Question

(a) Which kind of garbage is not converted into compost by redworms?

(b) Have you seen any other organism besides redworms in your pit? If yes, try to find out their names. Draw pictures of them.

Answer 1

(a) The garbage which contains pieces of cloth, broken glass, aluminium wrappers, polythene bags, nails, broken toys, and old shoes cannot be converted into compost by red worms.

(b) Yes. A pit might contain other soil microbes such as bacteria, other species of earthworms such as brandling worm and red wiggler worm.