COMPOSTING

101Ellen Book,

Master Gardener

Miami-Dade County

Cooperative Extension 11

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Was NOT me

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A Tumbler Bin Composter

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GREENs = nitroGenBROWNs = carBon

NitroGen = ProteinCarBon = Energy1

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Compost Tips for the Home Gardenerhttp://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep323

Carbon – Browns Nitrogen – Greens 1

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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 1

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Compost

bin

cutaway

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Aeration

keeps

microbes

alive.

ANEROBI

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microbes

STINK!1

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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

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Unfinished compost

may stress plants, causing

yellowing or stalling growth

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Heat cooks most weeds

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LANDFILL SITES

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http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/

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COMPOSTING

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QUESTIONS?

Upcoming Master

Gardener Program:

Sat Dec 16, 2017 3pm – 4pm

Plant Propagation Wksp

propagate Florida-Friendly

plants by seeds, division, air

layering, and grafting.

West Dade Regional Library

9445 Coral Way

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