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How does rainfall influence rate of decomposition?
Rain is necessary to help things rot. Compost piles need water to decompose plant matter and turn it into black gold.
Why is fruit used in most compost piles?
Compost is used in most compost piles because it is edible by beneficial macro- and micro-organisms and because it rots easily.
Do compost piles stink?
Yes.
What six things that decay can you put in compost piles?
Cardboard, egg shells, fruit peels, grass clippings, leaves and paper are six things that decay and that may be put in compost piles. Fruit peels and grass clippings decompose within six months while cardboard and leaves -- excepting beech and oak -- require 12 to 24 months. Egg shells take at least three years to decompose.
What foods are good for compost and why?
The foods that are good for compost are usually things that can decompose in soil with worms such as banana peels. This is because the worms in your compost have to be able to decompose the things you put in the compost.
How are landfills and compost piles the same?
Both landfills and compost piles are both ways to collect trash. Landfills is very unhealthy, but composting is healthy.
How do roundworms benefit the environment?
clean soil by compost piles!
What is happening to the nutrients in a compost pile?
Breakdown and solubilization are the happenings to nutrients in compost piles. The nutrients decompose through consumption and excretion by macro- and micro-organisms. The waste products emerge as soluble macro- and micro-nutrients that can be taken in by soils and by such soil food web members as plant roots.
What are Slime molds primarily found in?
rotting wood or compost piles
What do you use as a worm farm?
ussually, compost piles. if you want to contain the worms you cound put your compost inside of a bin.
Does a compost pile help leaves decompose quicker?
yes
How long does it take to decompose poop?
1 to 2 years in the compost
