composting 101 2017 12-16 saturday
TRANSCRIPT
COMPOSTING
101Ellen Book,
Master Gardener
Miami-Dade County
Cooperative Extension
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http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/
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https://tinyurl.com/WhenToPlant 4
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Was NOT me 6
A Tumbler Bin Composter7
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GREENs = nitroGenBROWNs = carBon
NitroGen = ProteinCarBon = Energy
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Compost Tips for the Home Gardenerhttp://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep323
Carbon – Browns Nitrogen – Greens
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AS PILE TEMPERATURES &
TIME IS NEEDED FOR VARIOUS
MICROORGANISMS TO COLONIZE
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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?
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Smaller surface areas
decompose faster
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Compost
bin
cutaway
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Aeration
keeps
microbes
alive.
ANEROBI
C
microbes
STINK!
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The free compost bins have
trapdoors at the
bottom to access the compost.
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Check for moisture when
turning the compost.
The consistency should
feel like a wrung-out sponge.
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Unfinished compost
may stress plants, causing
yellowing or stalling growth
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Heat cooks most weeds30
LANDFILL SITES31
http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/compost-info/
COMPOSTING
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QUESTIONS?
Upcoming Master
Gardener Program:
Sat Jan 13, 2018
Gwen Cherry Park
How to start raised bed gardens
and plant seeds/transplants
Sat & Sun Jan 13-14, 2018
10am – 5pm
Plant Clinic @ Redland Heritage
Festival
Fruit & Spice Park
Sat., Jan 20, 2018 9am -1pm
N. Trail Park Tree Giveway
780 NW 127 Ave. Access this presentation at:
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