Boxwood moth
...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...
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Soil health
...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...
New dynamics for the compost industry due to synergy between green energy and high quality compost
How can the compost industry optimally apply the available biomass resources for producing green energy and high quality soil improvers?
Sustainable soils by quality compost with defined properties
VLACO vzw - Vlaamse compostorganisatie, PCA - Interprovinciaal Proefcentrum voor de Aardappelteelt vzw, PCS - Proefcentrum voor de Sierteelt
Soil improvement with organic fertilizers
ILVO investigates how organic residue streams can be processed (composting, fermentation,...) before being applied to the soil.
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Soil: carbon sequestration
...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...
Reducing mineral fertilisers and agro-chemicals by recycling treated organic waste as compost and bio-char products
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.
Developing a sustainable potting soil based on green waste compost and other locally produced and available feedstock materials
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Can we develop and deliver a sustainable potting soil for the hobby market based on compost and other alternatives for peat?
ILVO expands compost site and points to potential of compost
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...
ILVO BLOGS from the Experimental Platform for Agroecology in Hansbeke: Making farm compost with the three of us
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?
Less peat in substrates for horticulture thanks to compost, wood fiber, biochar and chitin
Horti-BlueC webinar 3: Spent growing media for direct reuse or as a feedstock for biochar and 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...
Climate-conscious celebrations of All Saints' Day: chrysanthemum grown on compost and leftover green material?
...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 ...
TOWARDS TERRITORIAL BIOREFINERIES: CLOSING CYCLES BY CREATING PRODUCTS FROM RESIDUE BASED BIORESOURCES ON REGIONAL LEVELS
...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'...
ERA-Net Cofund: sustainable food production and consumption
...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...
Carbon Connects
...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...
Horti-BlueC
...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...
ROOF FOOD: incubator for rooftop farming
...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...
Integrated Pest management of the allium leaf miner Phytomyza gymnostoma Loew in leek
...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....
Climate change adaptation through soil and crop management (CLIMASOMA): synthesis and ways forward
...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...
Sustainable cultivation in container and open field using materials of local origin with enhanced microbial life and ready for use growers of ornamental plants
... 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...
Demonstration of circular biofertilisers and implementation of optimized fertiliser strategies and value chains in rural communities
...id platform, microbial biomass production, electrodialysis, insect breeding, biochar production and composting. Four European regions and one in South America work together.Research approach
RE-PEAT – Reuse of growing media for a circular horticulture
...o export and supply security and increased price volatility. Alternatives such as coir, wood fiber, compost, management residues, etc. are being sought. Complete replacement of peat is not yet on t...
Climate-neutral agriculture through sustainable C farming
...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...
Nutriënt Management and Nutriënt Recovery Thematic Network
...ASSEMBLEE DES REGIONS EUROPEENNES FRUITIERES LEGUMIERES ET HORTICOLES (AREFLH), VLACO vzw - Vlaamse compostorganisatie, Fundacion Cartif, Universita Degli Studi Di Torino, Institut fur Baustoff-For...
Bio-economy and Circular Agriculture for Soil Health
...optimized to close nutrient, energy and biomass loops. The aim of the project is to integrate urban composts and green wastes in multi-purpose agro-ecological production systems. The management sho...
Webinar 'Sustainable farming for peatlands'
...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...
Peat-free potting soil another step closer. Beneficial microorganisms in peat alternatives can stimulate plant growth and health.
...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...
Bioeconomy and closed loops
... Plant, Marine and Livestock have an extensive network of trial fields, trial cultures and a full composting infrastructure. We have expertise in systems thinking, economic modeling, techno-economi...
Horticulture & ornamental cultivation
ILVO conducts research into the possibilities of sustainable growing media based on local biomass. Compost and plant fibers (wood fiber, miscanthus straw, heath chopper sod, flax loam, etc.) form a su...
Composting
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Composting
...0m² greenhouse infrastructure and climate chambers for research, including for quarantine organismsCompost site and compost reactors'Rainout shelters' for research on drought stress in plantsAn acc...
Bioeconomy
Closing cycles through composting
...ducts research into the possibilities of sustainable cultivation substrates based on local biomass. Compost and plant fibers (wood fiber, miscanthus straw, heath chopper sod, flax loam, etc.) form ...
Research infrastructure
...ieces of semi-industrial equipmentWorkshop for building prototypes for automation and robotizationComposting site and compost reactor ILVO also has more than 40 accredited labs for specialized anal...
Plant and Soil Living Lab
... impact. You can rely on our multidisciplinary team of experts: Soil life, soil management, compost technology, crop substratesTrial field managementPhenotyping based on image analysis, mod...