Eksempler på vermicompost

• Metal containers often conduct heat too readily, are prone to rusting, and may release heavy metals into the vermicompost.

• Containing water-soluble nutrients, vermicompost is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner.

• O should be applied to each plant per year besides organic manures, such as vermicompost, oil cakes, poultry manure and wood ash.

• Containing water-soluble nutrients, vermicompost is a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer and soil conditioner in a form that is relatively easy for plants to absorb.

• The vermicompost may be used for farming, landscaping, to create compost tea, or for sale.

• Some research indicates that striped cucumber beetle damage can be reduced by the use of vermicompost fertilizer compared to inorganic fertilizer.

• Vermicompost tea in conjunction with 10% castings has been shown to cause up to a 1.7 times growth in plant mass over plants grown without.

• Researchers suggest that the mechanism by which vermicompost reduces beetle damage is due to an increase in phenolic compounds in plants grown with vermicompost.