Composting Processes Graphics: Temperature and pH, and Other Information. Prepared by Alfonsas Brazas, Atlieku tvarkymo konsultantai, UAB, Lithuania. These graphics show that composting (BIOSTABILISATION) per 2 hours or even a day it is IMPOSSIBLE.

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pH
Temperature(°C)
Time (days)
Thermophilic
bacteria
Intensive growing of actinomycetes, and
mesophilic fungi, and mesophilic bacteria
Acidification
process
Intensive ammonia production
Recolonisation and intensive
growth of actinomycetes and
thermophilic fungi
Intensive growing
of soil invertebrates
C o m p o s t i n g p r o c e s s
© A. Brazas, Atlieku tvarkymo konsultantai, UAB, 2012
Mesophilic stage
Thermophilic stage
Maturation and curingIntensive decomposition
Raw compost
Mature and
stabilized compost
Explosive growth of mesophilic fungi
and yeasts, and mesophilic bacteria
and actinomycetes
Mesophilic
fungi and
bacteria
stop
growing
and
dying
Initial
mesophilic
stage
T h e r m o p h i l i c s t a g e
M e s o p h i l i c s t a g e
Actinomycetes and
thermophilic fungi
Intensive mineralisation and
humification of organic matter