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During successful composting of compost, manure and slurry, a lack of oxygen should never occur. Oxygen is usually introduced to composting organic matter by ventilating, turning or stirring with machinery. These mechanical processes are expensive in terms of energy and the environment.

Plocher Composting Products change slurry, manures and compost from anaerobic (without oxygen ) to aerobic (with oxygen) so that naturally-occurring beneficial bacteria and bugs becomes activated, stimulating natural aerobic biological processes.  In essence, the products supply the oxygen and essential minerals and elements required for these processes.

This results in easier management... 

· no turning or ventilation is required and stirring is reduced or eliminated

· better hygiene: high oxygen levels encourage a healthy climate in the manure and slurry, with a significant reduction in pathogens such as e-coli, salmonella, enterococci and coliforms

· changes and a reduction in odours so ammonia and other smelly gases become less pungent

· improves decomposition time by up to 40%

· heavy metals and other pollutant levels fall

· nutrient management improves so that nutrients are not lost as gases or washed out, becoming fixed and available for plant and crop growth once spread in fields

PLOCHER-treated organic matter can be applied at any time of year, without causing damage to plants and the environment.  PLOCHER products have a long lasting effect and are safe to use around all living creatures.

Plocher Composting Products

Plocher Composting Products are not bugs or bacteria.  They are fundamentally different: they are chalk or molasses which have been treated with special technology so that the slurry and manure changes, and bugs and bacteria, which are already present (but dormant) in slurry and manure, are stimulated, thrive and multiply.

Simply mix the relevant PLOCHER product with plenty of water, and apply throughout the housing, each week.  For heaps and lagoons, apply once only.

Within a few days there will be a change and reduction in odour.  Over the next few weeks, housing will feel cleaner and flies will stop laying eggs in the slurry or manure.  In slurry, crusts will start to break down and bubbles rise to the surface.  After approximately 12 weeks, composting will be complete.

                         

 

 

 

Composting, Manure, Slurry and Sewage

Without oxygen:

Penetrating smell of rotting matter

Participating elements:

Oxygen-hating bacteria, pests and insects

 

Leads to:

Loss of nitrogen through the formation of ammonia and nitrates

 

Result:

Poorly rotted, low quality, noxious, limited-use compost

Formation of:

Toxins, viral infestation, bad bacteria and pests, which pose a threat to plants and animals

Production of toxins: Indol, Skatol, Markpton, Butter-acid

Production of diseases: Fowl pest, anthrax, paratyphoid, erysipelas, diarrhoea, typhoid, tetanus, epidemic jaundice, swine fever, foot and mouth disease, cholera etc

Powerful root inhibitors

Environmental Effects:

Danger of nitrates and nitrites in run-off. Loss of nitrogen as ammonia into the atmosphere.

With oxygen:

Minimal or no smell

Participating elements:

Oxygen-loving bacteria, yeasts, fungi and earthworms

Leads to:

Nitrogen linkage and fixing with fungal protein as permanent flowing source of nutrients. No loss as ammonia

Result:

Genuine humus, high quality, no smell, favoured by earthworms

Formation of:

Trace elements such as zinc, copper, magnesium, vitamins, enzymes and natural antibiotic-acting substances

Environment not conducive to the production of toxins, viral infestation, bad bacteria and pests

Production of penicillin

No formation of root inhibitors

Improved water retention capability

Environmental Effects:

Negligible amount of run-off as elements are fixed in the compost. Ammonia levels are greatly reduced, locking in nitrogen and not polluting the atmosphere

In accordance with

EU Organic Agriculture 2092/91 EWG

Approved for use in UK Organic Agriculture   

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