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I often hear the phrase "since I already have a composter in my garden, I don't need a vermicomposter in my house!
We'll see here that composting and vermicomposting are in fact very complementary, and that once the right gestures have been integrated and with practice, it becomes something fun, enriching and accessible to all!
In our grey garbage cans, "putrescible" biowaste accounts for 30% of the volume of our residual household waste. In this case, 80% of the waste is water. While we're still spending thousands of euros on collection and transport, tons and tons of water are being washed down our roads to end up either incinerated or landfilled... causing a whole host of nuisances to the detriment of both humans and the planet.
Solutions are emerging, and composting areas are multiplying at the foot of buildings, in establishments and at home. Local authorities are investing more and more in the purchase of individual vermicomposters and equipping their residents with them. They understand that sorting our biowaste at source must become a priority. What's more, with a little practice, these solutions can be implemented very easily.
Once you've closed the lid on your garbage can, waste no longer belongs to you. We don't want to know where it goes, or what happens to it. And yet... it's gold hidden inside our garbage cans!
Benefits of composting or vermicomposting your biowaste:
=> Reduce the volume of your waste, then recycle it
=> To obtain fertilizers and soil improvers
=> To restore balance and stimulate soil life
=> To be able to eat healthier, more locally
VERMICOMPOSTING
Where:
. Indoors.city worms vert fabriqué en france vers la terre lombricomposteur
. Outdoors (with recommendations).
Whatto do :
. Cut waste more or less finely.
. Bring in dry matter (not branches, but cardboard).
. Covering.
. No need to water.
. No need to aerate.
Temperature rise:
Absent, cold degradation.
Odor:
Absent, except for undergrowth.
What touse:
Fruit and vegetable peelings, eggshells, tea, coffee, hair, animal fur
What not to use:
Meat, cheese, leftovers, garlic, onions, citrus fruit, rice, pasta, bread
Products obtained:
. Vermicompost.
. Liquid fertilizer.
Harvesting:
. Vermicompost: first harvest after 3 months, then every month.
. Liquid fertilizer: constant harvesting throughout the process.
Product properties and uses:
Vermicompost:
. Genuine booster, stable and directly assimilable by plants, restructures the soil, rich in microorganisms.
. Used for potting, as a surface fertilizer, as a soil improver.
. 1/3 vermicompost mixed with 2/3 potting soil.
Liquid fertilizer:
. Fertilizing, stimulating, rich in microorganisms.
. Used for daily watering or foliar spraying.
. 1 volume of liquid fertilizer is diluted in 9 volumes of water - 1L of pure fertilizer = 10L of fertilizer.
COMPOST
Where:
Outdoorsrieur.composteur, outdoors, waste, wood
Whatto do:
. Cut waste more or less finely.
. Bring in dry matter (use branches instead of cardboard).
. Alternate layers of wet and dry waste.
. Cover.
. No need to water (if well done).
. No need to aerate (if well done).
. Turn the pile (recommended)
Temperature rise:
Potential, cold or hot degradation.
Odor:
Slight fermentation, not disturbing.
What toput:
Fruit and vegetable peelings, eggshells, tea, coffee, hair, animal hair, cheese, leftovers, garlic, onions, citrus fruit, rice, pasta.
What to eat with care:
Meat (except collectively as too complicated), bread in very small quantities and crumbled.
Product obtained:
Compost.
Harvesting :
. Young compost: between 3 and 6 months.
. Mature compost: between 6 and 12 months.
Product properties:
Young compost:
. Quickly improves soil structure.
. To be used with care, between seasons on spaces freed from crops and on well-developed plants.
Mature compost:
. Soil-structuring.
. Used for potting, as fertilizer and soil improver.
. For potting: 1/3 compost mixed with 2/3 potting soil.
. As a soil improver: pure or mixed with potting soil.
In conclusion, with a composter, you can put everything that doesn't fit in a vermicomposter, you just need space. With a vermicomposter, you'll obtain fertilizer and soil improver more quickly, and there's very little to do, apart from balancing the contributions and re-cutting the waste if it's a bit big.
In both cases, the aim remains quite clear: to reduce waste and give back to the earth what we have taken from it!
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