Info On Vermiculture Technology

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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 Time: 1:19 PM
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With regards to biodynamic farming, people are checking out natural and traditional techniques to help keep the soil fertile and organically loaded with nutrients. Among the recently developed techniques of arriving at biodynamic agriculture is vermiculture technology.

In the past, the use of earthworms and their castings or excretions in promoting plant growth had been widespread. In fact, ancient agricultural lands in Egypt, North America and Asia were abundant of earthworms, which were proven to help spur and keep overall productiveness of lands. With the introduction of chemical fertilizers and the robust demand for food, agriculturists switched to today's technology and systems of cropping to be able to cope with fast demand and consumption.

Today, a growing number of farmers and agriculturists are reverting back to the old, organic and chemicals-free mode of farming. Earthworm farms and plant plots has become a standard in ensuring that that plants will grow better and healthier. But due to the adverse climate conditions and other factors, earthworms helpful to farming do not easily grow, thrive and propagate. Because of this , why vermiculture has become a significant sector of agriculture.

Vermiculture is the procedure and technology of artificially cultivating or rearing earthworms for agricultural and productive purposes. Gone are the days when earthworms were regarded and treated as pests and as disgusting crawling organisms. Now, worms are raised to reproduce faster. They are even fed and given an ideal environment for growth and metabolism.

Earthworms may be the only means to attain vermicomposting, which is in turn a method to significantly increase organic and important nutrients in the soil. The theory behind the operation is that worms' excretions make the earth richer. Scientifically, vermiculture castings or earthworms' excretions, when combined with the soil, have seven times more phosphorus, five times nitrate, 11 times potash, thrice the level of magnesium and almost twofold more calcium than normal soil used optimally for vegetable cropping in the most fertile farming lands. That is definitely far better than what chemical and synthetic agricultural fertilizers can provide.

The bottom line is, the overall advantages of vermiculture can never be underestimated. Vermiculture worms transform wastes, for instance left over foods, tea bags, fruit peelings, vegetable scraps, eggshells and animal manure, into natural matter that fertilizes the soil and gives high humus content. Worms even help entry of oxygen into soil, which in turn helps improve resistance of plants to ensure that there will be natural organic pesticidal features that drive away pests. There are even earthworm species that can be used as animal feed or as extenders to several processed foods.

Via modern vermiculture technology, soil friendly earthworms are assisted in order to reproduce faster and raise their population by 3 to 4 times in a month or two. Businesses specializing in the initiatives prepare and allot facilities ideal for earthworm reproduction and cultivation.

Earthworms are naturally killed by excessive exposure to light, particularly sunlight, high and exteremely cold temperatures and dry soil. Thus, vermiculture involves artificially encouraging ideal environments where earthworms are able to thrive.

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