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If you have ever used quality compost as an organic fertilizer, then you've reaped the benifits thereof and need no further encouraging. However, if you have never used quality compost or have some preconceived negative thoughts about it, you should take a moment and review some scientifically proven facts because you are absolutely missing one of the most important products related to horticulture that exists.
An Outline of Compost Benefits
• Converts nutrients to a more stable form
Less likely to leach
More available to plants
• Adds humic acid to the soil
holds 3-5 times more nutrients than soil
holds nutrients in the root zone
• Makes nitrogen more available
• Increases beneficial soil organisms
Bacteria can increase available nitro-qen and help suppress plant diseases
Fungi pests, aid in the uptake of nutrients, and may improve product
quality and yields
• Increases water retention - Reduces the need to irrigate
• Improves soil tilth and aeration - Aids root penetration
• Reduces non point-source source pollution of surface and ground water
• Substantially reduces dangerous fecal coliform bacteria.
• Reduces nutrient over-loading of soil
• Reduces volume and moisture content
• Easier and less costly to spread than manure
• Can be used to amend soil, as mulch, or as a peat substitute
• Reduces raw manure odors
• Kills weed seeds and pathogens
• Reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers
• Fungi kill pests, aid in the uptake of nutrients, and may improve product quality and yields
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