Ecuador composting method

A mud layer being placed on a layer of organic biomass, Ecuador composting method, Monte de los Olivos, Ucayali, Peru

Compost pile covered by leaves of banana (Musa), Santa Tereza, Ucayali, Peru

The Ecuador composting method is a way of composting which is widely used in the lowlands of Ecuador and Peru. The compost pile is embeded on the tree trunks or banana stalks. In the middle there is erected a pale. On the trunks/stalks organic matter is placed in layers. Each layer is covered by mud or inlayed via different type of organic matter. When the pile is of about 1.2 m of high, it is watered and covered by big leaves. After some time, when compost pile lie down, central pale is removed for areation. This composting method is done in a small-scale, by indigenous villagers.