When you start composting this question always arises: what I can deposit and what not in my vermicomposter? All organic matter decomposes naturally, but for a good compost quickly and without any incidence can follow these tips:
COMPOSTABLE | NO COMPOSTABLE | ||
MATERIAL | OBSERVATION | MATERIAL | OBSERVATION |
Fruits and vegetables | Crude and cooked | Plastic | No biodegradable |
By the | When not treated with chemicals | Foil | No biodegradable |
Coffee grounds and tea bags | Good for the structure of the compost | Glass | No biodegradable |
Paper and cardboard | No color ink |
Fish and meat |
Death of worms by excess protein |
Sheets | Dry the excess moisture and damp to water when needed in the compost | Milk products | Fats are difficult to degrade |
Eggshells | Very flat, provide calcium | Bones, bones and molluscs | Are slow to degrade |
Pan, galletas, y rice folder | Wet accelerate the composting process | Cat and dog feces | They can smell bad and transmit pathogens |
Sawdust, ashes, coconut fiber | To structure and regulate the excess moisture | Seeds | They are very hard consistency and could reisistir the composting process and germinate. |
This list is not exhaustive, the best advice is to experiment with different materials to check the rate of disappearance, and deposit remains varied to obtain a humus-rich components. Finally I came to know the tastes and preferences of worms!