I found a variety of nematodes in a compost sample last night:
You can see this one swallowing. I got to see it poop too, but didn't get it on video. Nematode poop is one way that the soil food web cycles nutrients to make them plant available. Nematodes can eat 10,000 bacteria per day. They excrete the excess nutrients from the bacteria in a plant-available form.
Seeing three different kinds of nematodes in a single drop from a compost sample is a good sign. This compost sample had lots of protozoa and fungi too. It was a little low on flagellates, and the organic matter wasn't fully decomposed. Still, I'm very impressed with it for being only four months old and never turned.
#soilfoodweb #compost #permies #permaculture #grownostr
John Dee
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