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<blockquote data-quote="JohnGalway" data-source="post: 7603784" data-attributes="member: 204"><p>It depends, the biology that would be desired in a finished product comes from the starter ingredients mainly. However there are general rules, recipes, conditions, desired outcomes in play there so, what the starter materials are and how they are managed is also critical. Making compost with the desirable levels of biology is scientific method mixed with art form. There are methods of adding in biology after the fact as well. But, without the knowledge in the making process and without the proper testing, it's just bluffing of sorts. It's the biology in the finished product, at the correct levels for the plant combined with what was in that soil in the first instance, managed correctly after making and applying it, that reduces the <em><u>need for volume</u></em> of product going into the future.</p><p></p><p>There's a LOT of information on compost out there that would be................. wrong, tbh. Well intentioned no doubt, but misleading all the same. There are ways of visually determining <em><u>what might be</u></em> in a compost, but without microscope analysis it's guessing as to what's exactly in there. So, people ask isn't suspected good good enough? Well, what was in your soils to begin with, that now will have a material added to it of unknown biology, might one be upsetting biological balances in that soil that had they been known, wouldn't have been desirable to alter.</p><p></p><p>I should add, <em><u>it can be possible</u></em>, if a crap compost isn't totally terrible that that material can be incoluated with good biology to produce good biological compost, so that's a thing also. Some composts however, better walk away from rather than attempt rehabilitate.</p><p></p><p>A mix of Allan Savorys ideas on management and Elaine Inghams compost amendments would do wonders for the world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnGalway, post: 7603784, member: 204"] It depends, the biology that would be desired in a finished product comes from the starter ingredients mainly. However there are general rules, recipes, conditions, desired outcomes in play there so, what the starter materials are and how they are managed is also critical. Making compost with the desirable levels of biology is scientific method mixed with art form. There are methods of adding in biology after the fact as well. But, without the knowledge in the making process and without the proper testing, it's just bluffing of sorts. It's the biology in the finished product, at the correct levels for the plant combined with what was in that soil in the first instance, managed correctly after making and applying it, that reduces the [I][U]need for volume[/U][/I] of product going into the future. There's a LOT of information on compost out there that would be................. wrong, tbh. Well intentioned no doubt, but misleading all the same. There are ways of visually determining [I][U]what might be[/U][/I] in a compost, but without microscope analysis it's guessing as to what's exactly in there. So, people ask isn't suspected good good enough? Well, what was in your soils to begin with, that now will have a material added to it of unknown biology, might one be upsetting biological balances in that soil that had they been known, wouldn't have been desirable to alter. I should add, [I][U]it can be possible[/U][/I], if a crap compost isn't totally terrible that that material can be incoluated with good biology to produce good biological compost, so that's a thing also. Some composts however, better walk away from rather than attempt rehabilitate. A mix of Allan Savorys ideas on management and Elaine Inghams compost amendments would do wonders for the world. [/QUOTE]
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