Properties of organic amendment materials used in California
agriculture: C:N ratio range, total N, plant available N at 4 weeks
(PAN), and CalRecycle feedstock class (14 CCR section 17852).
Materials reported by more than one source appear once per source;
the source column disambiguates. Application rates live in
ca_organic_amendment_app_rate and join on
material.
Format
A tibble with 32 rows and the columns:
- material
Material name.
- material_class
CalRecycle feedstock class (14 CCR section 17852): one of
"ag","food","green","wood","yard","biosolids".- cn_min, cn_max, cn_avg
C:N ratio range.
- n_pct
Total N (percent of dry mass).
- pan_pct
Plant available N at 4 weeks (percent of total N). Negative values indicate net immobilization.
- n_class
N tier reported in the source (
"LOWER"or"HIGHER").- source
Short citation.
Source
Eghball, B. Composting Manure and Other Organic Residues. University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension, Publication G2222. https://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/g2222/na/html/view
Rynk, R. (ed.) Compost Production and Use in Sustainable Farming Systems. NC State Extension. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/compost-production-and-use-in-sustainable-farming-systems