Patent ID: 6124112
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: C05F,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
A method for the production of a fermented compost, said method comprising the following steps:(a) adding a first layer of ripe compost about 10-50 cm in height to a container wherein the temperature of said container is maintained at about 0-30.degree. C.,(b) adding worms in an amount of 50-250 specimens/m.sup.2 and adding a mixture of bacteria and fungi in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 kgs/m.sup.3 to said ripe compost, wherein said worms are at least one member selected from the group consisting of Lumbricideae, Eiseniae, Allolobophorea, Dendrobaenae and the African Nightcrawler; wherein said bacteria are at least one member selected from the group consisting of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Cellovibrio, Bacillus cereus, Azotobacter, Flavobacterium and Rhizobium; and wherein said fungi are at least one member selected from the group consisting of Aspergillus, Basidiomycetes, Mycorrhiza, and a low-temperature Trichoderma harzianum,(c) incubating said ripe compost for 80-120 days to produce a fermented compost,(d) removing said fermented compost,(e) predehydrating said fermented compost to a humidity of from about 25-35% at an air temperature of lower than about 50.degree. C.,(f) pelletizing said fermented compost, and(g) desiccating said fermented compost to a humidity of from about 10-15% at a temperature of up to 30.degree. C.