What is Vermicompost?
What's the Difference Between Compost and Vermicompost?
Compost is an organic matter which takes 3 weeks to turn over. Vermicompost takes 3-6 months to turn over. Unlike compost, vermicompost uses worms instead of waiting forever in a compacted container. But both contain fruit and veggie peels, plants, tea and coffee bags, paper and cardboard.
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How Does the Worm Create the Castings?
Why is Vermicompost Good for Plants?
How is Vermicompost Made?
In a large container or a piece of land, the truck that picks up your compost and dumps fruit and veggie peels, animal poop, husk and newspaper. It should be loose so air can come in. water is sprayed to moisten, then worms are added. (3-6 months later...) The worm ate then pooped the materials that where put in which is put in bags, shipped to stores, then used to garden.
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