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worm castings

21 years ago

where can I buy this stuff?

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  • 21 years ago

    Google "worm castings". :) A couple of options is right at the top of the page.

    Consider ranching your own worms, though. It's incredibly simple...

  • 21 years ago

    Ebay. Check out seller KMFARM. $15 for 60lbs although you'll spend more than that for the shipping.

  • 21 years ago

    Hi folks,
    I was thinking to give try on vermicompost at my APARTMENT!
    I have good sources of getting those waste fruits or fresh fruits from every where, but will those "seed" germinate in my vermicomposting? The ingredient I MAY get is, unripe banana, water apples, some wild berry or fruit and MOUNTAINS OF GREENS! Ops!even Thousands of tiny Flowers!
    Can anyone help me with this? and give a suggest on how to put in a GREAT ingredient and avoid the odor in better way.

  • 21 years ago

    Don't worry about the seeds they start and die off. It sounds like you may have too much greens(food scraps) for a small system. You have to have minimum two thirds browns(paper, cardboard, leaves, coir) and you will have a fresh pleasant smelling bin. Remember that by freezing the greens for 3-4 days the fruit fly larvae gets killed and also bury the greens well and you will avoid the fruitfly problem.

  • 21 years ago

    Will it be really worthy to wait for 8 months to get the "Worm Poo" for fertiliser then buy in the market?Just don't want to waste space and afford.

  • 21 years ago

    If you want vermicompost right now, then sure, buy it. It is easy to do yourself, though, even in an apartment. My bin sits under a table and takes up the space of a file storage box.

    You'll find that its no real effort (except harvesting), no odor (once you get the hang of it), and strangely addicting. You'll have an organic garbage disposal, plus thousands of pets.

  • 21 years ago

    I'll sell you as many 1lb plastic bags of the stuff that you want.

    Chuckiebtoo

  • 21 years ago

    Would like to know more and clarified.

    Vermicompost = Worm Manure(an organic feritliser which work must better then others Organic Manure).

  • 21 years ago

    During a point in the vermicomposting process, the foodstock becomes unrecognizable, dark, loamy and with an earthy aroma. This is VERMICOMPOST, which is VERMICASTINGS and partially completed compost material. 100% VERMICASTINGS are separated from this compost material. A vermicomposting bed cannot attain 100% VERMICASTINGS before removing the worms (they will not survive in their own poop).

    You can buy VERMICOMPOST (a very good product that many people prefer), or VERMICASTINGS, which have been screened of virtually all other materials. Many suppliers do not want to go to the extra effort and expense to screen out the compost materials. Some probably just sell VERMICOMPOST as VERMICASTINGS, I'm afraid.

    VERMICASTINGS will be very fine with a uniform texture. It is a superior product for applications mixed with a potting medium at a 1:10 rate, or full strength if you prefer (it won't burn plants).

    Google vermicastings and vermicompost for all the info in the world.

    Chuckiebtoo

  • 21 years ago

    Yes plants will grow in a worm bin. This is how i get my wifes avocado seeds to sprout and other plants that i may find desirable. The only deterrent is that most fruit, vegetables, and flowers you buy in a supermarket are hybridized, so you never know what will come out. Having said this I routinely grow potatoes in my worm bins. I eat ALOT of potatoes and this offers a great year round growing medium.

    I have never found a good bin to be odorous ... however my fater in law mentions the smell of worm waste when i open my bins in his presence. Knowing a good carpenter can turn a worm bin into a potential coffee table or piece of good furniture.

    There is a reason vermicastings are called black gold. Personally i never have enough to want to sell it to other people. Good friends and familiy get it during the growing season to spur their plants into great production.

    Vermicastings alone should not burn your plants. However, if the worms were fed mainly manure then the salt content in the vermicastings can and will burn your plants. Coming from an area with already high salt concentrations in the soil (near the Great Salt Lake), I always mix pure castings at LEAST 50/50.

    Bryan

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