What Are Vermicomposting and Vermi Conversion?
Kitsap E-Z Earth is produced using two processes. The first, thermophylic composting, has been in use for more than 60 years in the US. The process raises the temperature to over 131 degrees F. to help ensure a product free of weed seeds and harmful organisms. The second, vermi-composting, adds valuable attributes such as water retention, texture, nutrient availability, a rich earthy fragrance and an ability to fight soil-borne plant diseases such as root rot. ~Resource Conversion Corporation, San Diego, CA. “Vermicompost outperforms any commercial fertilizer I know of…” states Dr. Clive A. Edwards, who began his earthworm research in his native England in the early 1970s before coming to Ohio State. “I think the key factor is microbial activity in the worm castings is 10 to 20 times higher than in the soil and organic matter that the worm ingests.” ~Dr. Clive Edwards, in “Worldwide Progress in Vermicomposting” by Gene Logsdon in BioCycle October 1994, p. 63. Though the science of verm
