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Composting tips
These are some key components for a great compost:
•
proper nitrogen/carbon ratio,
•
constant and proper moisture,
•
constant and good aeration,
•
regular rotating.
Activate your compost and solve problems
Activators can be added to your compost to help speeding up the decomposition. It includes fallen
leaves, grass clippings, fresh weeds, and well-rotten chicken manure. But sometimes things go wrong
even with composting. Most composting problems occur from a lack of moisture, too much moisture or
an imbalance of nitrogen/carbon ratio. Please refer to the following table.
Problem
Bad
odour
(ammonia
smell)
Bad odour (putrid smell)
Vermins/insects
Pile does not break down
Material stops decompos-
ing
Pile saturated with water Material is wet, smelly, matted.
eaves do not break
down.
Compost caught fire.
Sticks do not break down. Incorrect operation
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Reason
Too much nitrogen
Improper food scraps, e.g., meat.
Too dry, not mixed well
Attracted to meat food
Pile is too dry.
Pile is moist, but material is dense.
Material is moist and dense, but not
wet.
Material is dry.
Ratio imbalance: excessive nitrogen Moist pile, and mix in more browns to
Item 51477
Solution
Add carbon: dry leaves, straw; turn
regularly.
Remove improper material.
Make sure that the material is mixed
completely.
Remove the meat food.
Add water, not too much, then turn.
Keep pile in good aeration by rotating
per week.
Turn pile, add dry brown to keep it in
good aeration routinely.
Add greens like lawn clippings; water
the pile, rotating and soaking to make
proper moisture.
keep balance, rotate routinely.
Remove large wood chunks.
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