Worm Composter Articles & Analysis: Older
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Feed your soil with organic food such as kelp, fish emulsion, compost tea, and black worm castings. “While there are nutrients in worm castings, the real benefit to worm castings are the millions of beneficial microbes that are present in them. ...
A comparison of the decomposition of GT + CD in vermicomposting and composting (without worms) experiments indicated that vermicomposting with E. fetida is more efficient in maximising the extent of organic matter degradation. The growth of worms was lesser pronounced when they were fed on higher concentrations of GT in feed mixtures.Keywords: ...
To achieve satisfactory results with vermiculture, it is important to know how many times to rinse cattle manure to eliminate salts. Treatments under evaluation were 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 rinses in a tap water: manure ratio of 1 : 1 (v/v). Electrical Conductivity (EC), Biomass of Worms (BW) and Number of Cocoons (NC) were evaluated. The EC ranged from 2.57 to 0.5 dS·m−1 for T0 and T4. ...
Castings (worm compost) are considered “Black Gold” among avid gardeners. Less dependence on chemical fertilizers will benefit the environment and save money too.There are three main components to successful worm composting: temperature, air flow and moisture content. The optimum temperature is between 16-28°C (60-80°F). ...
The efficacy of these two methods was compared under field conditions over three seasons (winter, summer and rainy) by using one of the most promising composting worm species, Eisenia fetida. One hundred adult earthworms (Eisenia fetida) were released in each pit and heap. The data clearly indicated that the pit method of vermicomposting was superior to the heap ...