject groceries, make three bins at least 8x8 x 4 feet high Put in an air system. We can talk about the details if you find this interesting. Each 8x8 bins should give you about 12 cy of compost per month. Depending on what you find to put in, it would be ideal compost. To get 12 cy out you need to put about 24 cy in. Of the 12 cy out only about 2 -3 yards will qualfy for CT. The rest will make good compost for your other business. I believe better than open pile compost. It will involve some work but less, I think, than making the compost in an open pile. And LESS expensive. One item you want to add is the TEA you make. To inoculate the piles at the start you might import some compost from other good sources. Make CT with that and some vermicompost from your area. Save the silt to blend with the pil
 es. Mix some of each batch of compost with the next piles. By ijecting air the odor should be reduced to almost none. Let me know if this is of interest and I will fill you in on the details needed for the size operation you want to have. . Smaller operations down to home size seems practical. Getting the heat and controlling the heat is one feature that becomes practical even with small systems. Some forking the pile but not much.
 
What should I charge for the engineering? You tell me what size operation you want and I will quote a firm charge. Engineering will specify the equipment, drawings and operating procedure. You will have to adopt some of the details to your site and situation.
 
How is your BobOLator performing, Ron? We have two improvements -modifications I want to send you. No charge Bob. .

nehemiahlev <nehemiah_at_twelvetribes.com> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
I have thought all along that discussing compost making on this list
would be a great idea since we are looking for very specific
qualities.I have gotten pretty sidetracted in making compost, rather
than tea, since my goal is commercial landscape care. I want to be
able to topdress with compost in addition to applying tea. I have not
been able to find good compost in southern Florida and cannot imagine
shipping the large quantities needed for landscape use. I also am not
finding very good sources of information or discussions on making
compost in relationship to the microbial diversity that is discussed
on this list. I hope we keep talking about this. Could you refer me
to a couple good websites on making compost.
Ron
  
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Lowenfels" <jeff_at_g...>
wrote:
> Mike, et al. Fire away on compost. No one is stopping anyone.... at
this point! :) I spent half an hour turning my pile today.
>
> I think the reluctance to discuss compost is because to some of us
the definition of the term says it all. For CT we don't want to
use "almost compost" or "has been" compost. Just compost. If people
want to know how to make compost, there are a zillion websites with
great instructions.
>
> Do you have specific questions?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff


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