Compost is the best source of stable organic matter, improves soil structure, increases crop disease resistance, and ensures more stable crop yields. But as a farmer, how do you start farm composting?...
Soil and compost quality measurement
How can the compost industry optimally apply the available biomass resources for producing green energy and high quality soil improvers?
VLACO vzw - Vlaamse compostorganisatie, PCA - Interprovinciaal Proefcentrum voor de Aardappelteelt vzw, PCS - Proefcentrum voor de Sierteelt
The FERTIPLUS project assists the EU in the design and implementation of innovative strategies and technologies for the recycling of waste to both compost and biochar for use in agriculture.
...llars are difficult to see but leave a jagged line pattern on the leaves.Step 2: Prune and compost trimmingsThe best way to control the pest is, in addition to observing it, at leas...
...althy soil. This engine is kept running by adding stable organic matter such as farmyard manure and compost, but roots, root exudates, green cover crop residues and crop residues such as straw also...
http://www.vlaco.be/compost-gebruik/duurzame-potgrond
Can we develop and deliver a sustainable potting soil for the hobby market based on compost and other alternatives for peat?
A full-fledged infrastructure The first construction phase of the compost site – a 30 cm thick impermeable concrete platform in open air, under slope (2%) and with a separate reception of rainwate...
...br> The farmyard manure dilemma Ornamental growers today mainly use farmyard manure - sometimes compost - as a starting fertilizer when planting perennial crops. Depending on the crop, organic ...
The compost pile contained farmyard manure (i.e., an animal component!), wood chips, leaf litter, and natural grass clippings. Interestingly, as an individual farm, you will be able to make arrangemen...
Why compost?
...spent growing media. Spent growing media can be directly reused or can be processed into biochar or compost. Partners Horti-BlueCWebsite Horti-BlueC for more information and updates: Hort...
ILVO investigates how organic residue streams can be processed (composting, fermentation,...) before being applied to the soil.
Composting
...esidues left behind on the field or indirectly via external organic material such as animal manure, compost, wood chips, etc. Through soil life, this fresh organic material is converted partly into...
On ILVO's trial fields, the use of slurry, manure, compost, green cover crops, and soil cultivation are studied through multi-year trials.
...r de groententeelt Sint-Katelijn-Waver, PCS - Proefcentrum voor de Sierteelt, VLACO vzw - Vlaamse compostorganisatie, Natuurpunt, Delphy, INRAE Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'...
...out the issues, objectives and results of the research projects. Important responsibilities are the compostion of the communication strategy, determination of the communication channels and materia...
...m the pilots in the farm. Examples are the use for bedding in stables or the use of biomass in farm compost to increase soil carbon in nearby arable land.Relevance/ValorizationThe project i...
...k (further) on residual flows from agro, agri-food and fishery activities, which are processed into compost, plant fibers, biochar and chitin. The final goal is to come up with technically sound an...
...bstrate. The Roof Food samples are more bacterially diverse than the 3 groups of reference samples (compost, woody material, and potting soil). The fungal population in the Roof Food samples is mor...
...s to control them in the field and to process infected plants. Piling up leek waste or (preferably) composting it appears to be an effective way to kill pupae. Insect netting with fine meshes (e.g....
...ts, even in winter. Stopping plowing is not a holy grail. Addition of plant material such as mulch, compost or biochar helps the soil to absorb and retain water.The detailed results of the proj...
... efficiency, biocontrol and cultivation methods. Finally, we examine whether managment residues and compost can increase the efficiency of commercially available microorganisms by acting as a colon...
...d trade-offs; 2) eight experiments investigated the effect of organic material application (such as compost and biochar) on N2O emissions; 3) simulation models were developed to predict the long-te...
...id platform, microbial biomass production, electrodialysis, insect breeding, biochar production and composting. Four European regions and one in South America work together.Research approach
... also pay off when reused in the circular production system. Alternatives such as coir, wood fiber, compost, management residues, etc. are being sought, but complete replacement of peat is not yet ...
...on crop growth and drought resistance, carbon storage and soil properties is studied. The effect of composting on silicate weathering and compost properties is investigated in a composting experime...
...ation substrates for both professional use and the hobby market, incorporating a maximum of locally composted waste streams. Interest in not-full-ground cultivation is increasing for a number of re...
...endophytic xylem fungi. For the cultivation measures, we aim to screen soil, plants, substrate, and compost preventively to identify risk plots and prevent the (further) introduction of the pathoge...
...ASSEMBLEE DES REGIONS EUROPEENNES FRUITIERES LEGUMIERES ET HORTICOLES (AREFLH), VLACO vzw - Vlaamse compostorganisatie, Fundacion Cartif, Universita Degli Studi Di Torino, Institut fur Baustoff-For...
General introductionUse of carbon-rich organic materials such as biochar and green compost in cascade can increase agricultural value and final sustainability. But it can also lead to competition ...
Agriculture and Food Development Authority (TEAGASC), AINIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, VITO - Vlaams Instituut Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV, Zinpro, Medrar Smart Sol...
...ert van WEEREN, Wetland products (NL) Farmer to Farmer session on cattail 🎥Farm composting using reed and other biomass from rewetted landMaarten De BOEVER, ILVO (BE) Us...
...ion and growing pressure from consumers are driving research into sustainable peat alternatives.Composts and management residues (that is the biomass released during the management of natural a...