Fruit culls
Suitable dropped, damaged, or unsaleable fruit, screened for contaminants.
BUILT FOR ORCHARD OPERATIONS
Turn orchard organics into a soil-building resource.
Bring suitable fruit culls, leaves, soft trimmings, and balanced carbon-rich material into one controlled composting workflow—then return finished compost to the land that produced it.
- ✓ 304 stainless steel
- ✓ 75 mm insulated drum
- ✓ Rotary mixing & monitoring
ORCHARD OPERATIONS
A seasonal waste stream can become a repeatable orchard process.
Orchards generate organics in uneven waves: fruit drops and culls during harvest, leaves and soft trimmings through the season, and food or landscape material from adjacent operations. Durvela helps contain, mix, aerate, and monitor suitable inputs in a durable system designed for recurring use.
A PRACTICAL MATERIAL STREAM
Compost what belongs in the process. Route the rest appropriately.
A successful orchard program starts with clean material and a dependable source of dry browns. The Durvela Compost Mix Calculator helps estimate carbon additions, moisture adjustment, active volume, and system size.
Leaves & soft trimmings
Seasonal plant material reduced to a practical size for mixing.
Dry carbon inputs
Chipped prunings, dry leaves, cardboard, sawdust, or suitable pellets used to balance the mix.
Adjacent food organics
Suitable scraps from farm shops, tasting rooms, staff kitchens, or hospitality operations.
Operational note: Whole branches and oversized woody material should be chipped or handled separately. Follow local rules for diseased plant material, invasive species, and biosecurity.
FROM CULL TO SOIL
One clear routine from collection to finished compost.
Standardize the handoffs, keep the recipe visible, and assign ownership at every stage.
- 01
Collect & sort
Separate suitable fruit, leaves, soft trimmings, and other clean organics at the point of generation.
- 02
Balance the mix
Add calculated dry browns to manage moisture, structure, and the starting carbon-to-nitrogen ratio.
- 03
Load & rotate
Load on a repeatable schedule. Rotary action blends wet and dry inputs and redistributes heat and oxygen.
- 04
Monitor
Use the access ports to follow temperature trends and adjust moisture, browns, or aeration as needed.
- 05
Harvest & cure
Remove mature material, cure as appropriate, then return finished compost to approved orchard uses.
VALUE ACROSS THE OPERATION
Keep more value moving within the orchard.
Onsite composting can support waste diversion, soil-building work, and a more visible circular practice—when the system is sized and operated around the actual feedstock.
Reduce material sent away
Bring suitable organic material into an onsite process instead of treating every load as disposal.
Create a useful soil input
Produce finished compost for approved orchard, nursery, garden, or landscaping applications.
Make the process measurable
Use loading records and temperature trends to support a repeatable operating routine.
Handle seasonal peaks
Choose capacity and loading practices around harvest surges—not only quiet-season averages.
Improve site presentation
Use an enclosed stainless steel system suited to working farms, farm shops, and visitor-facing properties.
Support a circular story
Show how suitable orchard organics can return to productive land through a visible onsite practice.
ENGINEERED FOR REPEATABLE WORK
Built as orchard equipment, not a disposable bin.
Durvela brings stainless steel construction, insulation, mechanical mixing, aeration support, and monitoring capability together in one long-life composting platform.
Stainless steel construction
A cleanable, professional enclosure built for long-term outdoor use.
75 mm insulation
Helps retain the heat created by active microbial decomposition through changing weather.
Mechanical mixing
Rotary action and internal paddles help reduce clumping and distribute moisture and heat.
Aeration support
Purpose-built airflow supports aerobic conditions and a cleaner material-handling routine.
Process visibility
Monitoring ports help operators observe temperature instead of relying on guesswork.
SIZE FOR THE REAL FEEDSTOCK
Match capacity to the balanced weekly mix—not acreage alone.
Orchards of similar acreage can produce very different material streams. Record representative weekly and peak-season weights, account for browns, and allow room for mixing and airflow.
ESTATES & SMALL ORCHARDS
900 LDurvela 900
For large gardens, estates, hobby farms, vineyards, and smaller orchard operations with recurring but moderate material volumes.
- Working capacity
- 675 L
- Example weekly compost mix
- 52–168 kg
- Footprint
- 2180 × 1350 mm
COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
2000 LDurvela 2000
For farms and commercial sites with substantial, recurring organic material and an established sorting, loading, and monitoring routine.
- Working capacity
- 1,500 L
- Example weekly compost mix
- 168–375 kg
- Footprint
- 3140 × 1350 mm
Capacity examples refer to the total balanced compost mix, including recommended carbon-rich material—not fruit or food waste alone. Actual throughput varies with feedstock, moisture, temperature, particle size, loading frequency, and operating practices.
BEFORE THE FIRST LOAD
A good installation starts with an operating plan.
Durvela systems arrive pre-assembled. Larger models require deliberate freight access, unloading arrangements, a prepared foundation, practical clearance, and a clear route from collection to finished-compost use.
- ✓Measure the weekly stream
Include culls, other suitable organics, and the dry browns needed to balance them.
- ✓Plan source separation
Keep plastics, labels, wire, treated wood, and other contaminants out of the collection route.
- ✓Prepare the site
Provide delivery access, a level reinforced pad, drainage, service clearance, and year-round operator access.
- ✓Define the routine
Assign responsibility for loading, adding browns, rotation, readings, records, unloading, and curing.
- ✓Plan the finished compost use
Identify approved applications and storage before the system begins producing material.
COMMON ORCHARD QUESTIONS
Plan the process before you size the equipment.
Can Durvela process whole branches?
No. Whole branches and oversized woody material should be chipped to a practical size or handled in a separate woody-waste stream. Large woody inputs break down slowly and can interfere with mixing.
Should an orchard choose the 900 or 2000?
Choose from the measured balanced weekly mix, peak-season volume, loading frequency, and available site—not acreage alone. The Compost Mix Calculator can estimate active volume, and Durvela can help review a commercial operation.
Can diseased fruit or prunings be composted?
While it is true that hot composting can destroy pathogens, requirements vary by pathogen, crop, and jurisdiction. Follow your agronomist’s advice and local biosecurity rules.
COMPOSTING, ENGINEERED.
Build an orchard composting system around real inputs.
Estimate the balanced mix, compare models, and talk with Durvela about site access, workflow, and seasonal volume.