Keter Compost Mixer - Manual (Page 25)

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WhaT can I coMPosT?
GREENS (N) (Nitrogenous):
Grass clippings
Spent flowers and plants
Table scraps
Eggshells (crushed)
Fruit scraps
Vegetable scraps
Coffee and tea grounds
Vegetarian animal manure (e.g., that of cows
and chickens)
BROWNS (C) (Carbonaceous):
Dry leaves
Sawdust
Shredded newspaper*
Straw
Small twigs
Wood chips and shavings Corncobs
Cornstalks
Hay
Nutshells
* Newspapers and paper can be added in small crumpled amounts,
but it is better to recycle them if you can.
WhaT noT To coMPosT?
Meat
Fat
Bones
Fish
Dairy products
Pet or human waste
Stones
Metal
Plastic
Large branches or wood chips
Diseased plants or weeds
lIQUID feRTIlIzInG – coMPosT Tea & coMPosT boosTeR
COMPOSt tEA
Compost tea is, in essence, liquid fertilizer. You can easily extract it by using your COMPOST MIXER. Compost tea is
created by suspending the ready humus in water, and is a very mild, organic liquid fertilizer. Applying compost to the
soil in this liquid form is a quick way to enrich the soil with nutrients, dissolved organic matter, and active organisms
such as bacteria, protozoa, actinomycetes, and fungi.
Compost tea can even eliminate pathogens.
Compost tea is applied to the soil by watering or foliar spraying.
COMPOSt BOOStER
Compost Booster is a dark-colored solution liquid that drains out of a compost pile when it is overly-moist (i.e., at
or above saturation level). The Compost Booster contains a large quantity of dissolved organic matter, bacteria, and
potassium ions. As a result, it is not compost tea nor should it be used as such, largely because it may represent the
result of overly-wet and potentially anaerobic conditions. Compost Booster should be reinserted into the COMPOST
MIXER in order to boost the number of microorganisms present.