Dataset: Co-composting rose waste as a sustainable waste management strategy: Nutrient availability and disease control

This dataset and these scripts supports the article 'Assessing the potential of co-composting rose waste as a sustainable waste management strategy: Nutrient availability and disease control' as published in Journal of Cleaner production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136685

Roses are an important crop for the floricultural sector of Kenya and roses are a perennial crop and under continuous production for six to ten years. The cultivation produces large quantities of green waste, up to 50 kg per hectare per day. In this experiment we investigated the potential of co-composting rose waste on a small scale. The objective was to increase the understanding of composting lignocellulosic rose waste, which will help with the implementation of composting practices within Kenyan rose production and thereby reduce its negative ecological impact.

In a small-scale composting system (30L) the evolution of five mixtures was closely monitored in terms of their physico-chemical parameters. Furthermore, the in-vitro disease suppressive capacity of mature rose waste was assessed.