INSTRUCTIONS

1. Enter compost recipe ingredient amounts in the blank boxes below NOTE: DO NOT ENTER VALUES IN THE CELLS SHADED
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see Total C:N ratio for proposed mix. If necessary, add more/less green or brown ingre

EXAMPLE:
4 Kitchen crocks of vegetable trimmings
1 Wheelbarrow of horse manure
1 and a half Trash bags of grass clippings
50 Pounds of moist compacted leaves
4 Trash cans of pine needles
1 Bale of hay
15 Pitchforks of oat straw
1/3 Kitchen crock of soiled napkins
3 Pounds of soybean meal
5 Pounds of 33-0-0 fertilizer

Enter Compost Recipe Amounts Below (DO NOT enter

Composting Material

Typical
Bulk Density Weight of Wheelbarro
Kitchen
Carbon to
of Material
Material
w
Crock
Nitrogen
[lbs/cubic
being
[6 cubic
[10 qt/2.5
Content [C:N]
yd]
mixed[ lbs]
feet]
gal]

Kitchen Waste
Vegetable Trimmings
Food Scraps
Coffee Grounds
Fruit Scraps
Corn Cobs

12
15
20
35
98

1585
1585
1700
1585
557

6
10
13

1479
1479
1595

Manures
Laying Hen
Poultry
Swine

Strawbale
approx.
dimension
s
[2'x2'x4']

Sheep/Goat/Rabbit
Dairy Cow
Cattle
Llama
Horse

14
16
18
20
22

1741
1471
1458
1400
1379

16
19
30
30
37
53
54
54
60
80
223
496

1296
550
600
421
421
429
200
450
32
300
250
250

18
25
60
80
82
127

405
225
350
227
350
350

129
150
170
275
563

350
175
220
175
259

560
625
641

530
410
530

Yard Waste
Tree Trimmings - Fresh
Grass Clippings
Weeds
Garden Trimmings
Leaves - Fresh
Shrub Trimmings
Leaves - Dry, loose
Leaves - Moist, Compacted
Corn Stalks
Pine Needles
Bark - Hardwoods
Bark - Softwoods

50.0

Grazing/Forage Material
Alfalfa Hay
Hay - General
Straw - Oat
Straw - General
Straw - Rye
Straw - Wheat

Paper Products
Office Paper
Paper Towels/Napkins - Soiled
Newsprint
Paper Towels/Napkins - Clean
Cardboard

Wood Products
Chips - Hardwoods
Sawdust
Chips - Softwoods

Additives/Fertilizers
Blood Meal
Bone Meal

3
3.5

0.3

Soybean Meal
Cotton Seed Meal
Fish Meal
Peat Moss
Fertilizer w/ 'N' from 0 - 9
Fertilizer w/ 'N' from 10 - 19
Fertilizer w/ 'N' from 20 - 29
Fertilizer w/ 'N' from 30 - 39
Fertilizer w/ 'N' 40

5
7
7
58

Carbon to Nitrogen Content is:

Therefore:

3.0

155

5.0

30.4 :1
RECIPE IS GOOD!

CELLS SHADED BLUE OR GREY

n or brown ingredients until RECIPE IS GOOD!

O NOT enter in cells shaded grey)

Shovel,
Trash Can Trash/Ref
Garden
[32 Gal] use Bag
Fork/Pitchf
[42 Gal]
ork
[1
gal/scoop]

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