Phase I turns straw and manure into something hot, dark and alive. Growers lose yield here because they judge the heap by the calendar instead of by what it is doing.
- By the end you can state what Phase I must achieve and how the compost ends up.
- By the end you can describe pre-wetting, heap size and the turning schedule.
- By the end you can organise temperature, material observations and validated process measurements without using odour as a concentration test.