ADVANTAGES OF VERMICOMPOST

ECONOMIC BENEFITS

Vermicompost is considered 7 times richer than traditional compost, so the quantity of vermicompost that can be used is 1/7 of the quantity of compost commonly used.

QUALITATIVE ADVANTAGES

Vermicomposting allows you to obtain high quality vermicompost which is:

  • Much richer in nutrients.
  • A product with generally higher organic matter content.
  • Rich in enzymes such as proteases, amylases, lipases, cellulases and chitinases, which continue the breakdown of organic matter even once excreted.
  • Rich in hormones that facilitate plant growth.
  • Rich in microbial life, and can contain up to 1000 times the microbiological activity of conventional compost, which allows nutrients already present in the soil to be broken down more quickly, making them assimilated by plants.
  • The bacterial flora that develops there is representative of the intestinal flora of earthworms: following the passage of organic residues through the worm’s intestine, the bacteria multiply in the decomposing substrate. This bacterial flora plays an important role in the nitrogen cycle.

ITS BENEFITS ON THE GROUND

  • Improvement of soil structure and its water and nutrient retention capacity.
  • pH stabilization.
  • Improvement of gas exchanges, drainage, soil aeration and its cation exchange capacity.

ITS BENEFITS ON PLANTS

The benefits of vermicompost on plants include, among other:

  • Increased Plant Growth: Vermicompost stimulates plant growth, even when they are already receiving optimal nutrition.
  • Improvement of production from both quality and quantity points of view.
  • Improved seed germination and increased growth and development of seedlings.
  • Fight against crop pathogens including fungi (e.g. Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Verticillium, Phomopsis, Sphaerotheca, Fusarium …etc), bacteria and more particularly nematodes.
  • Increased self-defense capabilities of the plant and its resistance to drought.
  • Increased precocity, extension of flowering and fruiting periods of plants.
  • Progress in the ripening of fruits, flowers and vegetables.