clasou wrote:Hello,
Still with the same idea, Having read a report on the brief, he spoke among other things of what he called nitrogen hunger.
Apparently following the carbon intake.
An idea that I tried but that momentarily, a vermicompostor, what would be the disadvantages advantages, of principle, say to make them digested 100 kg of straw.
Well, humidity is certainly better, I also saw that it was necessary to bring them from time to time fine sand which apparently maintains their digestive system.
And what would be good on the qualitative result of luer droppings.
a + claude
1) To continue this "basic agronomy treatise":
When you put in the ground a compound very rich in cellulose and / or lignin, the microorganisms which will "digest" it, they do not do it to please you! They do it for food. But like any living being, they are not made up only of cellulose, nor of carbohydrates ... They also need proteins, even if they are capable of synthesizing it. So since your organic matter contains very little of it (otherwise, we wouldn't need meat / fish or pulses!), They will draw the nitrogen it takes to make these proteins in the soil. ..
So the process of decomposition of these cellulosic and / or woody organic matter (same thing for straw, same thing for your sorghum!) Will be directly in competition with the plants: we say that there is a "hunger for" nitrogen". Plants grown on such soil are initially yellower, more puny ...
2) It will be the same for your earthworms: with that straw, they will soon run out of protein and ... will probably not develop that much!
On the other hand, if you do this when you find grass clippings, this will be the best: cellulose = energy; very green lawn = rich in nitrogen, there, it will gas !!!