The phrase "amount of compost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the quantity or volume of compost in gardening, landscaping, or agricultural contexts.
Example: "To improve the soil quality, you should add an appropriate amount of compost to your garden beds."
Alternatives: "quantity of compost" or "volume of compost".
Composting does not have as big an environmental effect as recycling, Environmental Protection Agency figures show: recycling one ton of mixed paper is four times as effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions as producing the same amount of compost.
The C/N ratio might have affected the decomposability, earthworm multiplication and amount of compost recovery.
FON = annual amount of compost and other organic N additions applied to soils, kg N yr-1.
The amount of compost in scenario 2 is lower since less structure material is necessary due to lower water contents in the solid phase.
The amount of compost and/or FYM that provided optimum agronomic and economic yields could further be reduced and hence their MRR increased by vermicomposting.
In 2010, Solano County ordered the city of San Francisco's private compost hauler, Recology, to cut roughly in half the amount of compost it sends to a facility in Vacaville.
The amounts of compost and FYM used for this experiment were adjusted to the same rate of 36 kg ha−1 N (N equivalence).
Accordingly, the amounts of compost used in 2013 and 2014 were 5.9 and 5.37 t ha−1, respectively, on dry weight basis.
FON = Annual amounts of compost or organic N additions (filter cake and vinasse), kg N yr-1.
Many crops do well with a 30% compost, 70% soil mix, but vegetables and fruits often do better with lower amounts of compost.
Tyler et al. (1993) and Marble et al. (2010) also reported elevated pH of container substrates with increased amounts of composted poultry litter.
