COMPOSTING

101Ellen Book,

Master Gardener

Miami-Dade County

Cooperative Extension

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http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/

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https://tinyurl.com/WhenToPlant 4

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Was NOT me 6

A Tumbler Bin Composter7

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GREENs = nitroGenBROWNs = carBon

NitroGen = ProteinCarBon = Energy

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

Carbon – Browns Nitrogen – Greens

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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

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Compost

bin

cutaway

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Aeration

keeps

microbes

alive.

ANEROBI

C

microbes

STINK!

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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

feel like a wrung-out sponge.

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Unfinished compost

may stress plants, causing

yellowing or stalling growth

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Heat cooks most weeds30

LANDFILL SITES31

http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/compost-info/

COMPOSTING

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QUESTIONS?

Upcoming Master

Gardener Program:

Sat Jan 13, 2018

Gwen Cherry Park

How to start raised bed gardens

and plant seeds/transplants

Sat & Sun Jan 13-14, 2018

10am – 5pm

Plant Clinic @ Redland Heritage

Festival

Fruit & Spice Park

Sat., Jan 20, 2018 9am -1pm

N. Trail Park Tree Giveway

780 NW 127 Ave. Access this presentation at:

http://tinyurl.com/compostingmiami