The present investigation has been designed to evaluate the efficacy of various amount of
vermicompost (VC) from vegetable market wastes with different level Recommended Dose of
chemical Fertilizers (RDF) on germination and yield parameters of tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum (L.) cv.PKM-1 by conducting field experiments through eleven treatments. The
results on the analysis of physico-chemical properties such as pH (7.6); EC (349.73ms/cm);
N(2.60%); P(0.95%); K(0.68%) and OC (26.65%) showed the nutritive potential of
vermicompost. The yield parameters of tomato i.e. number of flowers per plant, number of
fruits per plant, average fruit weight, average fruit weight per plant, fruit yield per plot and
per hectare were recorded higher in T9-(10.5 t/ha of VC+20% of RDF); followed by T10(11.5t/
ha of VC + 25% of RDF); T8 (9.5 t/ha of VC+ 15% of RDF); on par with Control- T1; (100%
of RDF) and the lower values observed in T0 (0 t/ha of VC+ 0% of RDF). However, no
significant differences were noticed in rest of the treatments. The vermicompost of vegetable
market wastes exhibited a greater potential as organic fertilizer for the growth and yield of
tomato cultivar PKM-1 by substituting about 80% of synthetic chemical fertilizers as well as
to minimize or avoiding the pollution effect of the wastes on the environment in addition to
earning economic benefits.