Multi-tier plant for the industrial production of biohumus. Own business: biohumus production

Even a home business is worth registering. It is enough to open the IP and indicate OKVED code 01.49- Breeding of other animals. The paperwork will take no more than $ 30-40.

Livestock purchase

An ordinary earthworm can also produce fertilizer, but for production scale and quick profits, the Californian (prospector worm) is better suited. It processes the earth faster, so the first portion of humus can be obtained in a week or two.

It is best to buy ringed ones on vermifarms. You need to buy a genetic unit: adult worms along with "young growth" and cocoons. Worms for the production of biohumus are purchased in foreign soil, and then transferred to a specially prepared substrate. average cost"families" of 1500 individuals - $ 35-40.

Biohumus production technology

You will need to organize the work in several stages.

• Soil preparation. The basis of vermicompost is chicken manure and rotted cow manure. Here we add a little lime and peat (based on 200 grams per kg of substrate), food waste, vegetable peelings, silage, hay.
• Substrate in boxes. Before being introduced into the soil by miners, it should be “sustained” a little for 5-6 days. Every two or three days, the earth is mixed and moistened with warm water. Under the influence of fermentation processes, it heats up to 45-50 degrees, and then the temperature drops to the optimum: 25-30 degrees. Then you can populate the prepared trays.
• Launching pets. So that the production of biohumus with your own hands does not stop at the very beginning, it is worth releasing a “trial batch” (50 pieces) into the prepared land. If during the day they feel normal, the rest are launched. On average, 700-1000 pieces are needed per cubic meter. You need to pour them not in one pile, but evenly distributing them over the tray. After that, the "house" is covered with a cloth to protect the "pets" from bright light.
• Top dressing. Over the next few weeks, your "pets" feed, breed and actively process the soil.
• Removal of humus. When the density of the soil settlement becomes too high, they will need to be planted, and then collect the vermicompost that has accumulated at the bottom of the tank.

Biohumus production equipment

The minimum set of equipment for work: breeding containers, a sieve (mesh diameter 4-6 mm), scales, a shovel, devices for measuring soil acidity and temperature. If you make "houses" with your own hands, total costs for equipment will not exceed $ 300.

You can grow miners in a special pit on the street, but this is dangerous due to the penetration of ordinary worms, exposure to low temperatures and makes it difficult to collect humus. A purchase or independent production containers will allow you to do business all year round by adapting any room for this (garage, barn, storage room, etc.)

The biohumus box is usually wooden or plastic. You can make a wooden one from sheets of plywood 2.5-3 cm thick. Standard sizes containers: 1x2x0.5 m. To prevent rodents from getting inside, the seams of the box should be strengthened with a tin flight. Holes are drilled in the bottom for collecting vermicelli, place the container on low bars at a slight slope to drain the liquid. Under the box we put a container-substrate with a solid bottom surface. The lid can also be made from a sheet of plywood with air holes.

Trays can be stacked on top of each other to save space. This is a great option on how to make biohumus in the country with minimal money and space. A small vermifarm needs a well-ventilated area of ​​​​14-15 square meters.

Can be adapted for breeding even carton boxes and an old refrigerator. They must also be installed at an angle. But the boxes will have to be changed often.

Caring for California Worms

A few content rules:

1. The ideal temperature is within + 4 ... + 40 degrees. In other conditions, animals die;
2. If miners are kept outside, in winter they must be moved indoors and covered with warm material;
3. The moisture level of the compost should be 70-80%;
4. IN hot weather the soil should be regularly watered with warm, settled water;
5. Permissible acidity of the substrate: 7-8 points;
6. To keep the necessary warmth and humidity, it is recommended to cover the boxes with straw. It lets air through and maintains the right conditions.

loosening

In order for the animals to “breathe” freely, loosen the compost 1-2 times a week. So in their "houses" there will be enough air. Loosening is carried out with a small spatula and very carefully, without damaging the "residents".

Feeding

The production of biohumus with the help of worms provides for the formation of the correct diet for "pets". This is almost any waste of your food activity: old tea leaves, peels and skins from vegetables and fruits (carrots, bananas, potatoes, apples, beets, etc.), moldy bread and buns, spoiled boiled vegetables and overcooked cooked cereals.

The top layer of compost is the miners' food. It should be updated every 10 days, applying top dressing with a layer of 5-6 centimeters. For the first month and a half, ringed ones adapt to a new habitat and eat little, then they adapt and begin to breed. The temperature is set at the optimum level of + 24 ... + 25 degrees. During this period, increase top dressing. Regularly check how much nutrient substrate is left on the surface.

Collection of vermicompost

After about three to four months, the preparation of biohumus ends - the "residents" process all the nutrient soil in a container. Before sampling, they are forced to starve a little, and then they bring in a 5-7 cm layer of food on the surface of the earth. Hungry individuals gradually move into it. After a few days, this layer is removed along with the "residents". The procedure should be repeated 2-3 times in order to select the entire livestock together with the young, which have just emerged from the cocoons.

At the bottom of the “substrate” under the tray, liquid vermicay is collected, and the remaining contents of the container after the “pets” are evicted are sieved through a sieve, dried, and packaged.

There is a little trick on how to collect valuable fertilizer even easier. Initially, you will need an empty box with a solid bottom, in which you put another container with a perforated bottom and populate the livestock in it. When the soil in the second container is processed, place the next container with a slatted bottom in the second container with a good layer of top dressing. Hungry annelids will completely move upstairs within a week, and you will have ready-made humus.

A family of 1,500 individuals produces approximately 2 tons of humus in four months. And after so much time there will be many more of them. This will increase production volumes or sell "extra" for breeding or fishing.

Sales

The finished product should be sold to wholesale dealers or directly to the owners of farms and land plots, flower farms. The average price of a ton is $170-190. The offspring should be offered to pet stores, fishermen, poultry farms, and organic fertilizer companies. One individual costs approximately $0.02.

Costs and profits

To organize the production of biohumus at home, you will need to invest up to $ 400 in a business. The costs pay off in the first year of operation. Having bought a family of 1,500 heads, it is realistic to produce 8-9 tons per year (earnings - about $ 1,500) total number within 2000 pieces, sell the rest. It will bring additional income in the amount of $100-150 per year. Total annual revenue - in the region of $ 1600, net profit – 1200 $.

If we consider the production of vermicompost as, then on a small scale it will be rather a simple part-time job. To receive from $ 500 per month, it is necessary to increase the livestock to at least 10,000 ringed ones.

Earthworms are the most ancient inhabitants of the earth, whose activities have created and are creating soils.

