vermicompost

Vermicompost.

(vermicompost, vermiculture) is the product of the decomposition process using various species of worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms, to create a mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast.

Vermicast (also called worm castings, worm humus, worm manure, or worm feces) is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms.

1. These castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than the organic materials before vermicomposting.

2. Vermicompost contains water-soluble nutrients and is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner.^[3] It is used in farming and small scale sustainable, organic farming.

3. Vermicomposting can also be applied for the treatment of sewage. A variation of the process is term filtration (or vermidigestion) which is used to remove organic matter, pathogens, and oxygen demand from wastewater or directly from the blackwater of flush toilets.

vermicompost also use full in many crops.

we discuss vermicompost more in the next post how vermicompost made.