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How much Nitrogen?

15 years ago

There has been a lot of posting on improving decomposition of leaves in a compost pile. Mostly it is recommended to add Nitrogen in some way shape or form. But how much?

If one assuming a dry weight of shredded leaves is 300 lbs. Then how much N do you add.

It seems to me it would take a heck of a lot of coffee grounds at 2% N. Urine would work better at 15% N.

How much to get the optimum 30:1 ratio?

Her is a link to an interesting article that says 20% urine is optimum.

Here is a link that might be useful: urine in composting

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