They are the main orderlies of the earth, the guarantors of the health and well-being of all living on it. They feed on dead decaying plant tissues that enter the soil in the form of litter, root and crop residues.

Today we will talk about the ecological significance of worms, about what role they play on earth, about how and why to breed them on your site. And also, as promised, I will share my experience in the production of vermicompost at home with the help of worms. It will be interesting, and most importantly, after reading to the end, you will learn a lot of useful information! ...

Why are earthworms needed?

Earthworms are the main consumers of dead plant debris. The biomass of worms is 50 - 72% of the total biomass of the soil. Absorbing together with the soil a huge amount of plant detritus (decaying dead plant tissues), microbes, fungi, algae, protozoan nematodes, etc., they digest them.

At the same time, worms excrete with feces a large amount of their own intestinal microflora, enzymes, vitamins, biologically active substances that have antibiotic properties and prevent the development of pathogenic (pathogenic) microflora, putrefactive processes, the release of fetid gases, disinfect the soil and give it a pleasant smell of the earth.

In the process of digestion of plant residues, humus substances are formed in the digestive canal of worms. They differ in chemical composition from humus formed in the soil with the participation of only microflora.

In the digestive tube of worms, the processes of polymerization of low-molecular decomposition products of organic substances develop and molecules of humic acids are formed, which form complex compounds with the mineral components of the soil (lithium, potassium, sodium humates - soluble humus, calcium, magnesium, and other metal humates - insoluble humus) and for a long time are stored in the soil in the form of stable aggregates (water-intensive, water-resistant, hydrophilic and mechanically strong).

Therefore, the activity of worms slows down the leaching of mobile nutrients from the soil and prevents the development of water and wind erosion. Coproligs of worms of natural populations contain 11...15% of humus per dry matter.

Worms also have another specific feature that is very useful for agriculture. It is connected with their unique ability to improve and structure the soil.

During the summer period, a population of 50 worms in the arable layer of soil per 1 m2 lays a kilometer of passages and releases coprolites on the surface with a layer of 3 mm. Even more of them remain in the thickness of the soil.

Each worm passes through the digestive canal per day the amount of soil equal to the mass of its body. If the average weight of a worm is 0.5 g, then with their number of 50 individuals per 1 m2 (500,000 per 1 ha), they process 250 kg of soil per day on an area of ​​1 ha.

In the middle lane, the active activity of worms continues 200 days a year. Consequently, during the season they can process 50 tons of soil per hectare, providing it with humus.

A fundamental question is: what modern technical means is it possible to accomplish a gigantic fruitful work on structuring and humusing the soil in a year?

While there are no such forces and means!

And no one and nothing can compare with worms in their beneficial activity. It is their activity that once significant black soils of Russia were created - its pride and wealth!

From what has been said, it is clear that the most obvious sign of the health of the soil, its high fertility is the presence of earthworms in it. The more of them in the soil, the more functionally healthy it is.

How to start breeding worms in the garden?

Now many breed worms to obtain biohumus and even do business on worms. But we do not make money on this, and so modestly, but in order to save on biohumus (purchased), we decided to try to breed worms, and to increase their number in the country. Growing worms at home is quite within the power of every gardener. What do you need to grow worms? And which worms should be bred?

For breeding, red compost worms (Eizenia foetida) are best suited, which can always be dug up in a semi-rotted compost heap. They differ from other types of worms in their dark brown color with alternating dark and light transverse stripes.

If there are no or too few worms on the site, then this does not matter, they can be dug up in the forest or, in extreme cases, purchased at a fishing store. I want to say right away why we took our own for breeding, and did not buy the popular "prospectors" or "Californians".

Firstly, it costs money, and secondly, we have heard about deception about their fertility, such as 1,500 of them come from one per year! Nothing like this! The fertility of our worms suits us quite well.

Compost worms are no worse if they create excellent conditions! For a year, 450-500 pieces are produced from one, and they are more adapted to our soils. Quite unpretentious.

And it all started with the fact that, like many summer residents, I also purchased biohumus in garden stores. And that only I did not come across in it! All sorts of things that are there, in principle, should not be! And once, because of the purchased biohumus, all the seedlings disappeared ...

Biohumus is easy!

I realized that the quality of the purchased biohumus is in question. And I thought somehow, if only I could learn how to get my own! And a year ago, having studied this issue thoroughly, I decided to try it.

Moreover, we never throw away kitchen waste - we put everything in compost. And there are a lot of them in our family of four. As a result of the experiment, without straining, we received 160 kg of pure excellent fertilizer, which we successfully used as a top dressing and for growing seedlings already in the spring of this year!

And it all started with the fact that in the fall I collected worms from the compost heap to the bottom of the bucket. I did not count them individually, but the bottom of the bucket was covered with a 3 cm layer of worms. Then, I collected half a bucket of compost from there, the same in which these worms lived.

In the apartment, I decided to take a warm and humid place for the worms - the bathroom. In a regular cardboard box, which I pre-glued with adhesive tape so that it would not crumble at the most inopportune moment, I poured half a bucket of compost, then worms, and on top another layer of compost.

Now it was necessary to give them food, so that the worms would not even have time to come to their senses from the fact that the move had taken place. I cut vegetable peelings finely with scissors or, if there is no time to mess around, I twist them in a meat grinder.

With a layer of 1 cm, I put the feeding in the box and carefully moisten the contents from the sprayer. Then I cover with toilet paper double layer and I also wet it with water.

All! I leave them for a couple of weeks, spraying paper as they dry. You can sprinkle feeding with compost to avoid the appearance of midges. But cover with paper on top - it shows the level of humidity and protects from light.

There is no bad smell! Because worms produce certain substances that serve as a kind of deodorant. And the finished vermicompost smells so pleasantly of the earth.

Conditions for keeping compost worms!

Conditions must be ideal, and what does that mean?

1. The optimal conditions for the life of worms are a temperature of 18-26 °,
2. Humidity 60-70% (water regularly) and
3. The reaction of the medium is pH 5.8-7.5.

Humidity is considered sufficient if 1-2 drops of moisture stand out from a lump of compost compressed in the hand.

Keep the humidity stable, when the soil dries up, they will quickly die ... I took the water settled for a day, they will also die immediately from bleach.

Why in a box? Because cardboard "breathes", organically. If the bottom gets wet over time, then I just put the box with worms in another, slightly larger box.

What to feed the worms? Almost all plant origin. I do not give animal waste to them, so that there is no unpleasant smell. Potato peels, watermelon and melon peels, squash, banana, and anything (citrus fruits are undesirable a lot - acidify the substrate), the main thing to remember is that worms have no teeth! Therefore, they pre-grind their food.

How often to feed the worms?

