Compost Maturity Assessment Checklist

• Compost is dark brown in color
• Crumbly, soil-like texture
• No recognizable feedstock materials remain
• Uniform moisture (feels damp but not wet or slimy)

• Smells earthy (no foul/ammonia/rotten odors)

• Temperature is near ambient (°C)

• pH is near neutral (6.0–8.0)

• Seeds germinate and grow normally in compost