Worm Castings

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formularacer

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I started turning my soil and many worms have been seen. I am sure they contribute a fair amount to the soil.
Have been adding worm casing to the outside for the last few years chopped seafood shells are another great addition. I do toss my waste shells from my cooking into the garden, the only problem is the shells are sharp and gloves are best in that area.
For my starting soil I use coast of Maine, coco fibers, worm casing, and seafood shells and I don't start feeding in the tent till about 30 days.
 
Beeswings

Beeswings

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Oldguyrealy said:
Got to get the dollars. Spent $90 on Lumber.

I have a bunch of soil but not sure if I have enough.
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Damn I guess growing weed is just so much cheaper than buying weed used to be I don't even really think about $ when it comes to growing. If you have to wait another week or two for dirt $ you'll be ok though right?
 
conor c

conor c

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Tolerance Break said:
Nice! I just started a worm bin for castings about a week and a half ago.
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You wont regret it fresh worm castings beat what you can buy once u got it running good place i used to work at used to have worm boxes and do there own compost and stuff i definitely wouldnt grow without some in my mix also the liquid run off from the boxes is good too just if your gonna make a tea and use it brew it/use it within 24 hours no less no more that way be loaded with goodies and less protozoa
 
Tolerance Break

Tolerance Break

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conor c said:
Its got some npk value but for the micros is where it makes the real difference imo
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How should I deal with all the non worm crawlers in the castings? I was thinking about freezing them for a few days, then letting it thaw. This is uncharted territory for me.
 
GenericEnigma

GenericEnigma

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Tolerance Break said:
How should I deal with all the non worm crawlers in the castings? I was thinking about freezing them for a few days, then letting it thaw. This is uncharted territory for me.
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Most folks let anything living in EWC stay living. It can be a source of hypoapsis miles and cucumeris (if your EWC is good quality). The miles eat gnat larvae, and the cucumeris will roam your plant looking for spider mites to eat.

EWC can also function as an innoculant, like a compost tea.

Sometimes other bugs come along. I have large, scary-looking centipedes. I don't know if these have a benefit, but they don't harm the plants. I get spiders which help with gnat flyers and escaped pill bugs. Pill bugs break down organic matter but can destroy young cannabis roots, so I cannot use my regular soil to sprout seeds (getting rid of them would be a fool's errand, so I work with them rather than against).

Such are the joys of living soil.
 
conor c

conor c

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Tolerance Break said:
How should I deal with all the non worm crawlers in the castings? I was thinking about freezing them for a few days, then letting it thaw. This is uncharted territory for me.
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I never froze em the main one you dont want getting in is slow worms in your boxes cos they eat worms otherwise dont sweat it most are harmless or good
 
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Oldguyrealy

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Beeswings said:
Or an understand son might buy his old man some Vermiculite for being cool and letting him have his dog and his grow at his house?
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Oh it gets better. I bought a New Riding Mower he has been mowing Lawns. The other day he was bragging how much he would make mowing Lawns. All I said was who's Mower are you using. Got jumped.

He had a bunch of junk in Front Yard. My wife said he is cleaning it up. No moving it from the Front Yard to the back is not cleaning it up.

He had a guy come over told him to park on my grass.

I have a SUV that he drives. I'm not allowed to drive it and rightfully it is illegal for me to drive, but.

Then he has guts to jump me about planting stuff in the Front Yard. Hey I own it. Yeah but I mow it.

Hey I really did sleep good last night.
 
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formularacer

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Oldguyrealy said:
Got to get the dollars. Spent $90 on Lumber.

I have a bunch of soil but not sure if I have enough.
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I built terracing out of landscape timbers. I fill it at a ratio of 1 40lb bag of peat moss and ten bags of composted manure which I mix with existing soil.
I had buried 40 lbs of bunker which would have been chum or bait under the lowest level, there was plenty of digging from the raccoons but they never hit the payoff.
 
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Oldguyrealy

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I went out today and mixed up some.I had a Raised Bed in the Greenhouse just took soil from it.

I have been using Vermiculite but the soil is really holding water.

I was reading use 50/50 mix of Vermiculite and Perlite.

Supposedly Perlite holds less water and good for drainage.
 
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