Johnson-Su static pile bioreactor prototype | How to compost 50-ton of woodchip & chicken manure

Composting farm manure typically involves creating wind-rows and turning it every 3 or 4 weeks to prevent it going anaerobic. That is a lot of work when handling tonnes of material, and the repeated turning disturbs the formation of fungal hyphae, which leads to a bacterial-dominant compost.

The main advantage of the Johnson Su bioreactor is that it is a zero-turn composting solution that creates fungi-dominant compost. Air vents are made in the compost to enable it to breath and remain aerobic, and this creates the environment for many varieties of fungi to develop.

Plants get the nutrition they need by forming symbiotic relationships with different varieties of mycorrhizal fungi in the ground. Each type of fungi has a specific role to play, be it extraction of nitrogen from the soil or creating antibiotics to combat diseases. Therefore, the more variety of fungi that you have in the ground, the better the outcome for your plants.

After 18 months, the composting process will be complete, and the fungi will go into a dormant sporal state. It will stay in this state until activated through exposure to the exudates from living plants. Once worked into the soil, by spreading it or creating a liquid extract, it will super-charge your soil to help create nutritionally rich food and healthy plants.

I’m going to post updates to track its progress and then carry out trials to see if it makes a difference to the health and growth of the hazelnut trees, so click that subscribe button to follow that journey.

To learn more about Johnson Su bioreactors, the following videos from Dr David Johson discuss the original design and analysis of the compost:

https://youtu.be/DxUGk161Ly8
https://youtu.be/cO2nGHq40Xc

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