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Step
1
Measure and mark a rectangle, which will be the size of the compost
heap. This should be 6' wide and 15' long. Place the wind tunnel in
the middle of the rectangle lengthwise.
Step 2
Make
the first layer of thoroughly drenched
dry matter. This first layer should fit the rectangle and it should
have a height of approximately 9''.
Step 3
Apply
cow dung slurry in the form of thick paste to cover
the dry matter completely.
Step 4
Cover the layer made in the step above with green
matter. The height of this layer should be approximately 6''.
Sprinkle this layer with finally crushed slaked
lime. Lime not only helps in enhancing the decomposition of
green matter; it also brings cosmic forces to act on the heap.
Step
5
Repeat the preceding two layers twice more[There
should be 6 layers at the end of this step]. The height of the compost
heap would now be approx. 40'' to 45''.
Step
6
Repeat
the dry matter layer and after pasting the top with cow dung slurry
as has been practiced in previous dry matter layers, sprinkle 8 to
10 kgs of either finally crushed bone meal or
powered soft-rock phosphate.
Step
7
After
covering the dry matter layer mentioned in Step 6 with another layer
of green matter and slaked lime, finished the top off with a 6''
layer of dry matter.
Step
8
As the compost heap rises, it will slope inwards from all of four
sides, but ensure that the finished top layer
is approximately 4' wide and 12' long. The slope thus imparted will
assist in the process of plastering and will provide approximately
2.5 to 3.0 metric tones of finished compost.
Step 9
With a mixture made of 1/3 soil + 1/3 clay + 1/3 cow dung, plaster
over the heap starting from 4'' above the base.
The gap left at the base coupled with the air tunnel provided by the
wind tunnel will allow sufficient flow of air into the heap during
process of decomposition.
Step 10
Take 10 gms. each of preparation 502 to 506 and placed them individually
in the middle of a ball of cow dung. The diameter of the ball should
be around 1.5''.
Step
11
Place each of these 5 balls containing the preparation in the middle
level of the heap along the longitudinal
two sides. Balls containing 502,503,504 on one side and balls
containing 505 and 506 on the opposite side. These balls should be
placed equidistant from each other leaving
atleast 2' from either edge. The ball should be inserted to the depth
of between 1' to 1.5'.
Step
12
Take 10 ml of preparation 507, which is a liquid, and mix it with
1 liter of clean water and stir it vigorously
in both clockwise and anticlosewise direction for 10 minutes.
Step 13
Puncture
the top of the plastered compost heap randomly at 5 or more places
to ensure uniform coverage. Pour 80 %
of the stirred 507 equally into the puncture holes. Now seal the puncture
holes with the plastering material.
Step 14
Take the remaining 20 % of the stirred 507 and sprinkle it evenly
on all the four vertically surfaces of the plastered compost heap.
Step
15
During
the next 6 weeks ensure that the compost heap does
not dry up. In order to do this, periodically,
after the first week puncture the top of the heap, pour in 3 to 4
bucketful of fresh water and immediately seal the punctures. Simultaneously
as the heap settles and cracks appear
in the plaster, ensure that these cracks are immediately
mended by sealing them with slurry of the plastering material.
Step
16
At the end of 6 weeks break open the compost heap. Mix it thoroughly.
After wetting it, rearrange the heap around the original tunnel and
plaster it once more.
Step 17
Continue
to ensure the precaution regarding drying out of the compost heap
and mending of the cracks in the plaster, around the heap. At the
end of another 6 weeks i.e. total of 12 weeks the compost is ready
for use.
It is important to note that in warmer weather condition composting
will take a shorter time duration compared to cooler weather condition.
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![First Layer](javascript:Start('images/bio-03.jpg','First Layer', 415, 325, 'The first layer [at the bottom of the heap] comprises of dry material, which has been properly soaked in water.This layer should be of approximately 9" height.'))
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![Layering Green Material](javascript:Start('images/bio-05.jpg',' Layering Green Material', 415, 328, 'The second layer consists of green matter preferably, diced or chopped into 2" or 3" pieces. This layer should be approximately 3" to 6" thick.'))
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![Plastering With Mud](javascript:Start('images/bio-11.jpg','Plastering With Mud', 415, 355, 'Keep repeating the two sets of layers 3 or 4 times until the compost heat is 3 or 3.5 high. After this, coat the whole heap using, mud plaster of about 3/4" layer ensuring, that the two ends of the tunnel and 2" along the base are left uncovered to provide aeration throughout the composting process.'))
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