Vermiculture or vermicomposting comes from the Latin term vermis, meaning worms. Vermicomposting employs earthworms to change organic waste material into high quality compost. Vermicomposting changes many types of different kitchen waste into a into a nutrient-rich fertilizer for your garden.

Vermicompost, or vermiculture, most often uses two species of worms, red wigglers or red earthworms, which are rarely found in soil and are adapted to the special conditions in rotting vegetation, compost and manure piles.

Some of the benefits of Vermicomposting include:

Employing worms in organic gardening is wonderful for aerating the soil, keeping the soil active and loose, and aiding with composting.

A good fertilizer or a good compost is worm castings, which is the feces from the worms, plus the worms themselves. It's really great stuff.

What we have done in lawns in the past, is when we have aerated, we have actually taken the worms physically and kind of thrown them out on the lawn getting them to go within the ground. We use products like Medina Soil Activator, molasses, and seaweed, this is what feeds them and keeps them going. That is not exactly what they all do but that is part of what the process does and they help keep the soil alive and loose by the worms being active.

It is absolutely necessary to know the chemical characteristics of your soil, in order to cultivate healthy plants. The soil must be tested to establish if the nutritive elements are inside the soil and if the PH value is good. If there aren’t good conditions, the tests will show you what you need to do to obtain the equilibrium of essential nutrients and the proper reaction. The importance of the 15 chemical substances present in the soil will surely influence the quantity and quality of the products obtained.

The organic substances are important for the soil as they will be a reservoir of humidity and nutrients that will become available for the plant. The value of the PH will affect all the mineral elements and biological processes. Testing the PH with instruments is essential to identify the need for adjustments. Phosphor will stimulate the growth of primary roots and will hurry the growing process. If you don’t have enough phosphor in your soil, the leaves will be deformed and some of them will even die.