Requirements

REQUIREMENTS OF VERMICOMPOST

Housing:

  • Sheltered culturing of worms is recommended to protect the worms from excessive sunlight and rain.
  • All the entrepreneurs have set up their units in vacant cowsheds, poultry sheds, basements and back yards.

Containers:

  • Cement tanks were constructed. These were separated in half by a dividing wall. Another set of tanks were also constructed for preliminary decomposition.

Bedding and feeding materials:

  • Cowdung is used in the bedding material in order to breed sufficient numbers of earthworms.
  • Once the earthworm multiply in sufficient numbers, one can start using all kinds of organic waste.
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