{"id":528,"date":"2015-03-22T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T14:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/22\/report-earthworm-vermicompost-can-replace\/"},"modified":"2015-03-22T14:30:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T14:30:03","slug":"report-earthworm-vermicompost-can-replace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/22\/report-earthworm-vermicompost-can-replace\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: \u00a0earthworm vermicompost can replace destructive chemical fertilizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.scirp.org\/journal\/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=2538&amp;utm_campaign=linkedin&amp;utm_medium=lc#.VQ7Q9pPF8Yd'>REPORT: \u00a0earthworm vermicompost can replace destructive chemical fertilizers<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<p>Earthworms and its excreta (vermicast) promises to usher in the \u2018Second Green Revolution\u2019 by completely replacing the destructive agrochemicals which did more harm than good to both the farmers and their farmland. Earthworms restore &amp; improve soil fertility and significantly boost crop productivity. Earthworms excreta (vermicast) is a nutritive \u2018organic fertilizer\u2019 rich in humus, NKP, micronutrients, beneficial soil microbes\u2014\u2018nitrogenfixing &amp; phosphate solubilizing bacteria\u2019 &amp; \u2018actinomycets\u2019 and growth hormones \u2018auxins\u2019, \u2018gibberlins\u2019 &amp; \u2018cytokinins\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/0856629c16470a515dc9d3cfb2e53b0b\/tumblr_inline_nlmbv78amu1sae1js_500.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Both earthworms and its vermicast &amp; body liquid (vermiwash) are scientifically proving as both \u2018growth promoters &amp; protectors\u2019 for crop plants. In our experiments with corn &amp; wheat crops, tomato and eggplants it displayed excellent growth performances in terms of height of plants, color &amp; texture of leaves, appearance of flowers &amp; fruits, seed ears etc. as compared to chemical fertilizers and the conventional compost. There is also less incidences of \u2018pest &amp; disease attack\u2019 and \u2018reduced demand of water\u2019 for irrigation in plants grown on vermicompost. Presence of live earthworms in soil also makes significant difference in flower and fruit formation in vegetable crops. Composts work as a \u2018slowrelease fertilizer\u2019 whereas chemical fertilizers release their nutrients rather quickly in soil and soon get depleted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/40.media.tumblr.com\/b323b0534bfd920560af8d14a3856d1b\/tumblr_inline_nlmbvcq6LA1sae1js_500.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Significant amount of \u2018chemical nitrogen\u2019 is lost from soil due to oxidation in sunlight. However, with application of vermicompost the \u2018organic nitrogen\u2019 tends to be released much faster from the excreted \u2018humus\u2019 by worms and those mineralised by them and the net overall efficiency of nitrogen (N) is considerably greater than that of chemical fertilizers. Availability of phosphorus (P) is sometimes much greater. Our study shows that earthworms and vermicompost can promote growth from 50 to 100% over conventional compost &amp; 30 to 40% over chemical fertilizers besides protecting the soil and the agro ecosystem while producing \u2018nutritive and tasty food\u2019 at a much economical cost (at least 50 75% less) as compared to the costly chemical fertilizers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REPORT: \u00a0earthworm vermicompost can replace destructive chemical fertilizers Earthworms and its excreta (vermicast) promises to usher in the \u2018Second Green Revolution\u2019 by completely replacing the destructive agrochemicals which did more harm than good to both the farmers and their farmland. Earthworms restore &amp; improve soil fertility and significantly boost crop productivity. Earthworms excreta (vermicast) is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-earthworm-magic","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronniederhelman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}