Effects of the Different Loading Characters of Cattle Manure as Inoculum Towards the Composting Process of Coconut Pulp Waste

The current study evaluated the effects of loading characters of cattle manure as inocula on the composting of coconut pulp residue. A series of experiments were carried out to evaluate characteristics of compost generated from the different treatments. Results showed that total organic carbon of both finished compost T1 (56%) and T2 (57%) were close to that of the normal compost. The results of the study showed that that composts T2 had higher total nitrogen content (1.53%) than that of compost T1 which contained around 1.34%, and both are still in the normal range of total nitrogen of the finished composts. The electrical conductivity of compost T2 (625 mS/m) was about two times higher than that of compost T1 (296 mS/m) suggesting that the compost T1 was feasible used as a fertilizer in agriculture.