[USCC] Reducing B, pH, Salts in finished compost

[Reddy Ganta]

Dear fellow composters,
We would like to reduce Soluble salts, pH and Boron concentrations in a
dairy compost (windrow composting). The raw materials used are separator
manure, corral manure, wood shavings and horse apples. Dairy lagoon water is
used to start the process and then on fresh water to maintain the moisture
content. 
Typical Analysis of finished compost:
pH - 8.9 - 9.6
Soluble salts (EC 5) - 13-21 ds/m
OM -  42-62 %
Moisture - 40-50%
Total Boron 84-99 ppm
Total N - 1.2% dryWt 
Questions:
Any cost effective commercial methods of reducing Boron, pH and Salts in
dairy compost ?
Is this analysis typical for a dairy compost?
Any experiences on diluting the compost with clean dirt (sandy loams/silt
loams) ?

Thank you

Reddy Ganta
      M.S. Agriculture., M.S. Bioinformatics
Agricultural Informatics Scientist
GLORIETA GEOSCIENCE, INC.
1723 2nd street
Santa Fe, NM-87502
voice: (505) 983 5446 Ext. 107
Fax: (505) 983 6482
URL: www.glorietageo.com

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