Cotyledon420
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Just a quick question...can I use worm castings in place of compost ? What's the loss and what's the gain?
Compost vs worm castings
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MICHI-CAN
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I thought we had this chat a week or so ago. LOL. Compost by true nature is far superior to worm poop. Much broader spectrum of nutrients, minerals, fungi and macro biotics. I'm just organic here. What do I know? Enough to not buy it. LMAO!
Weedvin
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After the compost cools down, put your night crawlers in the compost.
Cotyledon420
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They are killing me on shipping lol I don't have time to make it...and I've tried to source it locally not impressed...that's why I was wondering instead of 1 cubic foot of compost and 1 cubic foot wormcastings...can I just do 2 cubic feet of worm cast
MICHI-CAN
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I would think not. And 2 cu yards is a bigger number than I would gamble with. I'm out.
Cotyledon420
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Have you heard of black Kow compost that's what we have here
Cotyledon420
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I corrected it it was a typo
PadawanWarrior
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EWC are usually more dense than compost and can compact easier.
Where are you getting your stuff?
Cotyledon420
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I was goin to use build a soil but shipping's killing me so I was goin to try source it my self
Budzbuddha
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Why not just add 10% EWC to each container ( by container volume ) and call it a day. ?
MICHI-CAN
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My yard.
Cotyledon420
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I thought it depends on lot on what goes in the compost...some are more nutrients rich than others...and I thought some worm casting have higher nutrients than compost but less micronutes
Cotyledon420
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Well thats what I was asking...it's not going to be detrimental right? Just because I skipped the compost
PadawanWarrior
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Nice. That's where I get most of my stuff, but I'm in CO so shipping isn't as bad. My Hydro shop can order stuff through them too for cheaper, but I usually just get it shipped to me.
Just got 2 more bags of Oly Mountain compost and pumice a couple weeks ago. Shipping for 2 cu ft of each was $60.
I'd use mostly compost if it was me. Most EWC shouldn't be more than like 10-20%'of the mix. Compost is usually 1/3 the mix.
Budzbuddha
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Not really … vermicompost is high in nutrition ( humus )- worms pretty much did the work already . Available to plant quickly.
Budzbuddha
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Plus you can run a simple Worm Tea … couple cups into 5 gallon water - aerate it then give your girls a treat.
Budzbuddha
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That why I like EWC … it automatically improves any soil / mix.
Cotyledon420
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I can't find pumice but I can find lava rock so there's that just no high quality compost I would like to use...it was just a thought...I wanted to double check everything before I made the step
Cotyledon420
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It's like sriracha i put that shit on everything lol
PadawanWarrior
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I have lava rock and pumice in my soil. Lava rock is a lot heavier than pumice. Just a heads up.