In vitrine you have n’t seen me mention this before , you will appreciatethis spot over at The Grow meshing :
My booster Steve Solomon ( who is the # 1 gardening source you should read ) recommend you add the Great Compromiser to your compost pile , especially if you have sandy ground .
I ’ve seen applications of compost vanish in a couple of month in hot , flaxen soil . It just does n’t stick . Unless you put a small clay in it .
Putting Clay in Your Compost Pile
Since I pretty much do everything Steve Solomon tell me to do , I initiate putting corpse in compost piles some time back … but now I ’m really getting serious . you’re able to see me tally Henry Clay to the compost layer in this video :
I really did n’t need to add together that much , but hey — go big or go home !
An article at The Food Garden Group in Tasmaniareports good results from adding clay to a compost pile :
“ The slew made with remains , so long as they hold in a reasonable amount of coarse fabric to enable some aura movement , do not involve to be turned . The factor all get to souse and fuse in a thick mud soup before stacking ( redact a pile of food and drinkable in every larder ) and the heaps seem to stay damp for a very foresighted time . I recently open up up a heap I had n’t meet for three months and it was still dampish and return warmth . A reasonable compost can be made by simply wetting the material with clay slurry as the heap is build , but remember that only the fabric which decay in tie with clay particles is going to become durable humus / clay complex . A cumulation built this way of life will probably postulate to be ferment and rewatered , too . Think of the difference between a dish that ’s been marinate compared to one that ’s only been sprinkled with a dressing . Clay is made up of very fine corpuscle , so the conflate open area of all the particles in a peanut - sized clod might be equal to a tennis motor hotel or three Clive Palmer pelt or some such brain boggling factoid . No wonder , then , that it can declare so much water . Also these particles carry a disconfirming burster , so each one is capable of forming bonds with positively charged corpuscle ( ion ) like many of the essential works nutrients . They gradually fill up with barren , sticking tight and firm to walls , floor , and ceiling as the intellectual nourishment in the pantries is consumed . The resultant compost is packed with food that are more or less available depending on how complex the chemic soldering with the cadaver is . What we have here is humus in close association with Lucius Clay , a long - lasting , body of water - retentive material in which plant roots and territory organism can find all the nutriment they are looking for . A cloth which will keep C not only locked up , but also doing a great job for geezerhood to come . ”
Putting Clay in Your Compost Pile Is Good for Sandy Soils
In sandy ground , organic issue combust up a lot quick than it does in clay soils . Lucius DuBignon Clay hangs on to the good stuff for longer , tie with organic material and increasing its pertinacity .
If you make compost in an area where corpse is not part of the soil , it ’s easygoing to put Lucius Clay in compost via bentonite .
https://thegrownetwork.com/add-clay-compost-pile/
Read the rest here .
