Buro-Buro Springs Farm

Brgy. Concepcion, Talisay City

Negros Occidental
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VERMICOMPOSTING $ DEFNED A$ THE PRODUCTON OF
COMPO$T WTH THE U$E OF WORM$ (VERM$ N LATN).
N A $NGLE PROCE$$, WE ARE GVEN TWO PRODUCT$
VERMICAST WHCH $ PURE WORM EXCRETA AND WORM
BIOMASS.
VERMICAST $ PURE WORM POOP BUT OUR HARVE$T $
U$UALLY VERMCOMPO$T WHCH WE DEFNE A$ VERMCA$T
WTH OTHER COMPONENT$ FROM THE WORM BED $UCH A$
COMPO$T, MCROBE$, EARTHWORM$, ETC.
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SOME FACTS ABOUT THE EARTH WORM
T $ A TRUE HERMAPHRODTE.
WHEN 2 EARTHWORM$ COME
TOGETHER, THEY BOTH GET
PREGNANT.
T $ PERFECTLY EVOLVED $O
THAT EVEN F YOU PUT $EVERAL
$PECE$ TOGETHER, THEY WLL
NOT CRO$$ BREED.
WHEN $EXUALLY MATURE BREED
EVERY WEEK AND CAN PRODUCE
2-10 WORM$.
1 WORM DVDED BY 2 = 1.
THEY EAT THER WEGHT PER DAY
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STEPS IN VERMICOMPOSTING
PREPARED BY: DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AQUATIC AND MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
LOS BAOS, LAGUNA
GATHERING OF MATERIALS
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION
(10-12 DAYS)
AEROBIC DECOMPOSITION
(30-35 DAYS)
VERMICOMPOST EARTHWORM BIOMASS
MARKET ON FARM USE VERMI-MEAL
PRODUCTION
RECYCLE
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SELECTING A SUITABLE SITE
T $ E$$ENTAL TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEED$ OF THE
WORM. THE FOLLOWNG ARE CONDTON$ THAT ARE
NECE$$ARY N $ELECTNG A $TE:
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SELECT A SITE THAT IS
AIRY AND DRY
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AREA TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE
AROUND 26HC
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IT SHOULD BE NEAR TO A
WATER SOURCE AND RAW
MATERIALS FOR THE FOOD
FOR THE EARTHWORM
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2 SELECTING THE WORM HOUSING
THE $ELECTON OF THE
WORM HOU$NG TYPE $
TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON
THE CONDTON OF THE
$TE AND THE PER$ON
OVER$EENG THE
OPERATON$. T $
E$$ENTAL THAT THE
VERMICULTURIST
D$COVER WHAT $
$UTABLE FOR HM AND
THE LOCATON. THERE
ARE 2 TYPE$ OF HOU$NG
TO CHOO$E FROM --
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Bamboo Slats
Hollow Blocks
WORMBINS/WORMBEDS
MAY BE MADE OUT OF DFFERENT
MATERAL$ LKE RON BAR$, OLD
PLA$TC BA$N$, $PLT BAMBOO OR
HOLLOW BLOCK$.
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WINDROWS
ARE PLE$ OF $UB$TRATE THAT ARE DECOMPO$ED
BEFORE FEEDNG THEM TO THE WORM$. THEY ARE
U$UALLY ABOUT 1 METER WDE AND AT LEA$T A METER
HGH AND CAN BE ANY LENGTH DE$RED OR PRACTCABLE.
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OTHER STRUCTURES
OUSING STRUCTURES
ARE THE BE$T OPTON$ BUT ARE AL$O
THE MO$T EXPEN$VE $O WLL BE
CON$DERED WHEN FNANCE$ PERMT.
HOWEVER, F THERE ARE ABANDONED
$TRUCTURE$ WTHN THE $TE, THE$E
CAN BE U$ED A$ WELL FOR THE
PURPO$E.
MECNIC SYSTEMS
CAN BE EXPLORED WHEN THE PROJECT
$ BG ENOUGH AND FNANCE$
WARRANT TH$ OPTON BECAU$E WHLE
MANPOWER $ LOW, THE CAPTAL
EXPENDTURE $ HGH AND HUGELY
DEPENDENT ON ELECTRCTY
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SOURCE AND QUALITY
CARE $HOULD BE TAKEN THAT ONE $ $URE OF
THE QUALTY OF RAW MATERAL$
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W F U$NG ANMAL MANURE, BE $URE THAT THE
ANMAL$ WERE NOT DEWORMED A$ TH$
WOULD AL$O DEWORM YOUR PROJECT.
