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University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Composting Cranberry Leaves, Hilary A. Sandler Jan 2001

Composting Cranberry Leaves, Hilary A. Sandler

Cranberry Station Best Management Practices Guide - 2000 Edition

Composting may offer a reasonable alternative to facilitate the management of these leaf piles. Composting hastens natural breakdown processes associated with biological materials. Farm-produced compost fits well as part of a more sustainable food production system. The organic matter produced from the composting process could be incorporated back into the cranberry production system, used in other agricultural settings, or marketed to the public as a soil amendment or mulch.