Cranford Compost:   a high microbial active mature compost designed for serious organic farms and gardens.  It consists of clean green-waste, hay, horse manure, cow manure, and preconsumer produce waste.  Following an active thermophillic stage, the compost is allowed to mature for 6 – 8 weeks.  It is monitored daily for temperature and moisture, and weekly for carbon dioxide levels.  The compost is turned depending on temperature, moisture, and carbon dioxide levels to insure proper breakdown and pathogen reduction.  Cranford Compost is listed by OMRI for use in organic production and meets all requirements determined by the State of California. 

Commercial Compost:  a clean green-waste alternative to manure designed for conventional farms who utilize synthetic fertilizers.  High in organic matter and has completed its thermophillic stage and screened to less than 3/8 inch.  Pathogen reduction (such as E. coli and Salmonella) and weed seed eradication process also completed.  Commercial Compost is listed by OMRI for use in organic production and meets all requirements determined by the State of California.

Cranford's Granulated Compost:  a granular form of our highest quality compost, approximately 3 millimeters in diameter, designed to dissolve with water to incorporate itself into the soil and promote a diversified microbial environment.  After application of Cranford's Granulated Compost, water will dissolve the granulars and the compost will go to work breaking down existing organic matter, fertilizers, and colonizing itself into the root zone of the soil.  Cranford's Granulated Compost was designed to help re-colonize a soil that does not have the opportunity to be worked up and compost applied on a regular basis such as parks and golf courses.  Many landscapers and home gardeners are enjoying the ability of adding compost in hard to reach areas and under mulched or ground covered areas.  Throw a handful or use a hand fertilizer (whirly bird) or lawn fertilizer to apply.  Heavy uses of synthetic fertilizers, fungicides, and other chemical applications tend to reduce significantly soil microbiology thus requiring more fertilizers and other treatments to maintain a healthy looking environment.  This cyclical process can be interrupted by the application of Cranford's Granulated Compost.  Providing a diversified microbial product into the soil, many benefits can be achieved.  Cranford's Granulated Compost is listed by OMRI for use in organic production and meets all requirements determined by the State of California.

Mycorrhizae:  Mycorrhizae root systems increase the absorptive area of roots 10 to 1000 times thereby greatly improving the ability of the plants to utilize the soil resource. Mycorrhiza fungi are able to absorb and transfer all of the 15 major and micro nutrients necessary for plant growth.  Glomus Intradices is the most widely accepted isolate in the United States and Europe for mycorrhizae colonization.  Tests show that where mycorrhizae colonization has occurred fertility and water inputs have been reduced  by as much as 50%, and plant growth has increased by 3 times that of plants that were not inoculated.