Morganite Compost

Free! Screened! Class A Product! |Great for flowers, mulch, gardens, fertilizer|1000 Vine Arden Rd 28655| 828-438-5376|7-3pm M-F

Morganite is a mixture of biosolids and wood chips created at the City of Morganton Wastewater Treatment Plant. Morganite is great for use in flower beds, gardens, landscaping, fertilizing pasture land and tree nurseries and more. 

How's it made?

City Compost Operators mix bio-solids from the wastewater treatment plant with wood chips to build up large composting piles. Fresh air is forced through the compost pile with a blower. Natural bacteria, organisms and bugs decompose the materials and generate temperatures up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit.

Workers monitor the temperatures daily for more than three weeks and let the compost pile cure for an additional four to six weeks. Workers then screen the material to remove any large wood chips, and the final product is Morganite. 

How much does Morganite cost?

The Product is Free! Call the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant at 828-438-5376 for product availability.

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