Examples of common carbonaceous and nitrogenous materials for compost piles _______________________________________________________________________________________________ -------Carbonaceous materials--------- Nitrogenous materials ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Woody Nonwoody Green leaves Sawdust Garden residues Manures Wood chips Tree leaves and needle Sewage Bark chips Straw Soil Grass hay Spoiled vegetables Paper Legume hay The carbonaceous materials provide the bulk of the organic matter to be composted, and the nitrogenous materials accelerate the rate of composting.
(Woody Nonwoody Green; leaves; Sawdust Garden residues Manures Wood chips; T:Tree leaves) (Straw Soil Grass hay; Spoiled; vegetables; T:Paper Legume hay) (The carbonaceous materials; provide; the bulk of the organic matter to be composted) (the bulk of the organic matter; to be composted; ) (the nitrogenous materials; accelerate; the rate of composting)
Woody Nonwoody Green Straw Soil Grass hay The carbonaceous materials the bulk of the organic matter the nitrogenous materials
leaves Spoiled provide to be composted accelerate
Sawdust Garden residues Manures Wood chips T:Tree leaves
vegetables T:Paper Legume hay
the bulk of the organic matter to be composted
the rate of composting