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vermicompost
Sign in to saveAlso known as vermi-compost, vermiculture
thumb|upright=1.2|Vermicomposting uses worms to decompose waste and make nutrient-rich "worm manure".
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26 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Design considerations
- Suitable worm species
- Large scale
- Small scale
- Climate and temperature
- Feedstock
- Small-scale or home systems
- Large-scale or commercial
- Harvesting
- Methods
- Properties
- Benefits of vermicomposting
- Uses
- Soil conditioner
- Operation and maintenance
- Smells
- Moisture
- Pest species
- Worms escaping
- Nutrient levels
- Application examples
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Vermicomposting uses worms to decompose waste and make nutrient-rich "worm manure".
Vermicompost (vermi-compost) 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. This process is called vermicomposting, with the rearing of worms for this purpose is called vermiculture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vermicompost” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.