ISHS Acta Horticulturae 126: Symposium on Substrates in Horticulture other than Soils In Situ
THE USE OF TOWN REFUSE AS A COMPONENT OF BLOCKING COMPOSTS |
| Authors: | M. RENEAUME, L.M. RIVIERE |
| Abstract:
In the course of the year 1980, we have conducted different trials with a view to specifying whether town refuse composts could be used as a component of blocking composts, whose greater part is now imported in France. Within the framework of this study, the emphasis is on the physical characteristics and physical improvement of the material. The chemical properties have not been thoroughly considered. It is quite within the bounds of possibility to manufacture blocks of good physical quality with a proportion of as much as 50 % fined town refuse compost at the maximum. In fact, the main difficulty in crop trials originate in high pH and high water soluble salt content. | |
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