Fish, scrap poultry manure, night soil, activated sludge, pig manure, sheep dropping, meat scraps, cotton seed meal and other oil seed residues
1-19
Most suitable due to high Nitrogen content
2
Garbage, sea weed, butter cup, amaranthus, lettuce, cabbage and vegetable waste which are fresh, green and succulent including wastes from food processing industries
19-27
Moderately suitable
3
Saw dust flax, waste straw, coir waste, etc. including all crop residues with high lignocelluloses content, high carbon and low moisture
27-208
Less suitable
Table 1: Rating of substrates for vermicomposting.
