Different composts explained, when to spread, and how much

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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 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Best time to spread, it’s not fertiliser, does not leach nutrients 02:55 How much compost to spread 05:45 Why the soil level barely rises 06:40 How much compost per 1/16 acre allotment 09:00 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 This is my earlier Compost Making Q & A video, November 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIV4lljN6Aw Find out more in module 5 of my first online course, all about making and using compost, and how it improves soil https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/pln_no-did-gardening-purchased-ik1mn0z95 See my July 2020 You Tube video about making compost, balancing green and brown 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. MORE FROM CHARLES When you make a purchase of products I recommend, please use this link to my page on Crocus https://tidd.ly/44dEU7d, I earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support. To buy one of my online courses https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/online-courses/ To by a book https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/books/ To join an in person Day or Weekend course at Homeacres https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/courses/ To join my channel as a member, use this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join As a member, you can watch a new video each month, which is exclusively for members. Your payments support my promotion and teaching of better, easier gardening. I can offer bursaries for day courses and online courses, through individuals in charge of community gardens/allotments and school gardens. Contact us through my website to enquire about bursaries https://charlesdowding.co.uk/contact-us/ To buy the module trays I designed with Containerwise, use this link https://containerwise.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-60-cell/ The Refill Room also hold stock of the module trays, https://www.refillroom.com/product-category/garden/ The Farm Dream for buying trays in Europe https://thefarmdream.com/product-category/propagation-trays/ To buy t-shirts and hoodies with my exclusive no dig designs, use this link https://charlesdowding.teemill.com #compost #composting #compostable #nodig #nodiggardening