Worm Castings = C02

[devastation]

when in darkness, worm castings produce C02. this means that when the lights turn on, your plants wake up to a nice fresh blast of C02 every day.

like there wasn't enough reasons to use worm castings already.

 

[devastation]

info take from:

http://www.vermitech.com/worms.htm


During the digestive process, a proportion of insoluble minerals are converted to a plant-available soluble form, cellulose is partially broken down by bacteria and carbon is released to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. This digestive process is carried out by enzyme-producing bacteria and when the castings are excreted, the bacteria and enzymes are excreted along with them. The bacteria are soil benevolent and once in the soil, continue the work they carried out in the worm's gut.

 

[sputniknz]

I fail to see what this has to do with the lights being off.

This process will occur beneath the surface of the soil, therefore it is dark all the time. The rate of Co2 production here would be minimal also. Fermentation kits would produce far more, and apparently they dont even produce that much.

Still, nice to know that my plants are getting a bit extra from the castings.

 

[ArcadiaAbsent]

Interesting stuff, I'm curious what type of bacteria is responsible for releasing the CO2 and if its present in products like Great White. Also, since this takes place in the soil, and the leaves not the roots are where the extra CO2 is absorbed, and CO2 is heavier than the average composition of what makes up "air" how the extra CO2 can be delivered to the upper parts of the plant.

 

[sputniknz]

Interesting stuff, I'm curious what type of bacteria is responsible for releasing the CO2 and if its present in products like Great White. Also, since this takes place in the soil, and the leaves not the roots are where the extra CO2 is absorbed, and CO2 is heavier than the average composition of what makes up "air" how the extra CO2 can be delivered to the upper parts of the plant.

Good call, i have read about some people who ferment in bottles and feed the generated co2 directly into the soil. So it sounds good, but in reality how much of it is being used, and is it used effectively. And from what i have read most Co2 absorbtion comes from the leaves, infact nearly all of it from what i have researched.

 

[ArcadiaAbsent]

Good call, i have read about some people who ferment in bottles and feed the generated co2 directly into the soil. So it sounds good, but in reality how much of it is being used, and is it used effectively. And from what i have read most Co2 absorbtion comes from the leaves, infact nearly all of it from what i have researched.

Thats been my understanding as well sputniknz, and that the roots actually benefit from O2 compared to CO2. I'm well aware of the power of worm castings as a fertilizer, but this is a new aspect of it. Intriguing, but I'm a bit skeptical of the actual benefit of CO2 released in the soil.