Compost Research Paper

Compost is decomposed organic material used to fertilize plants. It’s generally used as a way to easily give plants nutrients or change the structure of soil to make it easier for plants to grow. Compost is important for plants, serving as the quickest way for plants to receive nutrients.

It’s important for the environment.

It reduces trash from growing by using no longer useful organic material.

It reconstructs soil to have the correct amount of air, moisture, and nutrients; almost creating an ideal location for plants.

It’s a natural substitute for compost made up of chemicals

Compost could include any organic material, but some organic material could disturb plants or the soil.

Meat - could potentially attract unwanted attention

There are signs that you have a potentially good combination of compost.

The compost heating up quickly

Decomposing quickly

Averting insects away from itself

Doesn’t smell as much

Though, it’s alright to have compost that smells. It’s better to get cleaner and more tolerable compost.

Compost aided plants by adding nutrients and factors like nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium.

Potassium

Avocado

Acorn Squash

Nitrogen

Peas

Clover

Phoshorus

Pumpkin

Seeds (Sesame seeds, sunflower seeds)

There’s one big factor that heavily determines how good your compost will be. That is the Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C:N). Plants are made up of great amounts of carbon and generally lesser amounts of nitrogen. A correct proportion of carbon and nitrogen is required for good compost.

Trees, such as oak and pine trees absorb the most carbon

Pine needles or wood have a possibility of remaining without decomposing into the compost

“An ideal ratio for C:N is 25-30:1”

If needed worms could be used to decompose compost quicker within’ soil. Though, this variable would be hard to control due to one combination of compost having worms eating more than another and such.

Worms prefer fruits

Worms have a disliking to citrus due to too much citrus