Charles Dowding shows compost qualities, when to spread, and how much!

Questions about compost include what is the best time to spread it, does it leach nutrients, how much to use each year, does it make bed level keep rising, what are the differences between purchased composts and homemade - and is manure compost?

I use my garden and samples of different composts to answer these questions. The timings are here.

Timecodes
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Best time to spread, it’s not fertiliser, does not leach nutrients
2:55 How much compost to spread
5:45 Why the soil level barely rises
6:40 How much compost per 1/16 acre allotment
9:00 TYPES 1 Homemade compost
10:00 2 Green waste / municipal compoost
10:55 3 Fresh horse manure
12:00 Difference between hay and straw
13:00 4 Old horse manure
13:30 5 Old wood chip, and new
14:40 Three month old homemade compost still hot

Find out more in module 5 of my first online course, all about making and using compost, and how it improves soil https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/online-course-1-no-dig-gardening-module-5/

See this You Tube video about making compost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtMsEylZvqw

This about using compost and cardboard to clear soil of weeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=IC6OBOyQ0mY
And this quick explanation about using compost in no dig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJhGIrqKs1k

Filmed and edited at Homeacres on 8th November 2020, by Edward Dowding my son.
Homeacres is a no dig, market and teaching garden in zone 8, temperate oceanic climate in the UK, latitude 51N.

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