Worm Castings

[Eekman]

Yeah, That does make sense. It makes for a bio dense soil. What things are good to feed them?

I need to talk to my landlord. There used to be a worm farm on this property (we share with other tennents 1/4 mile away). In a barn out back. I wonder if he would let me regenerate that farm?

How much work would this be? Everyone in this town asks us if the ol' worm farm is still here. Lot's of growers in this town would like to have a place to get thier castings. This is a grower dense area of my state.

Peace

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[Dr Who]

ARe you saying that using the compost without the worms would be better than the worm castings...

OR...

Are you saying that what the worms are ingesting is as important as the product that they produce?

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Option 2 MasterEekman...

I think that worms make a very different kind of compost to that which you make on a compost heap (although in my case the ingredients are very different), I tend to view worm compost as rather richer than traditional compost heap compost, and it always has loads more worms in it!

Yes, I think that what the worms eat will affect the nutritional quality of the compost that they produce. Understanding the nutritional quality is probably best based on the typical input materials, and some vague idea of whether they might be retained in the castings or leached into the festering juices (unless you fancy doing some kind of chemical analysis of nutritional content).

I'm assuming that one makes ones own, if they are purchased the supplier might provide some kind of nutritional information, although bear in mind it will always be a bit variable.