Chemistry: fertilizers – Processes and products – Forms or conditioning
Patent
1978-03-20
1979-08-14
Turner, V. D.
Chemistry: fertilizers
Processes and products
Forms or conditioning
71 1, 71 3, 71 24, 424115, 424195, A01N 908
Patent
active
041644050
ABSTRACT:
A biochemical process for the aerobic thermophyllic fermentation of cotton gin waste is disclosed which converts a presently useless pest ridden agricultural waste product into a useful medium for the culture of horticultural and agronomic plants as well as micoorganisms useful to man. By the aeration, water content and physical shape and size of the waste product, piles are so conditioned that by means of the resulting biodegradation processes plant pathogenic microorganisms, insects, viruses, spider mites and related pests are destroyed. Additionally, pesticidal residues, chemical plant growth regulators and certain harvest aid materials normally added to the growing cotton crop for production purposes are reduced to materials harmless to plant life. The resulting humus like material provides improved plant growth, nearly five times that of a good river loam soil, and contains a microbial population that prevents the spread of soil borne plant pathogenic microorganisms reintroduced into the medium. The aerobic thermophyllically fermented gin waste provides a medium for growing horticultural and other plants without sterilization with heat or the use of fungicides. It also provides a medium with a source of energy for the culture of microorganisms useful to man. The fermented gin waste may also be employed as a means for controlling the rate of damping-off of plant seedlings caused by plant parasitic fungi. Also, by placing the fermented gin waste about the locus of the roots of trees, growth may be promoted and decline controlled. The medium may further contain iron salts to provide added nutritional value.
REFERENCES:
alberson et al., "Composting Cotton Gin Waste", USDA-ARS, 42-102 (1974), pp. 1-16.
Willis, Wm., "Composting Cotton Gin Trash", La. Ag. Exp. Sta. Bull., No. 490 (1954), pp. 3-7.
Boodley et al., Plant Sciences Info. Bulletin #43 (Jul. 1972), pp. 1-8, New York State College of Ag. & Life Sciences.
The Ekol Corporation
Turner V. D.
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