Chitinated Hot Compost

In my outdoor garden at home, I grow tomatoes and herbs. To supplement their growth, I use a hot composting technique so they can have the proper nutrients. Well, recently (to be candid) I mistakedly put some mealworms into the compost bin. At first, I thought this would be a detriment to the crops I use it on because the mealworms would eat the tomatoes, herbs etc. However, I've seen no damage to the plants and I guess the mealworms burrow down into the soil once introduced.

I've only use one round of this hot compost with the mealworms, but It seems to shorten the speed at which the compost heats up (and be begins decomposing waste) and quickens the maturity of the compost.

As an added bonus, when the multitudes of mealworms either die or poop, this adds chitin to the compost, which improves/upregulates the plant's natural immune system and increases availability of nitrogen to the plant.

Although adding the mealworms to the compost seemed like an accident at first, I think it has really turned out for the better. I'm not going to say I recommend you guys to try it (that is if you compost) because I haven't tested the quality of the compost compared to previous composts, but I think adding extra decomposers to the composting process improves it. What do y'all think?

Here's some links about the benefits of chitin:

 
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