Volume of compost

[Guest guest]

Can anyone tell me if there are any rough figures for the amount of compost

needed per acre for general vegetable production, or how many square foot of

land I would need to dedicate to compost production for two acres?

 

Thanks prabhus.

 

Your servant

Samba das

[Guest guest]

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> half an inch per acre = 5 tons/ acre

> 2 inches thick = 20 tons/acre

> or 8-10 inches = 100 tons/acre

 

If the compost is primarily cow manure and aplied at rates above 20 tons per

acre, in many soil types if you are not cropping heavily you can run the risk

of building up too much available potassium inn the soil.

 

In WV, applying more than 30 tons of cow manure(uncomposted) for several

years

and only taking the ear corn and not the whole plant for silage, adverse

levels

of potassium can build up. These soils are clay soils already with naturally

occuring potassium. Just something to think about.