Category: Vermicomposting

Planning for your investment in worms

June 25, 2025

Earthworms play a significant role in maintaining a balanced ecosystem, particularly in stabilizing organic matter in the environment. The African night crawler (Eudrilus eugeniae), Indian blue (Perionyx Excavatus) and the red wiggler (Eisenia fetida) are known compost worms. They can efficiently convert most urban and agricultural organic waste into biofertilizer (Sinha et al. 2002, 2010) … More Planning for your investment in worms

Bring your veggie scraps! We’ll get you started.

February 23, 2022

Feeding earthworms remains a challenge for many vermicomposting enthusiasts. The ability of earthworms to readily convert organic matter into vermi-fertilizer is heavily dependent on how these materials are prepared prior to feeding. Some organic materials in their fresh state may be slightly toxic or irritate earthworms and cause suppression in earthworm activity, whereas other organic … More Bring your veggie scraps! We’ll get you started.