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Your Vermi Composting Guide
Your Vermi Composting Guide
What is Compost?
Nature’s Recycling System YOUR VERMI
Compost is a natural fertiliser and soil conditioner that can be
made at home from organic wastes. In a compost heap, these
wastes are converted into a rich humus by soil micro
organisms, insects and earthworms.
COMPOSTING
Home Composting Has
Many Benefits
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GUIDE
• It improves the soil by returning the nutrients
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and adding texture.
• It is low cost and easy to make.
• It reduces the amount of rubbish sent to public landfills.
Mission:
What are
the benefits?
For your pot plants or garden
The worms eat your kitchen food scraps and process them
into castings.
Vermicasts are a high quality soil conditioner and may be added
to your garden and indoor and outdoor pot plants.
Worm tea is the liquid waste from the worms.This is also an
effective fertiliser. Plants fed on worm waste improve in growth
and quality.You will have a continual supply of soil conditioner
for no cost, once the system is in place.