For many, compost is the number one fertilizer in the garden due to its effectiveness and availability.
However, it is worth understanding that its quality will directly depend on the correct preparation.
Therefore, it is important to carefully study the list of permitted and prohibited components, warned agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert for the online publication BelNovosti.
What you need to know about this issue
Acceptable Ingredients
You can safely add the peels of various fruits to the compost, especially if they are used to prepare fertilizers.
Dried coffee grounds and tea leaves can be composted. Chicken eggshells are also used. Acceptable plant waste is introduced.
You can also introduce plant residues (healthy and without seeds, if we are talking about weeds) and manure with droppings.
What is better not to add to compost
There is no need to add fruit and berry pits, meat scraps, or pulp left over from eating citrus fruits to the fertilizer.
Large wood remains are also not introduced. Domestic animal feces cannot be sent. Milk, meat and fish are also not introduced into compost.
Earlier we talked about how you can protect your garden from slugs .
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
