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It is by seeing the kilos of ashes that I compost, and the lack of sculting that I currently suffer, that I simply wonder if it is possible to replace the scuire by ashes in dry toilets!?!

I'm waiting for your opinion ...

Thank you

No, it will not work in my opinion.

The aim is to dilute the excess nitrogen with a nitrogen-rich and carbon-rich material (fiber), to balance the bacterial growth.


Paper, tree leaves ...

Ok, I'm still looking for an alternative ... Flax straw ... Sand ... What do I know ...?

Anyway thank you for your reply Ibis.! ;)

Sincerely the newspapers is the top, and no ass black soot coming out of the corner!

tall ship atyla,

Here is a post about the composition of wood ash. Minerals in majority. So do not suit your needs (no pun intended). The sand would be even less suitable, however, flax straw should be fine if you have it without excessive costs.

https://www.econologie.com/composition-e ... -3465.html

Yes, for straw flax, I bought my house with a stock of straw straw enough!

I read that the leaves of trees could walk!

Can we make a kind of mixture of crushed tree leaves with possibly other vegetable waste for dry toilets?

Any vegetable waste rich in fiber and low in nitrogen, crushing leaves (beech, walnut, oak, so rather thick and hard crusts), dry grasses (Miscantus and other), chips, needles conifers should be well suited . The main thing is that it is low in nitrogen. Nitrogen-deficient wastes are those that break down slowly in nature. Mixing them with nitrogen-rich faeces promotes composting,

The plane tree leaves should work well then?

They should a priori be very well adapted. To test.