Comments on: A Chemical Analysis of Worm Castings

By: mohamad taghi

mohamad taghi — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:34:19 +0000

i am interested in use of vermicompost insisted of chemical fertelizers

By: Myco-vermicomposting article « Boulder Vermicomposting

Myco-vermicomposting article « Boulder Vermicomposting — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:15:56 +0000

[...] can turn nutrients into different, more accessible forms, but, as I mention in my post about sending my worm castings to a soil lab, the chemical contents of your bin depend on what you put into it. Earthworms aren’t [...]

By: vermicomposting

vermicomposting — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:15:10 +0000

Hi Akhilesh Vijay,

Welcome! There’s a lot to learn about worm castings and their properties. But theres’s also a lot of information out on the web. I suggest starting at wikipedia and exploring from there, always with a skeptical eye.

By: AKHILESH VIJAY

AKHILESH VIJAY — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:12:44 +0000

seems very intresting to know abt this type of work. I am very much intrested to know more abt it.

By: vermicomposting

vermicomposting — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:14:34 +0000

Hi shailesh,

I’m not sure how you would do this, given that home vermicompost varies in composition widely.

Via this link: http://www.wormdigest.org/content/view/371/2/

I found this paper that you may want to try to read for methods:

Harada, Y. and A. Inoko. 1980. The measurement of the cation exchange capacity of compost for the estimation of the degree of maturity. Soil Sd. Plant Nutr., 26:127-134.

Hope this helps.

By: shailesh

shailesh — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:09:54 +0000

how to estimate cation exchange capacity of vermicompost