Growing plants on vermicompost as a way to produce high quality foods

Kostecka, J.; Blazej, J. . Inst. of the Natural Bases of the Agricultural Production

Growing plants on vermicompost as a way to produce high quality foods

2000

Kostecka, J. | Blazej, J. (Agricultural Academy in Krakow, Rzeszow (Poland). Inst. of the Natural Bases of the Agricultural Production)

During the period 1993-97 experiments were conducted to check a features of carrot, cucumber, tomato, leek, celery and potato cultivated on vermicompost and mineral fertilizers. Vermicompost had been produced from cattle manure using a very strict technology. Samples of plants from vermicompost and mineral fertilizers were compared and contents of nitrates and heavy metals in them were determined. To compare the relative "tastiness" of vegetable produced by mineral fertilization or vermicompost addition, blind-testing was undertaken using a group of five people

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