How to use compost in the garden: its types and description

People who practice gardening and horticulture know the importance of compost. But not everyone knows how to properly prepare this type of fertilizer with your own hands. At the same time, most gardeners and amateur gardeners do not know what use of compost can be organized on their land plot with maximum benefit. You can find out more about all this from our article.

Content

1 Description
2 Video "Making Em - compost"
3 What is the use
4 Types of compost
5 Practical use
6 Video "Biopreparation" Baikal Em1 "

Description

Many people will pour out compost for fertilization in their orchard or vegetable garden of cultivated plants, fruit trees and shrubs. In the fall, almost everyone applies this fertilizer on their land plot. At the same time, not always everyone understands what this nutritional mixture is.

Compost is an organic fertilizer. It is formed in the process of decomposition of substances and products of organic origin under the influence of various aerobic microorganisms. During the creation of EM compost, additional special microorganisms are introduced, which are contained in EM - preparations.

As a result of this process, a fertilizer is formed that is completely safe to use. It can be applied in the fall under any trees or bushes without fear of negative consequences. Gardeners use it to fertilize their plantings in the summer, not just in the fall as a soil preparation. In addition, there are such types of top dressing that are applied in autumn and spring. At any time of the year, the use of this nutrient mixture will significantly improve the growth and development of plants.

Em compost is the best plant nutrition

It is worth noting that the use of this organic fertilizer will not hit your wallet, as it is quite possible to make it yourself from plant components. EM (a type of compost) can also be made easily at home.

A distinctive feature of EM - composting is the absence of unpleasant odors. This is due to the presence of a fermentation process, instead of rotting, as in conventional composts. But for such an activation of microorganisms introduced by special preparations, certain conditions are necessary for vital activity. Only in this case, fermentation and fermentation will take place efficiently and according to the desired scheme.

This type of organic formula contains the following ingredients:

inorganic nitrogen. It is included in the organic part of the fertilizer. It penetrates into the nutrient mixture from green tops, cut grass, various food residues, which gardeners and gardeners willingly carry to the compost heap. At the same time, the application does not end in the fall. During harvesting, the compost heap can grow significantly in size;
carbon. Again, it penetrates into the nutrient mixture from organic residues. Its source is the bark of trees, straw. These components should be about half as much as "green", which is enriched with nitrogen compounds;
oxygen. This component enters the fertilizer from the atmosphere. Therefore, when self-composting, the pile should be well ventilated. Many people use special containers for its production, because the material of construction must pass air well. Such structures in the garden can be installed instead of the old compost heap.

Also, do not forget that the whole process needs a certain amount of water. To ensure sufficient moisture in the structure, it must be covered with a lid.And if the compost heap begins to dry out, then it can be poured with water from a garden hose. Drying out of the components can negatively affect the beneficial properties of the compost.

In the process of making an organic nutritional formula, its components should be manually mixed at regular intervals. As a result of exposure to sunlight (heating) in a heap of organic matter, microorganisms begin to carry out active life, entering into biochemical contact with the components. The consequence of this interaction is the decomposition of organic components with the formation of a high-quality and nutritious fertilizer that can be used in the garden at any time of the year (spring, summer or autumn).

Video "Making Em - compost"

EM technologies in the improvement of the land on your site.

What is the use

Many people know how to use compost in the garden and garden, but not everyone can tell about its specific benefits. The benefits of using this nutritional formula include the following:

improving the structure of the soil, especially when fertilizing the soil in autumn and early spring;
additional plant nutrition;
loosening the soil, which increases soil aeration;
moisture retention, due to which plants are not deficient in water;
it can be used for mulching;
as an option for weed control, since a protective layer is created on the soil surface near the plants.

The benefits of a compost heap in the fall are also invaluable. It is in the fall that the harvest time comes and plant waste appears in the garden. In addition, trees are pruned in the fall. All this waste can be used to prepare high-quality and cheap fertilizer. As a result, there is no need to light fires, and we get ecological, waste-free production.

But if you want to make EM - compost, then you will need to spend money on special microorganisms.

Types of compost

Today there are several types of organic fertilizers that can be made by hand:

peat;
peat - ash;
peat - fecal;
peat waste - garbage;
peat - phosphorite;
peat - sod;
prefabricated garden;
peat - garbage, etc.

The differences between them lie only in the components and their ratio in relation to each other.

We should also mention EM - compost. EM - fertilizer is understood as a nutrient mixture that was formed as a result of the vital activity of microorganisms taken from EM preparations (for example, Baikal EM1). As a result of the activity of EM - microorganisms, a stable and easily digestible humus is obtained. It is formed within 2-3 months. Therefore, EO - humus is more popular, since, unlike other types of compost, the formation of which takes from up to 12 months, here the terms are 2-3 times shorter. And some types, such as peat - fecal fertilizers, will be ready only by the second year of formation.

Practical use

Compost has a wide range of practical uses:

fertilization of various plantings (potatoes, vegetables, flowers, seedlings of young bushes and trees);
application under steam in freshly plowed soil;
introduction for autumn and spring digging;
mulching the beds.
introduction for fall plowing.

Properly made compost will be an excellent fertilizer for your garden or vegetable garden. With its help, you will avoid many problems and get an excellent harvest in all respects in the fall.

Video "Biopreparation" Baikal Em1 "

Biological product Baikal EM 1 - this video describes in detail the process of preparing biological product Baikal, the solution of which can be used for a variety of purposes - both to increase yields, and to improve the soil, and to prepare compost, and to get rid of weeds, and for a number of others, no less important tasks that face the gardener.