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  • From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Quora question: How does one build soil? http://www.quora.com/How-does-one-build-soil
  • Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:35:22 -0800 (PST)

> ...Composing the organic material before adding it is much
> more efficient soil building than adding it straight.

People end up believing this because it is being repeated all the time. In
fact, the opposite is true: the longer something stays on the compost heap,
the greater the losses. Hence, the most efficient way of using organic
matter is by applying it directly to the soil without composting.


> A good compost will heat up with microbial activity, and decompose
> very quickly.

The greatest losses occur during the high temperature phase.

Happy Christmas,
Dieter





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