At first, almost every day I looked under the paper, to see if they had eaten it or not ... But it’s easier to look at the paper itself (later I realized this), as soon as holes appear on it, both corroded, and feed. Just put fresh food on top and cover with paper. The key is to not overdo it...

For a couple of months (September-October), the box was filled to the top. By the way, worms are such unique animals that stop breeding when their number goes off scale! Therefore, it's time to disassemble the box.

Cultivation of an earthworm in apartment conditions!

It happened like this: week I didn't feed them to make the worms hungry. And then she poured sweet food into one part of the box - these are banana peels, apple peels, and so on, but not much. After a couple of days, hungry worms crawled to the surface to eat, and I easily collected them together with the top layer and transplanted them into another such box. Everything is like at the very beginning, only in a different box.

And in full poured a little more sweet food and lured out the second part of the worms, the younger one. I did the same with them as I did with the first batch.

And for the third time she poured feed in order to lure out the young, which had already grown a little.

Further, from the first box, it remains only to lay out the vermicompost - yes, yes, yes, pure vermicompost remained in the box, but moist enough. I dried it for a couple of days on lined thick paper. And then she sifted through a rare sieve and laid it out in bags, put it under the bath until spring.

This way I got three boxes of worms, which were successfully filled for another couple of months (November-December)! After the New Year, I did the same with these three boxes and, as a result, by spring (March) I received 4 boxes of 40 kg each of pure biohumus + 9 boxes of newly laid worms (for March-April)!

Next, it's time to open the summer season - spring has come! And all these 9 boxes already full went to the dacha for the May holidays! The result, I think, is excellent! The worms gave a good offspring of live weight and a lot of valuable fertilizer! And then what happened?

And then I kept them there for two weeks with hunger! Not because I am angry and cruel, but because the soil has not yet warmed up! That's when I warmed up by June, I finally fed them like that! ... I created a wormhole in the garden! How is it, you ask?

Everything is simple! She took a piece of land 3 sq. meters - the worst land. The place is in the shade, nothing grew there except weeds ... But it was planned to ennoble this nook in the future. So it has come - this is the future, I myself did not expect that it was the worms that would now "grow" there.

In general, we fenced this place - a wormhole with boards in the form of a box. And they poured the contents of the boxes into one corner, the height reached 30-40 cm, slightly leveled it, and now in the opposite part (the one in front is empty) they put yummy with a layer of 30-40 cm.

The length of such a pile gradually increased and cultivation continued in this way all summer. That is, we threw food to them from one side, the worms gradually crawled there, leaving behind pure vermicompost.

This is a very simple system. On top we add, basically, manure and vegetable peelings as much as we like, and the worms eat their norm every day.

We get a healthy liquid with the help of worms, full of beneficial bacteria. It can be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:20 or poured directly into the garden as a concentrated liquid. It won't burn plants. It supports the life of the soil, through numerous soil organisms. It is completely safe - it can be used in its pure form.

The liquid is drained from below through the hole into a container placed under it. It is dark in color, it smells pleasantly of the earth! This liquid and compost is all our fertilizer.

From the compost heap, I again took a small batch of new worms into the apartment this fall and the familiar process began! Even this matter is fascinating, not at all troublesome, the main thing is to put yourself in the place of a worm and think, would I like it here? Would such conditions suit me? Would I like to live like this?

And if so

it means everything is done correctly - the worms feel comfortable, multiply and provide valuable fertilizer from free waste, which most people simply take to a landfill!

Here's what else I do in the winter, now you know it ... I hope you find this information useful, maybe someone will want to use it, good luck! If you have any questions - ask in the comments below. All the best and see you soon!

I would be grateful for the response to everyone who is able to do an unconditionally good deed! You can help us, we really need your help! Do GOOD - and it will return to you!

Biohumus production technology provides that technological worms can be fed only in decayed compost or manure. To do this, you should first agree with suppliers of large-scale manure cattle and food waste regarding the fact that this raw material has been deposited for some time. Also in the conditions home production vermicompost reach the level of the raw material mass and at the same time prepare wooden boxes for worms.

Stage of compost ripening in a box

The compost is placed in a wooden box, taking into account its physical and technical properties, after which it is necessary to thoroughly mix the fermented cattle manure, food waste and decaying leaves. For in-situ support required level humidity and temperature, it is covered with straw from above and then periodically watered with warm water and thoroughly mixed for several days. During the fermentation of raw materials, the temperature level inside the box reaches 40–50 ° C, after the process is completed, it decreases to fixed values.

Vermicultivation Process

The placement of technological worms is carried out only in a well-prepared environment, for which it is recommended to test the quality of the compost on a small number of worms, and after positive results, start the rest. Acclimatization of technological worms in a new environment occurs within a few months, after which they begin to fulfill their intended purpose, in this case, to produce vermicompost. The humidity level in the compost should be at least 70–80%, the pH level should be in the range of 6–8 with the obligatory loosening of the substrate, since proper aeration and breathing of technological worms depend on this. Biohumus production technology is completely built on worms and completely dependent on them, so if you decide to do this unappetizing business, then the first thing you should be concerned about is the state of these not-too-pleasant creatures.

Worms are fed every 10 days, for which the vermicultivated substrate should be prepared in advance. For the duration of the life of the worms in the winter season, it is necessary to maintain a temperature level of at least + 19 ° C, for which the compost is covered with a layer of straw, watered with warm water and placed in a heated room. The technological worm population is counted every 3 months, for which a sample is taken from a 10x10 plot and then the number of worms in the sample area is multiplied by 100. In case of an excessive number of worms, the excess is sold to fishermen, fisheries, poultry farms, bone meal producers and other interested persons.

Collection of biohumus and worms

The procedure for separating humus from the substrate is carried out using a conventional sieve equipped with 2 mm cells, with preliminary relocation of technological worms into a new wooden box. In addition, the separation of worms from the compost can be carried out by delaying feeding, after which the feed is placed on the surface of the compost. For several days, all the worms rise to the feed, where it is convenient to remove them and thereby separate them from the humus.

Biohumus packaging

Biohumus is packed in plastic bags with preliminary weighing of the product. After the process of formation and development of production, the range of products offered is expanded by collecting concentrated liquid humus or preparing already mixed bio-earth. At present, almost no one, with the exception of a narrow circle of gardening specialists, knows what biohumus is.

Since even among summer residents with great experience, few people know about this fertilizer, which is an organic substance obtained during the life of a huge population of earthworms. Biohumus is a mass of earthworms and excrement of their vital activity, which is very useful for the soil.

