composter Articles
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Growing Media compost - fact sheet 9 - use of composted material in growing media for professional growers
Untitled Document Composted material boosts sustainable growing media Composted material can be a major cost-effective component of growing media being not only a sustainable, well-structured substrate but also a source of nutrients and buffering capacity. What is composted material? In the United Kingdom, composted material is made by composting ...
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Use of manure, compost, and cover crops to supplant crop residue carbon in corn stover removed cropping systems
The emerging cellulosic-based ethanol industry will likely use corn (Zea mays L.) stover as a feedstock source. Growers wishing to maintain, or increase soil C levels for agronomic and environmental benefit will need to use C amendments such as manure, compost, or cover crops, to replace C removed with the corn stover. The objective of this research was to determine the effect of cover crops, ...
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Greenwood Mushroom Farm Composting - Case Study
Envron co-operated with the Canadian Mushroom Growers Association, the Canadian Federal Government, Provincial Government and Greenwood Mushroom Farm on a full-scale mushroom bunker composting odor control project at Greenwood Mushroom farm. This work was based on earlier work conducted with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture that showed positive odor control with Ozone and mushroom ...
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Lessons From the Field - Sean Croft - Case Study
Sean Croft, of Arahura Farms, is one of Australia’s largest organic carrot growers and is interested in improving soil management practices through permanent beds, controlled traffic, using compost and the introduction of beneficial microbes into the soil profile. From Sean’s perspective “We’re always looking at ways we can do things better. We’ve researched compost ...
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10 Regenerative Agriculture Practices Every Grower Should Follow
Worrying about bad crops due to poor soil should be a thing of the past. Modern farming that uses regenerative agriculture techniques have found greater success through 10 simple, but highly effective, practices. Learn about these practices, along with benefits to soils, crops, the environment, and the positive economic benefits. Reduced or No-till Farming Practices Cover Cropping Composting ...
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Affordable Orlando Organic Fertilizers, Healthy Soil for Vegetables & Crops
The success of a garden or crops is directly affected by the health of the soil ecosystem, creating a bounty of delicious vegetables and beautiful flowers. For true sustainability, maximum nutrition and amazing flavor, organic fertilizers and black worm castings are the the answer. How to Create Healthy Soil? Don’t use synthetic fertilizer or harmful chemicals. “When you put ...
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Temporal yield variability under conventional and alternative management systems
Year to year variation in yield is an inherent risk associated with crop production and many growers rely on intensive mechanical or chemical inputs to preserve crop yield in the face of fluctuating environmental conditions. However, as interest grows in alternative crop management systems which depend less on external inputs, determining the degree to which management systems can impact the ...
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Perfect poinsettias for Christmas? Controlling compost moisture can remove the need for chemical growth retardants
Poinsettias, the classic Christmas pot plant, are grown in their thousands in UK nurseries from late July onwards, but growers have to rely on the use of plant growth regulators (PRGs) to ensure that the optimum height and number of bracts is achieved by early December. With protective environmental legislation threatening to reduce the availability and use of such PGR treatments, a project led ...
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Observing the nitrogen cycle in a green manure trial on an organic farm
As part of a 5 year Federal Government funded Landcare project in the Gippsland area of Victoria, a number of on-farm trials have taken place. One of these trials was monitoring a range of green manures on a certified organic vegetable farm. The demonstration trialled and compared 6 different green manure crops each year for 3 years against a control. The control was immediately adjacent to the ...
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Using coir as a growing susbstrate - sustainably and ethically
Manufactured from the inner husk of coconuts, coir is, but its very nature, produced in distant, and often developing, countries. This means that there is also an ethical slant to consider, as well as the question of shipping costs and carbon use. As retailers apply more pressure on their suppliers to focus on sustainability and ethics, these points are becoming increasingly important. Growers ...
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What lies beneath: with technology becoming more affordable and accessible, growers are embracing its precision-farming power to improve soil health.
Healthy soil makes for optimal crops and today, there are seemingly countless ways to monitor and test soil health, from physical samples to sap flow and moisture monitoring, aerial imagery, and beyond. Here are some of the most recent developments, as well as how technologies are being used in the field. Fruition Sciences Precision agriculture company Fruition Sciences takes data measurements ...
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Phosphorous deficiency woes? Boost your cannabis plants
There are a few things that all cannabis growers have in common. Among the positive things like constant learning and the rewards of a healthy crop, there are plenty of headaches. One such headache is nutrient deficiency. In this article, we will focus on one of the most common nutrient issues, Phosphorus deficiency. Phosphorus is one of the most important nutrients that your cannabis plants ...
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