Material |
Carbon |
Nitrogen |
Blood, dried |
0 |
4 |
Bone meal |
1 |
4 |
Cabbage/lettuce leaves |
2 |
2 |
Coir fibre |
1 |
1 |
Comfrey |
9.8 |
1 |
Kitchen scraps, raw |
2 |
2 |
Hops, spent |
0 |
2 |
Lawn mowings |
2 |
2 |
Leaves |
3 |
1 |
Manure, pig, with straw |
1 |
3 |
Manure, poultry |
0 |
3 |
Manure, stable with straw |
1 |
3 |
Nettles, fresh |
1 |
4 |
Newspaper, shredded |
2 |
0 |
Pea and bean vines |
1 |
3 |
Peat |
1 |
1 |
Plant debris |
2 |
2 |
Potato haulms |
2 |
2 |
Prunings, shredded |
3 |
1 |
Seaweed, fresh |
2 |
2 |
Straw |
3 |
1 |
Tomato haulms |
2 |
2 |
Urine |
0 |
4 |
Weeds, annual |
2 |
2 |
Wheat straw |
3 |
1 |
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Crushed egg shells, feathers, bracken, tea leaves, bonfire ash and pet hair can all be added in small doses.
The following items should not be composted: leftovers containing meat or fish, large quantities of sawdust or wood shavings, evergreen prunings, manmade fibres, vacuum bag contents unless all your carpets are wool.
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