Organization of own business

Biohumus production technology under artificial conditions was developed in the USA. Myself technological process does not require any significant financial outlay. But on the other hand, it brings quite a considerable and, more importantly, stable profit, thereby making organizing your own biohumus production business more than expedient.

The first thing that is necessary for organizing this kind of business is a room, which can be used as any building or garage located on a summer cottage. For organization large enterprise you can rent old abandoned farms, workshops and other similar buildings. In most cases, boxes made from wood and, in some cases, brick counterparts are used to breed worms.

Biohumus production technology is based on two components: substrate and worms. The substrate is the manure of domestic animals and birds, most of which is formed on farms that specialize in breeding livestock, willingly selling or in most cases donating this product to vermicompost producers, and in some cases also paying extra for the removal of manure from the production area.

On the territory of our country, Californian earthworms are used for the production of vermicompost, as they are characterized high level fertility. Their population in just one year can increase 500 times! The main disadvantage of worms is that even when the soil temperature drops to + 4 ° C, they die and thus can live in our conditions in the garden in the country for only one year.

According to the assurances of domestic businessmen, earthworms from Vladimir region, which not only tolerate cold well, but are also distinguished by fertility. The optimal conditions for the vital activity of worms are the temperature of the substrate in the range of 18–20 ° C with a humidity level of at least 70–80%.

To completely eat and digest one cubic meter of substrate, the worms need no more than 5 months, during which, to avoid drying out, it is periodically watered from above with warm water.

Ready vermicompost is a large adult worms, which are selected along with humus.

Biohumus production as a business: technology, profitability, advantages

As the main advantages of biohumus over other fertilizers, we can mention the 100% environmental friendliness of the product, which is the most effective and safe fertilizer for growing fruits and vegetables, flowers and other things.

However, the question has always arisen with such bold statements by manufacturers: “Why is even the most disgusting way of producing fertilizer considered better than small chemical additives?” Is it possible that someone's excrement mixed with worms will give a better result than a fertilizer developed in a modern laboratory? Sometimes everything that is natural is so ugly that it ceases to be natural for human nature. And it’s scary to imagine that we eat foods that someone has the courage to grow on such a “fertilizer”!

Important Points

Before organizing the production of biohumus, it should be remembered that earthworms are one of the dishes in the diet of rats, moles and other rodents. That is why in the room where the containers with worms will be located, the presence of impenetrable walls and ceilings, as well as a hard-surfaced floor, is mandatory. In addition, an important factor in the breeding of worms is the amount of substrate that is formed in the process of protein decomposition to amino acids by fermenting microorganisms.

The preparation of the substrate is as follows: manure and other things are spread in a layer 30 cm thick, covered with a film and heated to a temperature of 50–60 ° C, after which it is aged for several days, after which the resulting mass is folded into a pile and brought to a moisture level of 70–80% and reduce its temperature to 30o C. After that, the substrate is ready!

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Production stages of biohumus creation

For the manufacture of fertilizer, California red worms are required. An ordinary Russian earthworm is also suitable, but its performance is much lower. Compost is prepared in advance, which can consist of any organic material - rotted leaves or sawdust, vegetable store waste, manure of pigs, cows, rabbits and other animals. Further, worms are launched into the compost at the rate of 5000 individuals per 1 m3 of compost. In industrial premises, it is desirable to maintain optimal conditions for the “work” and life of worms, namely, a temperature of 18 to 25 ° C, air humidity of 80 to 85%. It is best to water the compost once every 2 days with water at room temperature. Biohumus is obtained as a result of the processing of compost by worms and the production of excrement by them. A full month of processing is about 5 months.

Production costs

We will draw up a business plan for the production of biohumus, taking into account a small production premises in 40 m2. The room must be covered and necessarily warm. On average, the rent of such a room will be 10,000 rubles per month. IN production purposes we need inventory:

• standard packing;
• separator - 1 pc.;
• buckets - 3-4 pcs.;
• wheelbarrow 2-wheeled - 1 pc.;
• atomizer - 1 pc.;
• garden watering can - 1 pc.;
• fan rake - 1 pc.;
• rake - 1 pc.;
• flat bayonet shovel - 1 pc.;
• shovel - 1 pc.

The total cost of inventory will not exceed 6,000 rubles.

It is assumed that the useful area for compost will be 30 m2, which will be 30 m3 of compost. 1 m3 is 600 kg, so we need 18000 kg. compost (18 tons).

The market value of 1 ton of compost is 1,000 rubles. The total cost of compost will be: 1.000x18=18.000 rubles.

One California worm when ordering a large batch will cost about 50 kopecks.

Biohumus production business plan

(0.50 rubles). Let's do some simple calculations:

• 30 (volume of compost)
• x5.000 (number of worms per 1 m3 of compost)
• x0.50 (worm cost)
• ___________________
• Total: 75,000 rubles (income)

Let's calculate the total costs for the implementation of the biohumus production project:

• 50.000 (rent)
• +6.000 (inventory)
• +18.000 (compost)
• +75.000 (worms)
• ____________________
• Total: 149.000 rubles (expenses)

Costs can be significantly reduced if you find a source of free compost supply or if you have your own production facility.

Expected profit

After processing the compost by Californian worms, the output is 50% of biohumus from the original amount. For our case - 9 tons.

The cost of one kilogram of biohumus is approximately 15 rubles.

Let's sum up the final calculations:

9.000х15=135.000 rubles

Let's calculate the net profit:

• 135000 (income)
• – 50.000 (rent)
• – 18.000 (compost)
• ___________________
• Total: 67,000 rubles (profit)

Profitability and payback period of a biohumus production business plan

Profitability is about 50% for one biological cycle (5 months). The initial investment will pay off in about one year.

However, in this business plan, we did not take into account that the number of worms in a year will increase by a huge number of times. It can also be used to generate additional profit or to expand production. Surplus worms can be processed into animal feed protein supplements or sold live weight for breeding.

The ongoing economic downturn and skyrocketing food prices are forcing homeowners around the world to put their backyards (in our opinion - personal plots and front gardens) instead of lawns, flower beds and to replace ornamental plants, start vegetable gardens, set up greenhouses, plant berries and gardens.

As one of the causes of the food crisis

can be called an energy problem. Mankind is looking for an alternative to fossil hydrocarbons. One of the renewable energy sources is the production of biofuels. For the production of vegetable oils, ethanol and other types of fuel, huge tracts of fertile land are sown. Sometimes a situation arises when it is more profitable to use corn for ethyl alcohol than to use it for food or livestock feed. Here you have the price increase, here is the shortage of products. This phenomenon is planetary in nature and has a serious, ever-increasing impact on the global food crisis.

The second reason

- snowless winters with thaws that destroy winter crops, orchards and berry fields.

