Worms and Compost Tea
As many of us already know, compost tea is most beneficial for your plants because it provides the natural organic nutrients to replenish the soil. But what many people do not know is that compost tea derived from worm castings is even more beneficial for our plants. What? You don't compost with worms? Why not?
Heck, You don't even need a large spot for composting in this manner. A regular Easy-Open Composter
is plenty room enough. There are people like myself who have made their own worm bins out of old plant buckets. Not very attractive, but it certainly does the job.
Generally what the Red Wiggler Worms
do when you introduce them to a compost bin or compost pile, is to gravitate towards the bottom. Once they have finished their work at the bottom and have provided you with a little pile of worm castings, they gradually make their way up through the compost you have provided them. Their job is to eat and provide their castings for us to use. It's as simply as that.
Once you have obtained their castings, go ahead and make a compost tea from it. Add a little more water than you would for regular compost because it is a little stronger. For example, if you generally use a quart of regular compost, then use 1/2 quart for worm compost. Use it just like you would with regular compost tea. Apply it directly to the soil, or lighting spray it onto the foliage.
You will be surprised at your plants response to this tea. No, your plants will not grow 6 ft in a month, but they will be healthier and stronger. The end result will be that your soil will obtain the natural beneficial ingredients it needs in order to give you these healthier plants. Then providing you with a larger crop of flowers, vegetables and greenery.
Use it on your houseplants too! Dilute it just a tad more and spray it on.
Heck, You don't even need a large spot for composting in this manner. A regular Easy-Open Composter
Generally what the Red Wiggler Worms
Once you have obtained their castings, go ahead and make a compost tea from it. Add a little more water than you would for regular compost because it is a little stronger. For example, if you generally use a quart of regular compost, then use 1/2 quart for worm compost. Use it just like you would with regular compost tea. Apply it directly to the soil, or lighting spray it onto the foliage.
You will be surprised at your plants response to this tea. No, your plants will not grow 6 ft in a month, but they will be healthier and stronger. The end result will be that your soil will obtain the natural beneficial ingredients it needs in order to give you these healthier plants. Then providing you with a larger crop of flowers, vegetables and greenery.
Use it on your houseplants too! Dilute it just a tad more and spray it on.
Just wondering, where do you get your red worms?
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I just posted a blurb on where I get my red worms.
Kate
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