Compost ingredients

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Compost ingredients

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I find this article helpfull to choose what we can add to achieve a good compost http://dld.bz/bWH3Z
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Kaiser, it will be much easier for us to read the stuff in the post you made, rather than following the link, copy the stuff and paste it over here with some editing and using your own words in between so everyone could take part in the discussion... hope you understand..
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Certainly I can do that for the ease of fellow members, i understand. Thank you Izhar for mentioning.
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@ Kaiser: Waiting eagerly. Please do find time to post.
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munir wrote:@ Kaiser: Waiting eagerly. Please do find time to post.
AOA Munir,

I'm so sorry didn't noticed that you are awaiting for the info. I do not come here very often.

Posting below the conclusion from the page i mentioned the link of that website in my earlier post that you can also copy and can surf easily. I hope this little piece of conclusion will help you knowing the composting bit more. Thanks & regards

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The key to making great compost is getting the right mix of ingredients so that the pile breaks down efficiently leaving us with compost that is both rich in nutrients and high in humus. But before we delve into how much of each ingredient to use, here is a quick overview of the types of materials that we will be adding to our compost pile. Compost ingredients can be divided into two basic categories, Brown Materials such as leaves, hay, straw and paper, and Green materials such as grass clippings, fresh manure, vegetable trimmings and most green plant cuttings. To make the categories easier to remember it is often helpful to think of brown materials as hard, dry or dead, and green materials as soft, fresh or wet. There are a few exceptions but it is usually correct. Good Compost Ingredients: Green and Brown

Green
Vegetables & Fruit
Grass Clippings
Fresh Manure
Coffee Grounds
Young Hedge Trimmings
Seaweed
Feathers
Plant cuttings
Hair

Brown
Leaves
Hay & Straw
Paper & Cardboard
Woody Prunings
Eggshells
Tea Bags
Corn Cobs
Sawdust
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Thank you, Kaiser. Please keep linked with the Forum. Allah bless!
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General rule anything organic would do.......for quick results take easily decomposable materials.
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farhan137 wrote:General rule anything organic would do.......for quick results take easily decomposable materials.
absolutely true, thanks Farhan.
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