These and many other reasons lead to a shortage of meat protein products, which are widely replaced by genetically modified soybeans.

Since 1995, the prices of basic agricultural products in Estonia have risen at least tenfold, and the average wage only three times.

It became quite clear that humanity is facing the problem of food shortages, which is aggravated by the rapid growth in the number of earthlings. It should be decided at the interstate level, at the state level in each country and at the level of each of us, by virtue of our understanding.

One of the possible ways out of this situation is gaining strength all over the world - vermiculture.

Vermitechnologies allow not only to significantly intensify the production of agricultural products, but along the way solve one of the most pressing problems of mankind - it allows you to contain, and ideally, completely stop pollution. environment human waste products.

Interest in vermitechnologies is steadily growing, all in great demand manufactured products are used, but so far, unfortunately, their total contribution to world agricultural production remains very insignificant.

Everyone is witnessing the amazing success of the Arabs in the transformation of the environment. Formerly lifeless sands United Arab Emirates and, Saudi Arabia began to look more like flowering gardens. It is in connection with the development of this project that the Arab countries have become one of the largest consumers of biohumus in the world market. Therefore, the world prices for biohumus are dictated by the Arab countries (their only requirement is not to produce compost based on pig manure), and the world wholesale prices for high-quality biohumus reach $2,000 per ton.

Well-established, predictable demand certainly stimulates production and further development vermitechnologies all over the world.

Unfortunately, this is not the case in the area. former USSR. Vast territories still allow dumping mountains of unprocessed and even untreated garbage with impunity.

By virtue of the established tradition, "Wonderful Chemistry" allows for the time being to obtain, albeit small, but more or less stable crops of agricultural products.

In our countries, a few enthusiasts are making attempts to organize vermi production, but it is not yet possible to talk about vermiculture as a branch of agriculture. There is one difficulty for the wide distribution of vermitechnology, and this is not at all the high cost of the population of worms and vermicompost, but the ignorance of potential buyers who are accustomed to the use of manure and chemical fertilizers.

Thus, ignorance is the main deterrent to the development of the vermi products market in our countries.

Many vermi entrepreneurs, although they prefer not to advertise it, have recently been actively looking towards the West and the East, where consumer market opportunities can be practically unlimited.

An example of such a most far-sighted economy,

already having English

and Arabic-language pages of the site,

as well as appreciating excellent domestic specialists with experience working abroad,

is

"LLC Zarechye-2".

Under these conditions, it becomes clear that, despite the very high profitability of vermi production, even based on heap technology, manufacturers will not reduce the price of their products.

And how can we, 30 million summer residents and most farmers, get to this holiday?

Our needs for vermicompost can be hundreds of millions of tons, but we cannot afford to buy it. True, we were not very fond of flower beds and lawns before - not up to fat.

But we also need to think about how to intensify our subsidiary farm at no extra cost.

And, contrary to the prevailing opinion, I will try to convince you that until you have your own vermicompost, it is quite cost-effective, even profitable, to buy it.

With the price of vermicompost 40-50 rubles per kilogram, it is much better to buy it than chemical fertilizers and drugs that destroy the earth, and most importantly, our health ...

Only a 20% addition to the soil or peat and other soil mixtures purchased for seedlings and flowers will give up to 80% increase in yield, and not simple, but environmentally friendly, which is important for good nutrition, health and savings on treatment.

Recalculate the added value of the products received for your region and you will be convinced that the use of even purchased vermicompost is economically justified.

Even on ordinary potatoes, when only 200 g of this compost is added to the planting hole, we get an increase in yield of more than 50%, that is, if I usually received a kilogram from a bush, then after applying vermicompost - 1.5 kg.

In Estonia, potatoes in winter cost up to 40 rubles per kilogram.

Since one kilogram of compost for 40 rubles is enough for five bushes, and an increase in yield of 2.5 kg is 100 rubles, we win 60 rubles - 150% of the profit.

The gain on other cultures from the introduction of vermicompost under the root is even higher.

And if you consider that one application is enough for six years, while the soil heals, and you get environmentally friendly products, then the benefit is obvious. Add to this the fact that the fruits obtained in this way have an increased keeping quality - in winter and spring you will throw out less rot.

Now it becomes clear that the use of vermicompost is more profitable and we will do right choice between him and Miracle Chemistry.

But what if, buying vermi products, which are only going to rise in price, will we still compete with the Arab oil sheiks?

We can't keep up with them, they will still give best price manufacturer. And then, either they will buy up all the products of vermiproducers in the bud (and we won’t get it), or, by inflating the price, will make our use of vermihumus economically unprofitable.

There is no alternative way out - to produce these products ourselves, that is, to introduce vermicultivation at home, first at home, and then on the site.

Purely urban, landless residents also have a way out - window sills, balconies, and most importantly, the roofs of our skyscrapers.

And now, let's analyze the economics of vermi production, which we modestly called "highly profitable" above:

in Germany in 1991. a batch of worms for breeding weighing 300 g (1,000 individuals), together with packaging, was sold to small and medium-sized producers for 50-70 German marks, i.e. 400-560 Estonian kroons or about 1,300 rubles.

In 2008, in Estonia, 50 EIFO worms per retail already cost 50 Estonian kroons or 110 rubles, which is 10 times more expensive than in 2000.

The price of 1kg of EIFO compost has increased from 5 to 40 Estonian kroons or 90 rubles over the same period.

Rising prices for vermi products stimulate the expansion of its production.

Wholesale prices may still be lower, depending on the purchased lot, but they are constantly growing and will soon approach the pan-European ones.

But even with the rising prices of vermiculture, the costs pay off very quickly and much faster than when investing in the breeding of any other pets, and given the absence of any problems with worm food, then this is undoubtedly a very promising business with a free business. -niche.

The difference between the cost price and the final price of bulk supplies of vermicompost in trading network determines the level of profitability of vermi production, which can exceed 600% and depends, first of all, on the price of the raw material for the substrate, the proximity of vermi production to the source of raw materials and sales points.

Biohumus production is highly profitable (250-600%).

The average level of profitability of heap vermicomposting with polyethylene film cover in an open area in one of the experiments was 386%, in an unheated darkened room - 384%, and in a heated room - 311%.

638% - the maximum profitability of vermicomposting was achieved when using a sectional "EIFO factory" in an unheated darkened room or in special containers.

High profitability allows you to widely vary wholesale prices and reward top sellers, and the growing awareness of the population from the media and on own experience about properties and quality, increases the popularity of vermicompost and the worms themselves.

The equilibrium for my sales market (the amount of vermicompost produced only slightly exceeds the demand for it) can be disturbed if there is competition, but so far I have a monopoly in Estonia.

