Study on Composting of Pressmud using Stabilized Spentwash along with Suitable Admixture

Abstract

The present study on composting using stabilized spent wash and sugar press mud with microbial consortium by aerobic composting system was conducted at Angadi institute of technology and management Belagavi. The compost prepared by 4 batches and from Press mud and stabilized spent wash using microbial culture within 50 days ranged C: N ratio from 12.06 to 16.69:1 and 16.69:1 to 20.20:1, respectively. This shows effectiveness of microbial decomposing culture on production of good quality compost in a short period of time. This method gave the higher nutritive manorial values after completion of process of composting. The compost obtained by aerobic composting method in all 4 batches contained 1.15-1.72 % Total Kjeldhal nitrogen, 0.9-3.54 % P2O5, 2.25-2.97 % K2O, and had pH range from 6.9-7.02.