What is vermicomposting? How does it differ from composting?
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The end goal of both composting and vermicomposting is to decompose organic waste and turn it into fertiliser. While composting is a slow process that makes use of fungal and bacterial action, vermicompost accelerates the process by the use of earthworms.
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Vermicompost is a mixture of decaying vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast created by the decomposition process utilising several kinds of worms, most often red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms.
- Vermicomposting is the term for this procedure, while vermiculture is the term for raising worms for this purpose.
- The end-product of the decomposition of organic materials by earthworms is vermicast (also known as worm castings, worm humus, worm manure, or worm faeces).
- These castings were shown to have lower levels of pollutants and higher nutrient saturation than organic materials prior to vermicomposting.
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