There have been several attempts

to establish vermi production, but the quality of the compost was such that it could not be called vermicompost either - with the smell of manure and unprocessed plant residues, in primitive packaging, therefore they were soon thrown out of the market.

The quality of my compost meets European standards - I conducted analyzes

and certification.

Improving appearance and expand the variety of packaging volumes, take care of reducing production costs - bring it as close as possible to the sources of raw materials, reduce transportation costs. I am modernizing the loading technology, the process of processing, unloading and packaging of vermicompost.

Since 2000, the little red EIFO earthworms have never let me down and have proven themselves to be the ideal workers for vermicomposting.

Give EIFO a home in your home and they will give you vermicompost for healing and your land, in exchange for waste from the kitchen, garden, vegetable garden, small and large poultry and livestock complexes and more.

Red worms reproduce at such a rate that a healthy population doubles every month. You can calculate how many worms you can select from the "factory" without negatively affecting the size of the population, and if desired, support its growth. You take 25% of your inventory of worms each month and still have the same extra number of worms as compared to the previous month.

Is the vermicompost business profitable?

1st month: purchased 1000 worms (may cost more than 1000 rubles)

2nd month: received 2000 worms - 500 worms (25%) = 1500 worms left to reproduce

3rd month: received 3000 worms - 750 worms (25%) = 2250 worms,

4th month: received 4500 worms - 1125 worms (25%) = 3375 worms,

5th month: received 6750 worms - 1687 worms (25%) = 5063 worms,

6th month: received 10126 worms - 2531 worms (25%) = 7595 worms,

As you can see, even with the selection every month of 25% of the total healthy population for six months, we can have an increase in the number of small pets by more than seven times.

Each additional month will provide you with enough worms to sell, feed fish and poultry - up to 10 grams per head per day.

In two months you will return the money spent on the purchase of worms, this is not counting the compost received and the crop grown on it, which you will have to sell due to their large number - look for a sales market and the prospect of its expansion in advance.

A thriving vermifamily, expanding every month, will also need more food. Avoid feeding your worms unground bones, hot sauces and salad dressings, oils, and salty foods.

If you don't have enough waste to feed the worms, once the colony reaches the maximum size you can feed, you can take up to 50% of the worm colony instead of 25% monthly, which will only benefit your other pets who eat worms unpeeled.

Prices for worms for industrial and home production of vermicompost.

Before stating prices for worms, a little explanation needs to be given.

To determine the area, conditions and technical and economic indicators in the production of vermicompost and the biomass of worms necessary for this, the concept of the 1st bed is used, which corresponds to the volume of the substrate 50x30x15 cm, placed in a specially created facility.

It is inhabited, as a rule, from 1,500 to 2,000 worms, including adults and juveniles, as well as cocoons with eggs.

The least stress in transporting worms can be achieved if they are transported in the substrate in which they previously lived, so the prices are indicated not for the worms themselves, but for the boxes.

The cost of one box is 800 Estonian kroons or 1860 rubles (wholesale price excluding transportation). I must say right away - with lodges, rarely anyone buys worms - the Estonian people are very cautious and distrustful even of the advertised goods and they do it right - you need to start small ..

Prices for DENDROBENA worms for fishing - 10 pieces - 15 Estonian kroons or 33 rubles.

Packaging - a plastic box with a substrate that is enough to comfortably keep the worms for a month.

Prices for smaller worms "EIFO" for composting - 50 pieces - 50 Estonian kroons or 110 rubles.

Packaging - a plastic box with a substrate that is enough to comfortably keep the worms up to 6 months.

All prices in the article are as of January 1, 2008 and may change according to the catalog:

Here you can find out how much worms and vermicompost on "Yandex"

The forecast of how vermi production and prices will behave in the future is the most optimistic - with the emergence of competition, the demand for vermi products is growing rapidly.

In the medium term, I see the future segmentation of the market as the most favorable scenario for the development of events.

First segment

- large vermiproducers producing certified products of international quality in a highly cultured production. Accordingly, the prices of their export-oriented products are also high.

Second segment

- an army of amateurs who produce vermi products to satisfy, first of all, their own needs and sell surplus products on the market. This multitude of small producers will form an internal market, where prices will, of course, be much more democratic, but the quality of products may also be unpredictable (although the market, which is a self-regulating system, will reject unscrupulous participants). The total amount of products produced in this market, of course, cannot be counted, but it can be quite significant, which will be the solution to the problems that we discussed on these pages.

Biohumus production technology

A brief overview of the production technology of bigumus (vermicompost) step by step, the necessary raw materials.

Substrate for vermicompost:

• rotten cattle manure;
• hay or silage;
• food waste;
• rotten sawdust, leaves;
• technological worms.

Making biohumus step by step

1. Preparing the environment for technological worms. It must be borne in mind that the nutrition of worms occurs exclusively in rotted compost and manure. To do this, it is necessary to agree in advance with the suppliers of cattle manure and food waste that the processed product should rest for some time. Under the conditions of home production, they also reach the charm of the substrate. At the same stage, the preparation of a wooden box for worms takes place.
2. Stage of compost ripening in a box. Compost is placed in a box, taking into account its physical and chemical properties. It is necessary to thoroughly mix the fermented cattle manure, decaying leaves and food waste. From above, the layer is covered with straw, which helps maintain the desired temperature and humidity level. Ripening compost is watered with warm water and mixed every 2-3 days. During fermentation, the temperature inside the box reaches 40-50 degrees, and then drops to fixed values.
3. vermicultivation process. Worms are launched into a well-prepared environment. It is recommended to test the compost on 50 worms and then run the rest. Within 1-2 months, the worms get used to the new environment, then they begin to multiply and produce vermicompost. Humidity is maintained at 70-80%, pH is around 6-8.

   Biohumus production: Myths and reality 300% profitability

   Loosening the substrate is the key to proper aeration and breathing of worms. Top dressing occurs every 10 days, so the substrate for vermicultivation is prepared in advance. In winter, to continue the life of the worms, the temperature should be maintained at about 19 degrees. This is achieved by covering the compost with a layer of hay, irrigation with warm water and regular furnace heating. Worms are counted every 3-4 months. To do this, a sample is taken from a plot of 10 by 10 cm, the number of worms in the sample is multiplied by 100. With good offspring, a part is sold to fishermen, fish farms, bone meal producers or poultry farms.

4. Collection of biohumus and worms. Humus is separated from the substrate using a conventional sieve with 2 mm cells. Worms at this time are transplanted into a new box.

