{"id":3074,"date":"2017-12-13T08:21:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2022-05-27T08:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T08:31:03","slug":"de-ce-sa-compostam-cu-viermi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/2017\/12\/13\/de-ce-sa-compostam-cu-viermi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why compost with earthworms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #746657;\"><strong>Natural decomposition process<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">The decomposition of organic matter into humus has been taking place for millennia. Wherever vegetation grows and dies, and wherever an animal dies, a natural decomposition process occurs. This process is slow and stable, supporting life in the soil as we know it today. A continuous cycle of life, death, decomposition, and new life is driven by microbes and, of course, earthworms.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #746657;\"><strong>Decomposition in nature<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">Soil, mostly<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>mineral is probably the most complex habitat in which microbes are found.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In forest soil, fields, and gardens, microbes live alongside plants, earthworms, insects, and countless other organisms. Dead vegetation enriches the soil with humus through the activity of microorganisms. Dead plants decompose, forming humus, which is extremely important for soil fertility and structure.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #746657;\"><strong>Where are microbial concentrations found?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">The richest microbial hotspots in soil are found around plant roots\u2014the rhizosphere\u2014where microbes feed on dead plant cells and root exudates. Earthworms are attracted to this zone as a food source, and in turn enrich soil quality by recycling nutrients. All this biological activity around plant roots improves soil structure through the formation of larger soil aggregates, enhancing aeration and drainage, and ultimately promoting better root development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Another area with high microbial activity is beneath decaying wood. Over 90% of soil microbes live in such concentrated zones, even though they occupy only about 10% of the total soil volume.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #746657;\"><strong>Dominant microbes<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p2\">Thermophilic microbes dominate aerobic composts, generating heat during the decomposition process<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>and anaerobic microbes populate anaerobic composts. In vermicompost, we find a different microbial composition. The microbial community depends on the materials used and various ecological factors.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procesul natural de descompunere Procesul de descompunere a materiei organice in humus se petrece de milenii. Oriunde creste si moare vegetatie, oriunde moare un animal se petrece un proces de descompunere. Acest proces natural este incet si stabil, favorizeaza viata pe sol, asa cum il stim noi astazi. Un ciclu de viata, moarte, descompunere si [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculturabio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3074"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3452,"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions\/3452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gobiohumus.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}