Ecuador composting method: Difference between revisions

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[[Image:Ecuador composting method (Peru).JPG|thumb|A mud layer being placed on a layer of organic biomass, Ecuador composting method, Monte de los Olivos, [[Ucayali Region|Ucayali]], Peru]]

[[Image:Ecuador composting method-leaves cover (Peru).jpg|thumb|Compost pile covered by leaves of banana (''Musa''), Santa Tereza, Ucayali, Peru]]

'''The Ecuador composting method''' is a common [[composting]] practice in the lowlands of [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]]. The compost pile is embedded on the tree [[Trunk (botany)|trunk]]s or [[pseudo trunk|banana stalks]], with a pale erected in the middle. [[Biomass|Organic matter]] is placed in layers on the trunks or stalks, each layer being covered by [[mud]], or inlaid via different types of organic matter. When the pile is about 1.2 m high, it is watered and covered by big leaves. After some time, when the compost pile settles down, the central pale is removed for [[aeration]]. This composting method is typically done in a small-scale, by indigenous villagers.