Vermiculture (free report)by Vaishnavi Raut | 30-06-2022 22:14 |
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Vermiculture is culturing of earth warm earthworm effectively harness the beneficial soil microflora destroy soil pathogens and convert organic waste into vulnerable products known as caste which contain biofertilizer vitamins enzymes antibiotics growth hormones and proteinaceous worm biomass. Hence earthworm are called as artificial fertilizer factors. *Earthworm is nocturnal *Clitellum is adult stage *To adults meet and lay egg within a week egg are of coriander seed shape *Earth war take m o through the food m o multiply in the in intense time of earthworm and they come out with cast it contains various type of bacterias actinomyctes enzymes. vitamins and micro nutrients Benefits of vermicompost It contain micronutrients (mg,de,Bo,Mo,zn) growth regulator and beneficial Mo. It increase w h c of soil. Decrease salinity and increases availability of nutrients. Reduce soil erosions. Reduction in incidence of disease and paste and also it increase the yield. For almost all crops apply vermicompost @ 2.5 ton per acre at the time of sowing leaves worm in the fieldmaintenance sufficient moisture by regular irrigation and lot of crop residuous crop residuous have to be there in the field don't apply chemicals or chemical fertilizer to soil but through the leaves. Preparation of vermicompost Drench with chloropyriphos@ 2 ML per litre of H2O leave for one week and then go for filling the pit like paddy straw sugarcane trash black soil green leaves dunk biogas slurry. Apply water @ 30 to 60 l for 16 days leave 2000 worms suitable species at about 10 cm Deep worm multiplication and composed production will be higher if sugar trash sunflower or Bajra reduces are used keep the pit always moist 30 to 60% moisture are required by daily watering during summer or twice a week during rainy season added 50 lit requiredvermicompost production is seen after 45 days of living worms to the pit it will be complete in 18 to 90 days residue will be converted to vermicompost 75% take vermicompost from the Pit leave the Pit without watering for about 3 days worm will move to dipper layer due to lack of moisture in the upper layer take out the compost from the upper layer and see the compost and store it in a gunny bags under shade. About 224 turn varmicompost will be produced in 3 months and 6 to 12 turn varmicompost will be produced in one year earthworm complete their life cycle within 90 days by which time they multiply about 40 to 50 times.in vermicompost egg nymph and adults all form stages are found. |
