Development of Compost Products

Hauke, H; Stöppler-Zimmer, Holger; Gottschall, Ralf

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1569-5_46

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“…Unlike products obtained from unsorted urban solid waste, there is a potentially large market for compost derived from source separated organic waste when used as an alternative to peat (Gouin 1991;Favoino and Centemero 1994). Indeed, by using compost, it would be possible to reduce the enormous volumes of peat quarried (Hauke et al 1995) and promote the sale of new growing media based on compost.…”

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Use of Compost in Soilless Cultivation

Pinamonti

Stringari

Zorzi

1997

Compost Science & Utilization

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An experiment was performed with compost prepared from bark and sewage sludge to evaluate its suitability for amending growing media used in the soilless cultivation of cucumber (Cucumuis sativus), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), strawberry (Fragaria vesca) and Gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii). Four media were compared: rock wool; white peat; a mixture of 40 percent white peat, 35 percent rice chaff and 25 percent compost by volume; and a mixture of 50 percent white peat and 50 percent compost by volume.Both of the growing media amended with compost offered clear advantages for all species tested: improved plant nutrition, better vegetative growth and an increase in both the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of production. The physical and physiochemical properties of compost combine with those of white peat to create growing media that offer higher production potential than can be obtained with pure rock wool or peat. Furthermore, the use of compost did not lead to dangerous increases in the content of heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd and Cr) in the fruit of the species tested.

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Use of Compost in Soilless Cultivation

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Stringari

Zorzi

1997

Compost Science & Utilization

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“…Smith and Hall (1992) established that electrical conductivity was a more important determinant of #ower production than pH at higher levels of compost addition to soil. Hauke et al (1996) demonstrated distinct di!erences in chloride tolerance between plant species (pelargonia, petunia, impatiens, begonia, saintpaulia, and primula). They proposed that the chloride content should not exceed 0.6 g/L if the medium contains 40% (v/v) compost and 1.0 g/L if 20% (v/v) compost is added.…”

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Ecotoxicity Tests for Compost Applications

Kapanen

Itävaara

2001

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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“…Moreover, in an effort to recycle and reclaim wastes, various residues generated by agriculture, livestock farming, forestry, industries and city centers are being successfully used as container media for ornamental plant production (Verdonck 1988;Abad et al 1997;Ingelmo et al 1998). Thus, an increase in the demand for solid wastes has been generated, and so these materials are now considered as useful and value-added products (Hauke et al 1996;Bures 1997).…”

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Use of synthetic soil aggregates as a containerized growth medium component to substitute peat in the ornamental plant production

Jayasinghe

Tokashiki

Kitou

2010

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

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This study investigates characteristics and utilization of synthetic soil aggregates (SA) formed by low productive acidic soil with paper and starch waste for production of French marigold (Tagetes patula) as a partial peat substitution in growing substrate. Five different growth substrates utilized in this study were: (i) Peat only, (ii) peat 75%: SA 25%, (iii) peat 50%: SA 50%, (iv) peat 25%: SA 75%, and (v) SA only. Peat 75%: SA 25% enhanced substrate physical and chemical properties into the established ideal substrate range. Plant height, numbers of flowers, fresh shoot weight, dry shoot weight, root length, fresh root weight and dry root weight of French marigold grown in the substrate of peat 75%: SA 25% increased by 13.28, 23.07, 28.51, 27.41, 6.66, 68.33 and 7.40%, respectively, compared with peat substrate. Peat 50%: SA50% gave similar growth parameters to peat only substrate. Nitrogen (N) content of plants grown in peat 75%: SA25% was higher than peat substrate. Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn concentrations in all plant shoots were in the normal range and well below the phytotoxic range. Therefore, growth substrates with 25% and 50% SA can be recommended as the most effective substrates to substitute expensive and less available peat from an environmental point of view.

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Development of Compost Products

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Use of Compost in Soilless Cultivation

Use of Compost in Soilless Cultivation

Ecotoxicity Tests for Compost Applications

Use of synthetic soil aggregates as a containerized growth medium component to substitute peat in the ornamental plant production

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