Effectiveness of vermicompost from cow manure on tomato yield

The supply of chemical fertilization inputs to micro-gardens in Senegal increases the cost of production and decreases the reservation quality quality of vegetables.
The use of vermicompost could be positioned as an alternative to chemical fertilizers.
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of vermicompost from cow manure on tomato yield.
Six treatments were compared.
They are a mixture of sand and vermicompost constituted of four doses (D₁, D₂, D₃ and D₄) and chemical (T_r) and neutral (T_n) controls.
The vermicompost treatments D₁, D₂ and D₃ gave the highest germination percentages.
The best germination percentage is noted on the D₃ dose.
The vermicompost doses give a higher number of leaves than the controls.
D₃ gives the highest plant height.
On flowering, the D₄ dose gave a higher number of flowers compared to the controls.
The treatments (D₂, D₃ and D₄) were more efficient compared to the controls on fruiting and fruit weight.
The largest weights were obtained with D₄. Vermicompost is an alternative to the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers.

XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Urban Horticulture for Sustainable Food Security (UrbanFood2022)

I.A. Ndiaye, M. Diatte, E. Tendeng, S. Sylla, A. Balde, O. Seydi, P. Diop, S.O. Sene, B. Labou, K. Diarra

micro gardening, fruit vegetables, urban agriculture, horticulture, vermicompost, Dakar, Senegal

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2022.1356.39