Using Worms
Add a whole new legacy to composting by enlisting worms by the vermicompost manufacturer in India — usually red wigglers, tiger worms — to do your garden pot work.
Vermicomposting could be defined as the biological breakdown (decomposition) of organic wastes, via the joint action of earthworms and micro-organisms. It is a term that can be used interchangeably with worm composting. This type of composting is a combination of digestion by the worms as well as a decomposition process that takes place after that thing exits out the worm. Worm poop sits for a period of time where bacteria and other microbes continue the decomposition process. The end visible thing is a black humus-like substance that, superficially at least, resembles the material produced by bin composting.
Clemson University Extension lists the following benefits of vermicompost in their article on worm composting:
- provides nutrients to the soil
- increases the soil’s ability to hold nutrients in a plant-available form
- improves the soil structure’
- improves the aeration and internal drainage of heavy clay soil
- increases the water holding ability of sandy soils
- provides numerous beneficial bacteria
