Methods of Application:
Tea bag - make
vermicompost tea in 5 gallon bucket (use tea bag until it falls
apart, then sprinkle contents on soil around your favorite plants
or blend the contents into potting soil. Ever see a prayer plant
bloom? Get one and give it some of this. It will bloom!
Liquid vermicompost - One
16 oz. bottle dilutes into as much as 30 gallons, or use it straight
to aid germination of seeds. Use in place of water to moisten
a paper towel. It cuts germination time by as much as 70%. Pour
into water to root cuttings. Spray or mist it on leaves. It will
absorb through them. Add to water when watering plants.
Helpful tip: Plants like rain water over tap water.
Mulch- Use
as a fertilizing mulch around trees, shrubs, and bushes. Add to
vegetable garden and till in to add body and nutrients to soil.
Start your own worm farm. Mulch contains a significant amount
of breeder worms as well as babies and cocoons.
1/4" screenings -
No mature worms but lots of babies and
cocoons. Excellent for potting soil, flower bed additive, garden
use, or fertilizer layer under colored mulch around favorite trees
or shrubs.
1/8" screenings- May
contain a worm or two with no cocoons. Contains highest percentage
of worm castings -- a premium product good for any and all applications
including but not limited to casting tea, a key ingredient in
organic compost tea brew. Add vermiculite to it for a supreme
potting soil. Till into garden or simply top feed throughout the
growing season. Worm castings have a mucous membrane that breaks
down completely in 2-1/2 years. The longer it sits around, the
more nutrients will be released at once. Fresh moist castings
contain the highest amount of active microbial life which seems
to be most beneficial to vegetation. No one can explain exactly
why or how it works! That's why I say "Mother Nature knows
best." (Mother Nature - beginning of time) |