Garotta Compost Maker, 3.5 kg

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Avid readers of our blog will note that the compost Humification is 80% biochar combined with trace minerals.

Garden compost piles are a great source of minerals and nutrients necessary for plant growth. The process may take longer due to an unbalanced carbon to nitrogen ratio. Using the above definitions of 'activator' and 'inoculator', the SoilFixer Compost Humification Agent (CHA) is both an activator and inoculator. We are not aware of any other compost additive that acts to increase humification. It also helps to reduce compost odours, lower nitrous oxide and methane (potent climate change gases). The only other activity on the list that gets close to helping increase the speed of composting is increasing the surface area of the waste to be composted. To reduce the particle size - i.e. shred, shred, and more shredding. This is a new term introduced by SoilFixer. During composting, compounds known as humus (or colloidal humus) are formed. These compounds are the real active items in compost (read here). Typically compost contains less than 1-5% of these valuable compounds. A humification agentincreases the amount of colloidal humus in your final compost typically to 15-30%. The SoilFixer humification agent is a mixture of biochar,micronized oxides (tiny bits of trace minerals), and composting microbes (from SF60/compost).If heat (temperature) is the secret tofast composting, what benefit do all the compostingactivators on sale really have? Unless you are a commercial composter, it is unlikely you going not going to notice the 10% reduction in days. However, the difference between the time at 10C and 60C is huge - 14 vs 486! For every gardener, compost is a very vital commodity – it is the gold that gets your plants to grow and thrive. Most gardeners prefer using compost on their crops, since it is organic.

You could just scatter it over the forming compost. An ideal rate would be 4 oz (100g) per square metre. Don’t add any more until you have built up a layer of fresh waste to a depth of about 10 inches (250mm). Alternatively you could make up a solution of the same amount of sulphate of ammonia by dissolving it in 2 to 3 pints of water and, using a watering can, sprinkling it over the compost. The effect that lime has on compostIt also contains a source of Chitin which provides plant health benefits when using your new compost. The biggest problem that worms would have if they were confronted with waste that has been treated with an accelerator is the acidity that’s generated. Worms can’t live in acidic material. The situation would change dramatically if hydrated lime was added. With the acid neutralised the worms can move in. They will also ingest some of the hydrated lime which will help with their digestion. The very fine particles help to grind what the ingested food. How to accelerate compost by aeration Popular compost starters/accelerators on the market include The Vitax Compost Maker (powder); J Arthur’s Garotta (powder); seaweed and seaweed extracts (liquids and powder); Bio-tal (liquid); Neudorff (powder); and sachets of enzymes, microbes, or herbs (e.g., QR). To activate means to start, to get a reaction going. A compost activator should therefore help get things started. There are several types of activators and we go through each below. The Q10 law of natural science (named after Arrhenius) states: for every 10ºC increase in (composting) temperature, the speed of reaction (rate of decay) doubles. Hot composting at 60ºC is x32 times faster than cold composting at ambient 10C. Hot composting can (and does) deliver compost in 30 days, cold composting delivers compost in 12-18 months).