   The second way to separate the worms from the compost is to delay feeding for a while. Then the feed is brought to the surface of the compost, after 2 days all the worms rise to the food, where it is convenient to catch them and separate them from the humus.

5. Biohumus packaging. At this stage, it is necessary to pre-weigh the product, after which it is packed in plastic bags. With the development of business, the expansion of the product range is realized by collecting concentrated liquid humus or preparing already mixed bio-earth.

Currently, new biotechnologies are in great demand, allowing minimal cost for production to improve quality finished product without the use of harmful chemicals. Such technologies include the production of organic fertilizer - vermicompost, which restores soil fertility and increases productivity.

Biohumus (vermicompost, worm compost) is a product of natural processing of livestock manure and food waste by technological worms used in agriculture as a natural fertilizer.

Range The resulting products are represented by vermicompost, liquid vermicompost (concentrate), bio-earth (a mixture of vermicompost and earth in the recommended proportion) and worms.

Photo small production vermicompost

Biohumus sales market, main consumers:

• gardeners;
• fishermen (sale of worms);
• garden partnerships;
• farms of the agro-industrial complex;
• poultry farms, buyers of raw materials for meat and bone meal;
• the shops ( outlets and online markets).

organizational plan

Biohumus production business does not require high costs for raw materials and equipment. Therefore, such a solution is optimal for starting a business with minimal investment or organizing production at home.

Biohumus production workshop, USA

Necessary set of equipment for the production of vermicompost

To start the production of worm compost, you need to put together a wooden box without a bottom. The bottom is made separately from strong boards or metal. If necessary, use inexpensive vermicomposters. For year-round production, you will need a heated barn. Maintaining the required level of humidity is carried out by irrigation systems. It is most convenient to use a drip irrigation system, but other methods can be used. Prices for irrigation systems are usually not very high. So, Kaplitsa 500 with a capacity of 0.5 cubic meters per hour will cost 1350 rubles.

In addition to the irrigation system, you will need a rake, a small shovel, a sieve, buckets and other small household appliances. For packaging products, a packer with a dispenser is required. In order to simplify the production process under conditions home business bag sealer and scales can be used. Consider both options for additional equipment:

Thus, to start a small business, it is better to use the first option. When expanding the business, it is recommended to purchase a fully functional fertilizer packer (option No. 2).

Feasibility study of the project

Capital expenditures

• Equipment: 50 thousand rubles.
• Inventory: 50 thousand

  Humus production

• Installing a stove in a barn: 50 thousand rubles.
• IP registration and other expenses: 100 thousand rubles.

Total capital expenditures amount to 250 000 rubles.

Revenue calculation

Calculation of revenue from the production of biohumus using California worms (livestock 100,000) for the year with a cumulative total.

* The profitability of the business in the production of vermicompost is determined based on the expert opinion of the author of the article.

Questions and answers on the topic

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Biohumus is a granular bioactive fertilizer obtained from organic waste processed by the red Californian worm. Its use ensures good development of plants, increase in yields by 30-70%. Knotted fruits are less affected by diseases. They differ in more tender pulp, pronounced taste and aroma. The production of biohumus at home is not particularly difficult and does not require significant costs.

Properties and composition of biohumus, its advantages

Biological humus is a fertilizer that is superior in composition and nutritional value to ordinary compost and manure. Its addition to the soil in a ratio of 10-20% to the total volume allows you to improve the soil that is depleted or contains a large amount of salts. In the process of processing, there is a complete disinfection of organic masses, their purification from helminth eggs. Biohumus contains many useful components in an optimally balanced form:

• Mineral elements in a form well absorbed by plants.
• Enzymes. They provide the transformation of organic residues into nutrient compounds.
• Substances that prevent the reproduction of pathogens.
• Phytohormones. They improve the growth and stress resistance of plants.

This type of environmentally friendly fertilizer contains 4-8 times more humus than cow dung or compost obtained from plant residues. Its advantages include good moisture capacity, friability, compatibility with other types of organic fertilizers, no need to use significant energy costs in the production and application process. The possibility of selling surplus products allows you to recoup the costs and receive a certain income.

Components for biohumus production

Before you start the production of biohumus at home, you should prepare a substrate for vermicompost and necessary items inventory. The composition of the substrate includes:

1. rotted cow dung and
2. Leaves of plants in fermented (silage) or dried form (hay).
3. Vegetable peelings, leftovers from unused products.
4. Overripe sawdust, tree leaves.
5. Peat and lime (2% of the total weight of the mixture) to improve the quality of the vermicompost.

California worms are also needed for biohumus, the function of which is the processing of the nutrient mixture. As an inventory, you will need boxes made of wooden planks or plastic, a spatula for a set of substrate, a sieve with cells with a diameter of 2 mm.

Features of growing Californian worms

California worms outwardly practically do not differ from ordinary earthworms. But they carry out the processing of organic substances into a form convenient for assimilation by plants much faster. When using them, you can get ready-made fertilizer in 1-1.5 weeks. The cost of one individual varies in different regions of the country: from 25 kopecks to 1 ruble. The following rules should be observed when using vermicompost for the preparation:

• Breeding at home requires maintaining certain temperature values. Its lower limit should not be lower than + 4 ° C, and the upper one - above 40 ° C. Lower and higher values ​​can lead to the death of biological material.
• In winter, the worms are placed in containers with a nutrient substrate and brought into a room with the required air temperature or covered with insulating material. It ensures the free flow of air into the soil mixture.
• For the normal life of this species of invertebrates, it is necessary to maintain the humidity of the compost heap at the level of 70-80% by regular irrigation with water in hot weather. In addition, they should be protected from the direct rays of the sun by placing them in the shade.

To prevent the death of Californian worms in severe frosts, covering the place of their keeping with the advent of autumn with a layer of compost 40 cm thick or more will allow. After snow falls, additional protection will be provided by warming the embankment with a thick snow cover.

Substrate preparation

The production of biohumus at home requires special preparation of the substrate before launching worms into it. First, a wooden box, a plastic container or a recess in the ground is prepared. It is recommended that their depth be from 70 to 100 cm. It is possible to prevent the penetration of technological worms outside the pit by finishing its bottom and walls with some natural material.

Then, a mixture prepared from well-rotted manure, ripened compost, rotten plant tops, and food waste is placed in a container or pit. The substrate must mature. To do this, it is kept for the required time, regularly moistened with warm water and stirred every 2-3 days. Initially, under the influence of the processes taking place in the mixture, the temperature will rise to 40-50 ° C. At the end of the fermentation of the components, its values ​​decrease and remain stable.

