Green composting

Copetta A, Bardi L, Bertolone E, Berta G (2011) Fruit production and quality of tonato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are affected by green compost and arbuscular myconhizal fungi. Plant Biosys 145 106-115... 

Design the product for a secondary use so that it has a market value at end of life. Composting of municipal green waste to produce garden compost is an attempt to balance waste disposal costs by producing a valuable product. 

Denmark Organic household waste compost with no classification up to now. No quality criteria for green/yard waste compost necessary. 

Larbi M, Gobat JM, Fuchs JG (2006) Inhibition of the apple scab pathogen venturia inaequalis and the grapewine downy mildew pathogen plasmopara viticola by extracts of green waste compost. ORBIT Conference... 

Conklin AE, Erich MS, liebman M, Lambert D, Gallandt ER, Halteman WA (2002) Effects of red clover (Trifolium pratense) green manure and compost soil amendments on wild mustard (Brassica kaber) growth and incidence of disease. Plant Soil 238 245-256 Cook SM, Khan ZR, Pickett JA (2007) The use of push-pull strategies in integrated pest management. Annu Rev Entomol 52 375-400... 

Green waste" compost from a municipal composting plant ... 

Green waste compost Low fertility. Dig in or mulch. Available from large-scale municipal recycling centers may be low in nitrogen but high in potassium. 

Many compostable items themselves contain a good balance of "green" and "brown." When you have been making compost for a while, you will get a feel for the right mixture. If the contents of your compost pile tend to be wet and smelly, mix in more "browns" if they are dry, bring in the "greens."... 

Greens," which are quick to rot, will activate a pile in other words, get it started. There are various types of "activators" on the market said to speed up composting, but a mixed pile should compost perfectly well without these. 

Collect a mixed batch of "greens" and "browns" (see p39) suitable for composting. 

Tougher green plants can be cut down and left on the surface as a mulch, or added to your compost pile. 

If you are using the "no-dig" technique (see p.216), you can still grow green manures. Instead of digging in the plants, simply cut them down and leave the foliage on the surface to decompose you can plant through this layer, treating it exactly as a mulch, or move it to one side to sow seeds. Alternatively, cut, remove, and compost the crop. 

Coarse-grade municipal compost (recycled green waste), which is quicker to degrade than bark or wood chips. For perennial beds only. 

Left) Compost pile hygiene The heat generated by the process of decay will kill many pathogens, but material infected with certain very persistent diseases, such as clubroot, should be taken to a green waste recycling center. 

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