Humus compost is good for your soil and the environment

Vegetables and fruits are full of nutrients and water. The valuable nutrients in the parts you don't use can be recovered for reuse by composting. They are wasted in landfills when kitchen scraps are thrown out as rubbish.

You can turn kitchen waste into humus, which is the long-lasting spongy part of mature compost. Humus has the capacity to retain:

• nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus
• micro-nutrients e.g. iron, manganese, calcium, copper, zinc
• water

Soil enrichment with humus

Found in quality compost, humus is regarded as gardeners’ gold. It plays an important role in soil, such as storing and releasing nutrients as well as moisture, and improving soil structure for better drainage and aeration. Not only does humus act as slow-release fertiliser, it makes your soil healthier and more drought resistant. Plants grow happily in soil with humus, requiring less fertilisers and pesticides.

Climate action with humus

What is less appreciated is the ability of humus to lock up carbon in soil for a long time. Humus is rich in carbon and is stable, i.e., humus does not break down easily to release its carbon into the atmosphere. Producing humus to bury carbon in the ground is a practical response to climate change.

Home-made humus compost

Traditional compost equipment like worm farms produce worm castings which don’t have soil improving properties. Compost bins and tumblers are designed for garden wastes but can handle limited kitchen scraps in a garden waste composite.

The nutrient value of your compost depends on what is in your wastes. Better quality compost is produced when your waste composite comprises lots of kitchen scraps, which are richer in nutrients than garden wastes.

Bioverter has an advanced design compared to standard compost equipment, and can handle a wider variety and larger amount of kitchen scraps. Use it to produce dark humus compost.

Humus is very good for the garden and the environment.