Vermicompost can be stored for at least one year after preparation or packing. When this fertilizer is filled in the packet, it contains 25 to 30 percent water. This fertilizer is given in plastic packets. Due to this the water content does not decrease. But after opening the packet it should be properly soaked with water. Vermicompost should never be kept in direct sunlight. So the way to recognize real vermicompost is, its color is black like the color of tea leaves. Real vermicompost has no smell. Vermicompost is never dry and contains twenty-five to thirty percent water content.