composting

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Compost is like dung – full of nutrients for the soil. 
Crops were fertilized using animal manure and compost. 
People also use animal waste, dead plants, and old food to make compost. 
People use compost in their gardens to make the soil better. 
A good place for the leaves is the compost heap. 
All compost, dung, soil, and ashes arising on the farm were to be bestowed upon it. 
It grows best in a compost of loam, peat, and sand, with a south or west aspect. 
Press this compost firmly into the pots to within half an inch of the top. 
Such a pile of rotting vegetable matter is called a compost pile. 

compost | American Dictionary

compost
noun[ U ]
us/ˈkɑm·poʊst/
decaying material of plants, unwanted food, etc., added to dirt to improve the growth of new plants

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Recyclable material is sold to wholesalers and organic material is composted and then sold in the market.
The cover crop is periodically clipped and composted in situ.
Like sulphur-coated urea, composted dairy manure and poultry litter are considered slow release fertilizers.
During that time period, the ammonium loss from sulphur-coated urea was significantly greater than that measured from the composted dairy manure.
The ammonium transported in runoff from the composted dairy manure was somewhat consistent for the 10-week study.
Treatments include ammonium nitrate (closed circles), sulphur-coated urea (open circles), composted dairy manure (closed triangles), and poultry litter (open triangles).
The possible contribution of a composting inoculum on decomposition and nutrient content was evaluated by subjecting the mixtures to inoculation.
Samples were collected from each treatment at 4-week intervals from the start of the composting process until 16 weeks.
Increasing the proportion of banana residue in the mixture (as in the 2: 1: 1 treatments) means lengthening the composting period to 8 weeks.
After the pulping the coffee beans are washed and the remaining pulp is usually composted.
Sustained coffee production will, therefore, require correction of this negative balance by regular application of inorganic fertilizers and/or large amounts of nutrient-rich composts.
Landfarming is similar to composting systems for destroying organic or biological sludges from municipal and industrial waste water treatment systems.
Nutrient losses in surface and subsurface flow from pasture applied poultry litter and composted poultry litter.
The nutrient supplying capacity of banana residues in combination with leguminous materials and chicken manure was investigated in composting studies.
Effect of composting on nutrient loss and nitrogen availability of cattle deep litter.
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