Vermicultivation Technology

When the substrate is fully ripened, Californian is launched into it at home, allowing you to get them in sufficient quantities for the desired volume of the mixture. The laying rate is 700-1500 pieces per cubic meter of substrate. You can determine the suitability of the mixture for launching worms by first placing 50 individuals in it. If they feel good, add the rest, evenly distributing over the surface of the substrate.

The acidity of the prepared mixture should be in the range of 6-8 points. Periodic gentle loosening will provide free access to the inner layers of the air necessary for the worms to breathe. Regular irrigation with settled water heated to 20 ° C will create a fairly humid environment. To maintain optimal temperatures and humidity of the substrate, the container is covered with a layer of straw.

Collection of vermicompost

During the first 1-2 months, the worms adapt to the new environment. Then they begin to actively multiply and process the components of the mixture into biohumus. Every 10 days, additional application of a nutrient substrate is necessary as a top dressing. After 3-4 months, you need to check the number of worms. If it has increased significantly, you can begin to separate them and use the finished fertilizer for its intended purpose.

There are 2 ways to free the vermicompost from the worms in it. One of them uses sifting the substrate through a sieve. The worms are then transferred to another container. In the second method, the introduction of top dressing is delayed for several days. Then pour a new portion of the substrate on the surface of the box. When the hungry worms rise up, they are separated and moved to another place.

Application of vermicompost

The production of vermicompost at home presents a certain benefit. It can be used not only for household fertilizer or suburban area but also to implement. To reduce the cost of obtaining this environmentally friendly and highly effective material will allow the presence of pets that provide the technological process with a sufficient amount of manure.

Surplus vermicompost can be sold to neighbors in the country, farmers. With a significant volume of production - on the market or in bulk in your own online store. Worms can be in demand by fish or poultry farms. In order to sell biohumus, the price for 1 kg of which ranges from 10 to 20 rubles, it should be offered to potential buyers in a package that is convenient for use.

Product packaging

Dry vermicompost is packed in polyethylene bags. In the manufacture of liquid humus in concentrated form the best option is bottling in plastic bottles. Like the widely used "Em" preparations, they contain many beneficial soil microorganisms that improve soil fertility and ensure high yields in the most environmentally friendly ways.

When packing in bags, biohumus should be pre-weighed. The price for 1 kg can be indicated on the label or not affixed when wholesale sales material. The cost of goods in different regions varies significantly. As well as liquid preparations "Em", it is desirable that the packaged vermicompost contains instructions outlining the properties of the material and the rules for its use.

Instructions for use

Vermicompost is in demand not only for growing fruits and vegetables. It is widely used in floriculture, to restore depleted soil that has lost its natural properties. It can also be used to reduce the number of harmful insects, since the microorganisms that make up the preparation are able to break down the chitin of their external skeleton.

In what quantities and how best to apply biohumus - the instruction covers in detail all the issues that arise when using fertilizer. The time of its introduction into the ground is not limited. The drug has a prolonged action, giving good results for several years. Concentrated biohumus is diluted three times. It is recommended to add it to water when watering plants and spraying trees.

Application features

The drug is used for the preparation of soil mixtures. Biohumus is especially useful for seedlings. It is enough to add 1 part of the product to 3-5 parts of peat. Before planting the grown plants in the ground, about 150 g of fertilizer should be added to the wells, mixed with the ground. The planted bushes are watered abundantly, and the soil surface around the seedling is mulched with a small layer of biohumus.

It is possible to protect plants from damage by insect pests by introducing the agent into the soil or by surface treatment of their vegetative parts with its aqueous solution. A good effect is given by regular feeding of vegetable crops, trees, shrubs, flowers. For these purposes, it is enough to apply 0.5 kg of biohumus per 1 m 2 for plants every 30 days.

Using vermicompost for soil restoration

Biohumus in a short time increases the nutritional value of the soil, supplementing it with a complex of substances necessary for good development plants. It contains soil microorganisms contribute to the transformation of plant and animal residues into easily digestible compounds.

The addition of biohumus to the soil that has lost its fertility due to the immoderate application of chemicals increases the content of useful elements in it, improves the structure of the soil, and neutralizes high acidity. This allows you to create an environment in which those involved in the formation of the fertile soil layer are able to live. Increasing the concentration of humus most directly affects the quantity and quality of the crop.

Do you want me to reveal one little business secret? It turns out that money can be "made" from anything: from water, air, earth, literally from everything that lies under your feet. It would seem, what profit can ordinary earthworms bring? It turns out that they can, and even what! Especially if you put a lot of effort into it. It's about on the production of fertilizers - biohumus.

The production of biohumus has recently become a very profitable occupation. Compost processed by worms, this is called biohumus, is in demand by flower growers, vegetable growers, farmers - everyone who uses environmentally friendly fertilizer in their production. The benefit of using biohumus in growing plants is evidenced by the fact that when using this miracle fertilizer, the yield of vegetables increases by two and a half times. At the same time, the costs for the production of vermicompost are the lowest.

We recently reviewed interesting business for the cultivation of grape snails.

Biohumus production technology

First you need worms. California reds are best suited for this purpose.. This type of worm got its name due to the fact that for the production of biohumus it was intensively cultivated for several years in California. Didn't find the California ones? It doesn't matter - take ordinary earthworms.

The next ingredient is compost. The following can serve as compost: rotten leaves, sawdust, bird droppings, rabbit, pig, horse, cow dung, kitchen waste. This is the basis of the future biohumus. The site for the production of raw materials can be determined in the garden or vegetable garden. But in order for the process to be continuous all year round, it is better to equip an old barn for production, or any other room. The main thing is that it should be warm there - this speeds up the process of biohumus production at times. Worms are launched at the rate of about five thousand pieces per square meter. Moreover, by processing manure into vermicompost, the worms multiply, so there will be no problems with expanding the business. So, in order to start the production of biohumus, you will need:

• California (or earth) worms.
• Heated room.
• Warehouse for finished products.
• Periodic supplies of compost and manure.

To sell your product, you will need:

• Package. Selling biohumus "by weight" is extremely inconvenient, even a little ridiculous. Therefore, it is worth taking care of creating a special container. These can be packages containing from three to ten kilograms (for amateur gardeners, summer residents, flower growers, etc.), or large bags with a filling of twenty to one hundred kilograms (for farmers and wholesale buyers).
• Conclusion of contracts with stores of household and garden goods.
• Advertise your product.
• Vehicles for the delivery of products. In extreme cases, you can rent a car or ask for a delivery service from friends.

In addition, over time, the worms themselves can serve as additional source income - they can be sold in fishing shops or in farms who willingly take them as bird feed. Sometimes the income from the sale of worms becomes the main source, exceeding the amount from the sale of vermicompost by several times. But that's a completely different story.

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