Nutrient Status of Vermicompost of Urban Green Waste Processed by Three Earthworm Species—Eisenia fetida, Eudrilus eugeniae, and Perionyx excavatus

Table 1

Growth parameters of three earthworm species during the process of vermicomposting of MW and FW.

Earthworm growth parameters	E. eugeniae		E. fetida		P. excavates
	MW	FW	MW	FW	MW	FW
Av. Individual length:
Initial (cm)	15.0±0.02	15.0±0.02	8±0.01	8±0.01	4±0.02	4±0.02
Final (cm)	18.5±0.04	19.4±0.05	11.5±0.05	12.3±0.04	7.4±0.06	8.9±0.07
Av. Individual weight
Initial (gm)	3.5±0.02	3.5±0.02	0.67±0.01	0.67±0.01	0.31±0.02	0.31±0.02
Final (gm)	10.5±0.05	12.8±0.1	2.42±0.01	3.57±0.02	1.94±0.04	3.12±0.03
Av. Total biomass
Initial (gm)	175±0.06	175±0.06	33.5±0.05	33.5±0.05	15.5±0.05	15.5±0.05
Final (gm)	2724±0.2	3975±0.4	735.4±0.06	1194.3±0.0	682.6±0.04	1142.7±0.0
Av. Cocoon production rate	0.51±0.006	0.51±0.006	0.5±0.003	0.5±0.003	2.7±0.001	2.7±0.001
Av. Worm number per cocoon	2.7±0.09	2.7±0.09	3.8±0.01	3.8±0.01	1.1±0.03	1.1±0.03
Av. Cocoon number at the end	57±0.3	76±0.07	51±0.05	74±0.06	197±0.05	218±0.03
Av. Juvenile number at the end	78±0.08	93±0.06	95±0.07	124±0.05	143±0.06	162±0.06
Av. Adult number at the end	254±0.04	310±0.04	298±0.08	331±0.06	345±0.04	362±0.09
Av. Mortality rate	0.03±0.002	0.05±0.003	0.06±0.004	0.08±0.005	0.3±0.02	0.6±0.03