field crops, vegetables, orchards # For farmers Years of chemical fertiliser leave soil hard and tired. Vermicompost brings back the organic matter and microbes that make it productive. [Get a bulk quote](https://thecomposta.com/bulk-orders) _Illustration: A field at sunrise: the sun comes up behind a low hill, furrows run toward it, rows of wheat sway in a wave while a rain cloud passes, and a cut through the soil below shows their roots and an earthworm_ _Illustration: One cut through a field's soil: at the left hard, pale, cracked clods with a stunted seedling, at the right dark crumbly soil with a worm, wheat and roots reaching deep, uncovered by a divider that sweeps across_ ## Why farmers switch - ### Softer, living soil Better structure and aeration, so roots spread deeper. - ### Holds more water Fields stay moist longer between irrigations and rains. - ### Lower input costs Many farmers cut back on chemical fertiliser as their soil improves. - ### Works for every crop Wheat, paddy, vegetables, sugarcane, fruit orchards and more. ## How much to use Spread before the last ploughing, so it mixes well into the root zone. - _Illustration: A tree with its roots below ground and castings spread around its drip line_ Fruit trees How much 2 to 5 kg per young tree, 5 to 10 kg per mature tree, spread around the drip line How often At the start and end of the growing season - _Illustration: Wheat standing in rows on a furrowed field_ Field crops How much 0.5 to 1 tonne per acre for cereals and pulses, up to 2 tonnes per acre for vegetables (1.2 to 5 tonnes per hectare) How often At land preparation, every season __How much vermicompost to use__ | For | How much | How often | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | _Illustration: A tree with its roots below ground and castings spread around its drip line_Fruit trees | 2 to 5 kg per young tree, 5 to 10 kg per mature tree, spread around the drip line | At the start and end of the growing season | | _Illustration: Wheat standing in rows on a furrowed field_Field crops | 0.5 to 1 tonne per acre for cereals and pulses, up to 2 tonnes per acre for vegetables (1.2 to 5 tonnes per hectare) | At land preparation, every season | ## How we supply farms - _Illustration: A wheelbarrow carrying a sack beside a stack of upright sacks, two side by side and a third dropping on top_ ### 50 kg sacks Easy to stack, carry and spread by hand. - _Illustration: A delivery truck driving along a farm track through the fields toward a farmhouse, with a shrub in the foreground_ ### Delivered to your farm Our vehicles or a transport partner, on a date you choose. - _Illustration: A sowing calendar page hung on a nail with its first day circled, and a seed packet and a sack standing ready on the shelf below_ ### Seasonal booking Book ahead of sowing season to secure stock for your acreage. ## Book before sowing season Tell us your crop and acreage and we will send a quote. [Get a bulk quote](https://thecomposta.com/bulk-orders) _Illustration: A ploughed field running the width of the page at the start of the season: a sowing calendar on a board with its first day ringed, and an earthworm holding up a seed packet beside it_ --- Source: https://thecomposta.com/for-farmers The Composta is a brand of Nutrify Private Limited, 1st Floor, Plot No. B & B1, Vanijya Nikunj, Enkay Centre, Udyog Vihar Phase 5, Gurugram, Haryana 122016, India. Contact: contact@thecomposta.com, +91 90535 19734 (also WhatsApp). Quotes: sales@thecomposta.com. Importers and bulk buyers: export@thecomposta.com. More for agents: https://thecomposta.com/llms.txt