W PLANT $OURCE$ $HOULD AL$O BE FREE OF
HARMFUL N$ECTCDE$, FUNGCDE$, AND
HERBCDE$ WHCH MAY AL$O DECMATE
YOUR WORM POPULATON
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Some exampIes of
carbon and nitrogen
sources
CARBON TO NITROGEN RATIO (C:N)
CARBON
SOURCE
NITROGEN SOURCE
PIant Source
AnimaI
Manure
Grass
Rice straw
Corn stover
Wood
$aw dust
Cocodust
Cococoir
Paper
akawate
Ieaves
IpiI-ipiI Ieaves
Mongo
udzu
"Baging iIog"
wiId sunfIower
katuray Ieaves
azoIIa
peanut
AII animaI
manures
except
dog, cat
and
human
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SIZE OF MATERIALS
THE $MALLER THE MATERAL$ BENG
COMPO$TED, THE FA$TER THE
PROCE$$.
ALTHOUGH $HREDDNG $ NOT
AB$OLUTELY NECE$$ARY, T $ A VTAL
FACTOR N $PEEDNG UP THE
PROCE$$.
AFTER GATHERNG THE RAW
MATERAL$, MX WELL AND $HRED.
WET THE MXTURE $O T FEEL$ LKE A
DAMP $PONGE
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STAGE - ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION
W PLACE $UB$TRATE N
CONTANER$ A$ ARTGHT A$
PO$$BLE.
W MAY LA$T FROM 1 WEEK UP TO
1 MONTH DEPENDNG UPON THE
QUANTTY BENG PROCE$$ED
AND THE $E OF THE
PARTCLE$.
W THE $UB$TRATE $ READY FOR
U$E WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
HA$ DROPPED TO AMBENT
LEVEL$ AND YOU CAN $EE THE
APPEARANCE OF WHTE
MU$HROOM$
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STAGE 2 - AEROBIC DECOMPOSITION
W WHEN $UB$TRATE HA$ COOLED
DOWN, PLACE THE $UB$TRATE
N APPROPRATE CONTANER$.
W $TOCK WTH EARTHWORM$
W THE RATE OF PRODUCNG
VERMCA$T $ DEPENDENT ON
THE $TOCKNG DEN$TY V$--
V$ THE AMOUNT OF
$UB$TRATE.
W A DEPTH OF ABOUT 4-6 NCHE$
OF $UB$TRATE AT TH$ $TAGE
APPEAR$ TO BE DEAL.
W T HA$ BEEN OB$ERVED THAT
100 KLO$ OF $UB$TRATE CAN
BE CON$UMED WTHN 30 DAY$
BY 1 KLO OF WORM$.
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MAINTENANCE OF THE WORM BEDS
PRACTCAL TP:
TE$T BY $QUEENG A F$TFUL
OF $UB$TRATE. 5 TO 10 DROP$
OF WATER NDCATE ABOUT
80% MO$TURE.
CARE $HOULD BE TAKEN THAT
THE $UB$TRATE $ TAKEN
FROM THE LOWER PORTON OF
THE BED BECAU$E THE UPPER
PORTON MGHT ALREADY BE
DRY BUT THE LOWER PORTON
$ $TLL WET.
Maintain a moisture of 80%
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PROTECT THE WORM$ FROM
NATURAL PREDATOR$. BRD$,
CHCKEN$, FROG$, MCE,
$NAKE$, AND EVEN PG$ LOVE
TO EAT WORM$
WHLE ANT$ DO NOT EAT
WORM$, THEY CAN KLL YOUR
POPULATON F LEFT
UNATTENDED.
$HADE THE WORM$ FROM
DRECT $UNLGHT. WORM$
HAVE NO $KN AND CANNOT
WTH$TAND DRECT $UNLGHT.
LOO$EN THE $UB$TRATE
GENTLY AND DO NO T ALLOW T
TO GET COMPACTED. THE
CON$TANT WATERNG OF THE
BED$ WLL COMPACT THE
$UB$TRATE. LOO$EN THE
BED$ VERY GENTLY WHEN
NEEDED TAKNG CARE NOT TO
D$TURB THE WORM$ TOO
MUCH.
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Harvesting
THE EARTHWORM$ ARE WELL
MANNERED AND POLTE. THEY
DO NOT LKE TO LVE WTH
THER POOP. THEY EAT THE
$UB$TRATE AND DEPO$T
THER CA$TNG ON THE TOP. N
ABOUT 6-8 WEEK$, THE
$UB$TRATE THAT WA$
FORMERLY DENTFABLE A$
GRA$$ AND LEAVE$ BECOME$
TRAN$FORMED NTO
GRANULAR EARTHY MATERAL.
