"Compost Test" results--anybody have it done? FOLLOW-UP
- Subject: "Compost Test" results--anybody have it done? FOLLOW-UP
- From: "Mark K" k*@adelphia.net
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 14:43:34 -0400
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
This is a follow-up to what I posted last summer. Does anybody else have
their or their town's compost numbers? Has anyone found any published
numbers anywhere on the 'net or has anybody called their town & asked
for this info? Please call your local town recycling/sanitation/parks
dept & post results or e-mail me. The example below shows a fertilizer
rating for the tested compost as 1.1N-0.3P-0.7K. Feel free to comment on
the #'s as well as salt, pH, OC, etc if you wish. Thanks.
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Cliff Warren
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 1:12 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: "Compost Test" results--anybody have it done?
>Anybody have a test done on their compost, similar to a soil test? My
>local facility, Town of Amherst Compost Facility/Engineering Dept (East
>Amherst,
>NY) did a test on 12/3/01 & 3/15/02 and these were the results as
>published:
>
>ORGANIC CONTENT 50-55%
>pH 7.4-8.0
>MOISTURE CONTENT 45-54%
>SOLUBLE SALT CONTENT 5.1-5.8 mmhos/cm
>
>TOTAL NITROGEN 22.3 LBS/TON
>PHOSPHOROUS 6.5 LBS/TON
>POTASSIUM 13.2 LBS/TON
>CALCIUM 59.7 LBS/TON
>MAGNESIUM 13.6 LBS/TON
>
I'm surprized that the pH is so high. I'd think compost
should be lower than that...
Cliff
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