摘要 |
A peat substitute based on straw and agricultural slurry made by an accelerated aerobic composting process using a film forming gelling agent. The use of the film forming gelling agent increases micro organism contact with the plant matter to be composted. This significantly decreases the time taken to convert the plant matter into humus. The resultant humus is rich in nutrients and has peat like physico chemical properties. The gelling agent is preferably gelatine which contains micro organism cultures, microorganism nutrients and micro organism activators. |