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In spite of the many advantages brought about by vermicultures, they are still too rare in Poland. In 1991, at the Agriculture Academy - Department in Rzeszów a vermiculture of E. fetida was installed and this technology of vermicomposting has since been used in both didactic and extension services to introduce it as a feasible practice. The authors discuss the features of vermicompost based on Polish and foreign publications and present vermicompost from Agriculture Academy's – Department in Rzeszów vermiculture and vermicompost obtained by others in the region. The authors suggest to use the universal method of chemical analysis (Spruway's method modified by Nowosielski) to valuate the degree of mineralization vermicompost directly in the earthworm's bed and present results of analysis of full content and content of nutritive macroelements assimilable for plants. The authors also disapprove of the vocabulary used by some Polish authors in discussing the subject of vermicomposting.