Conor O'Higgins

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Hi guys,

I watched a Geoff Lawton lectures where he talks about the Berkeley method of making compost, where you have to be quite precise. At the end he says something like, "In the hot tropics, that's almost a waste of time because everything breaks down so easily." I've heard similar things from other sources.

So how is composting different in the hot tropics?

In a garden in Haiti, we have raked up a big bunch of weeds. We put this under a tarp and added some water. It is hot enough, big enough, and wet enough to make compost. The only potential problem I see is that there's not enough nitrogen. In a colder climate, I would add manure, but can I ignore that here?

Thanks
10 years ago