There are a lot of people asking questions like this on Google: what can I put in my compost bin? What can be put in a compost pile? Here, we will tell you what raw materials are suitable for composting:
(1) Basic raw materials：
- straw
- palm filament
- weed
- hair
- Fruit and vegetable peels
- Citrus rinds
- Melon rinds
- Coffee grounds
- Tea leaves and paper tea bags
- Old vegetables that aren’t suitable for eating anymore
- Houseplant trimmings
- Weeds that haven’t gone to seed
- Grass clippings
- Fresh leaves
- Deadheads from flowers
- Dead plants (as long as they aren’t diseased)
- Seaweed
- Cooked plain rice
- Cooked plain pasta
- Stale bread
- Corn husks
- Corn cobs
- Broccoli stalks
- Sod that you’ve removed to make new garden beds
- Thinnings from the vegetable garden
- Spent bulbs that you used for forcing indoors
- Old dried herbs and spices that have lost their flavor
- Eggshells
(2) Raw materials that promote decay and decomposition:
Since the basic raw materials of compost are cellulose, Lignin, etc., its carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N) is large, and it is not easy for microorganisms to decompose it.
Need to add nutrient-rich substances, such as manure, sewage, nitrogen fertilizer, superphosphoric acid
Calcium, etc., to promote the activity of microorganisms. At the same time, it can bring in more bacteria to enhance its decomposition use.
Also add some lime to neutralize the organic acid and carbonic acid produced during the decomposition,
Make the bacteria multiply vigorously and promote the compost to decompose.
(3) Raw materials with strong absorbency:
In order to prevent the loss of nitrogen during the decomposition process of compost, highly absorbent substances, such as peat, clay, pond mud, gypsum, superphosphate, phosphate rock powder and other nitrogen-retaining agents, should be added when composting.
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Post time: Jun-13-2022