THE DEC$ON TO HARVE$T
DEPEND$ ON ONE'$ NEED$.
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OPTIONS
MANUAL EXTRACTION PCK WORM$ BY HAND
AND TRAN$FER THEM TO A NEW WORMBED.
THE VERMCOMPO$T MAY BE ALLOWED TO
DRY N THE $HADE FOR A FEW DAY$ AND
THEN $FTED F A FNER COMPO$T $
DE$RED.
PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT. N THE $HADE, PLE
THE VERMCOMPO$T N $UCH A MANNER
THAT T LOOK$ LKE A PYRAMD. AFTER A
DAY, YOU CAN HARVE$T THE TOP PART
EA$LY BECAU$E THE WORM$ HAVE GONE TO
THE BOTTOM OF THE PLE. WHEN YOU REACH
THE BOTTOM OF THE PLE, YOU CAN EXTRACT
THE WORM$ MANUALLY.
MIGRATION MOVE THE CONTENT$ OF THE
WHOLE BED TO ONE $DE. FLL THE EMPTY
HALF WTH NEW $UB$TRATE. ALLOW THE
WORM$ TO MOVE FREELY TO THE NEW FOOD.
HARVE$T CA$TNG$ LEFT BY THE WORM$.
PRACTICAL TIP:
Compost is ready to use when it is dark brown, crumbly and has an
earthy smell.
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PARTIAL EXTRACTION WITH NET BAG FLL AN
ONON BAG WTH FRE$H FOOD AND BURY T
N THE MDDLE OF THE BED. AFTER A WEEK
OR $O, THE BAG WLL BE FLLED WTH
WORM$ WHCH YOU CAN EMPTY TO A NEW
WORMBED. TH$ FACLTATE$ THE
GATHERNG OF MO$T WORM$.
DELAYED HARVESTING. F YOU ARE NOT
READY TO HARVE$T YOUR VERMCOMPO$T
WHCH $ FULLY EATEN BY THE WORM$,
PLACE A NET ON TOP OF THE BED AND PLACE
A 5 CM LAYER OF FRE$H $UB$TRATE ON TOP.
YOU CAN DELAY HARVE$TNG FOR ABOUT A
WEEK (DEPENDNG ON THE VOLUME OF
WORM$ N THE BED) BECAU$E THE WORM$
WLL TRAN$FER TO THE NEW FOOD. AT THE
$AME TME, WHEN YOU ARE READY TO
HARVE$T, YOU CAN FR$T REMOVE THE NET
WTH THE FOOD AND YOU WLL $EE THAT THE
WORM$ HAVE MO$TLY TRAN$FERRED THERE.
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SCRAPING. F YOU ARE N
A HURRY AND NEED THE
CA$TNG$, $CRAPE THE
TOP OF THE BED OF THE
CA$TNG$ DEPO$TED
THERE.
YOU RUN THE DANGER
THOUGH OF LO$NG THE
EGG$ WHCH MAY BE
THERE AND HAVE NOT
YET HATCHED.
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DRY YOUR VERMCOMPO$T N THE $HADE ONLY. EXPO$NG ORGANC
FERTLER TO THE $UN WLL CAU$E T TO LO$E T$ NTROGEN CONTENT.
VERMCOMPO$T CAN BE $TORED AT 30% MO$TURE N PLA$TC BAG$.
$TORE N A COOL PLACE AWAY FROM DRECT $UNLGHT.
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HOW TO CHEC FOR 30% MOISTURE
PLACE $OME
VERMCOMPO$T N
YOUR HAND AND
$QUEEE TO FORM A
BALL,
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OPEN YOUR PALM
AND APPLY $OME
PRE$$URE WTH
THE NDEX FNGER
OF THE OTHER
HAND.
HOW TO CHEC FOR 30% MOISTURE
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W F THE BALL BREAK$ EA$LY
NTO 2 3 PART$, THAT $
ABOUT 30% MO$TURE.
W F THE BALL CRUMBLE$
EA$LY, THAT $ LE$$ THAN
30% MO$TURE
W F YOUR FNGER LEAVE$ AN
MPRNT ON THE BALL AND
THE BALL DOE$ NOT BREAK,
THAT $ MORE THAN 30%
MO$TURE.
HOW TO CHEC FOR 30% MOISTURE
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