Arkhangelsk pulp and paper mill’ peat-based substrates and composted activated sludge for growing coniferous planting stock

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The article discusses the possibilities of using composted activated sludge wasted by Archangelsk pulp mill in order to grow seedlings of the main forest-forming species in a greenhouse complex. The effect of 3 year-aged activated sludge (biohumus «Arkhangelsk») on water-physical properties (density, true density, porosity, water absorption and total moisture capacity), as well as agrochemical parameters (content of nitrate and ammonia nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, ash content, reaction of soil solution) is shown. The effect on the substrate properties of added composted activated sludge (the addition of sludge from 10 to 70 % by volume) in bog peat (the decomposition degree of 15 %) has been established. It is shown that all the properties of peat-based substrates and composted sludge are divided into three groups according to their significance: moisture content, agrophysical and agrochemical, of which the most priority water properties can be considered, on which the frequency of irrigation depends. It was found that with an increase in the proportion of silt in the composition of the substrate, the addition density and the true density of the substrate, the content of labile phosphorus and ash content naturally increase, but at the same time, silt reduces the porosity of the substrate and water accumulation, reduces the content of nitrate-nitrogen. According to the set of indicators, in comparison with the previously established optimal indicators and standards for growing pine and spruce seedlings, as well as with reference industrial production substrates, the most optimal is the addition to peat of 20 % of the composted waste of activated sludge wasted by Archangelsk pulp mill, subject to additional fertilization and toxicological examinations.

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Elena N. Nakvasina

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov

Author for correspondence.
Email: nakvasina@yandex.ru

Dr. Sci. (Agriculture), Professor of the Department of Forestry and Forest Management

Russian Federation, 17, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163002, Arkhangelsk

Sergey V. Koptev

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov

Email: s.koptev@narfu.ru

Dr. Sci. (Agriculture), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Forestry and Forest Management

Russian Federation, 17, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163002, Arkhangelsk

Maria V. Nikitina

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov

Email: m.nikinina@narfu.ru

Cand. Sci. (Chem.), Associate Professor

Russian Federation, 17, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163002, Arkhangelsk

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