6533b838fe1ef96bd12a4441
RESEARCH PRODUCT
THE INFLUENCE OF RED WORMS (E. FOETIDA) ON COMPOST’S FERTILIZING PROPERTIES
Czesława Rosik-dulewskaTomasz CiesielczukUrszula KarwaczyńskaHanna Gabrielsubject
lcsh:GE1-350vermicompostEisenia foetidalcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineeringfertilizing propertieslcsh:TD1-1066lcsh:Environmental sciencesearthworm compostdescription
Composting is becoming a more and more common way of biodegradable waste disposal. Composts should be characterized by high content of nutrients and low amount of pollutants. Vermicompost is a compost produced by overpopulated culture of earthworm Eisenia foetida (Savigny 1826). World scientific literature states that vermicompost has a high fertilizing value which often exceeds such value of conventional composts. The results showed that vermicompost has a much higher fertilizing value than the compost produced by the traditional pile method. However, prism vermicompost created with the participation of a less concentrated population of earthworms has an intermediate value as a fertilizer (nitrogen and heavy metals), it could be assessed as a lower value product due to the lower content of potassium and phosphorus than the material obtained without earthworms.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-01 | Journal of Ecological Engineering |