Benefits of Vermi compost /casting on the Soil

1. Increases moisture and nutrient retention of the soil

2. Improves aeration and root penetration

3. Reduces crushing of soil surface

4. Micro -nutrients are added to the soil.

5. Increases the number of beneficial soil micro - organisms.

Let us participate in the restoration of our social by being organic minded .

Enrich our mother earth by raising worms that are friendly to us and to our environment.

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Earthworm Castings Organic Fertilizer

Earthworm Castings Organic Fertilizer is an all purpose natural fertilizer that comes to you straight from nature with no alterations whatsoever. These night crawlers are fed a very rich humus which contains a wide variety of minerals and trace elements. The earthworms digest this material and in its' passage through the worm, it is beneficially altered both chemically and physically. The end product is "super humus" which is extremely fertile top soil properly conditioned for best root growth, containing in rich proportion and water soluble form, all the elements required of the earth for optimum plant nutrition.

Earthworm castings, as stated, contain rich proportions of water soluble nutrients. This is a primary reason for being able to provide incredible results. earth worms allows plants to quickly and easily absorb all essential nutrients and trace elements. This is possible because the earthworm grinds and uniformly mixes the nutrients and trace elements in simple forms, so plants need only minimal effort to obtain them. This is not the case with most other natural fertilizers. Though they may have many nutrients and/or higher analysis, the ability of plants to optimally use them is limited because they are not broken down to the degree in which the earthworm is able to provide them.

As well as an abundance of available nutrients, earth worms also provides a perfect mix of nutrients that are not readily available, but present for long term nutritional needs. This allows plants to feed as needed for weeks and months at a time, depending on the plant.

I00% ORGANIC FERTILIZER

Vermi-compost is a 100% organic fertilizer that is made up of worm castings and partially decomposed organic matter. Worm castings are the richest natural fertilizer known to humans. It contains no harmful chemicals like artificial fertilizer does. Thus taking 100% pure vegetables and fruits you are far away from dieses like cancer...

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FARM VERMI: worms that would help mother earth becoming rich again

FARM VERMI: worms that would help mother earth becoming rich again

Why Compost With Worms?

Worm composting is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark, earth-smelling soil conditioner. The great advantage of worm composting is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round composting. It also provides apartment dwellers with a means of composting. In a nutshell, worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and redworms. Add your food waste for a period of time, and the worms and micro-organisms will eventually convert the entire contents into rich compost.

FROM TWO BOXES

It's a holiday in the Philippines, the oath taking of our new president Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino. In the morning I keep on watching what was happening Manila. After an afternoon nap I went to my backyard garden , vege garden and my boxes of vermi's.My two boxes that I started 3 years ago now becomes seven boxes. As I add 2 boxes yesterday. I harvested also vermi cast for my ornamental plants fertilizer. What a promising hobby wherein by this time friends started to order organic fertilizers . I believe someday this hobby will turn into enterprising one.

Vermi Culture and Composting

Characteristics of African Nightcrawlers
The vermi that I am raising
Hermaphrodites (male and female reproductive organs are present in each worm
Matures in 6 weeks. Population doubles in about a month
Temperature Requirement 25C 29C under shade

Part of the Vermiculture is the composting. The worm will compost all you bio=degradable materials This would make us more friendly to our environment as must segregate our waste. And the product of this composting is Organic Fertilizer

Steps in Vermicomposting
A.Site Selection/ Select a site that is shaded and well-drained with
available water supply.
B.Small Scale Production . Use wooden boxes, earthen pots, Styrofoam boxes, plastic basin or any similar materials
Commercial Production . Use provision of working space for drying and bagging

What to prepare?
Worm
Worm bim
Substrate
manure + ipil-ipil or kakawate
rice straw + manure
grasses + chicken manure
sawdust + ipil-ipil
compost / rice straw + corn barn
cardboard and paper pulp


Anaerobic Stage

Cut the materials for use as substrate into smaller pieces by chopping with a bolo or cutting with a scissor. For large-scale production, using a powered shredded/chipper will shorten the time in the preparation of substrates. Finer materials could easily decompose (partial decomposition). If using different kinds of materials, mix the chopped raw materials before putting them in the decomposition chamber. Moisten the materials and cover the composting bin to initiate anaerobic decomposition. It takes 10 to 15 days to complete anaerobic decomposition and only then that they are ready for worm consumption.

Aerobic Stage

After the anaerobic decomposition, introduce the earthworms into the substrate. Aerobic decomposition lasts for 40 - 60 days depending on the materials used and the ratio of the worms to the substrate. Five kilograms of substrate is enough to feed a kilogram of worm for a month. Within the period, moisten (not soggy) the substrate regularly to provide the right moisture (60 - 80%) for the earthworm to grow and multiply.