hey ohsogreen, what else do you use in your organic soil besides worm castings? do you still need/use other organic NPK ferts or ammendments? thanks in advance for what ive already learned from your thread

Subcool has a nice soil recipe if you have not checked that out i would highly recommend looking at that.

Im Loving Vermicompositing so far!!! My worms are not eating a half pound of food a day but they are eating quick enough. Can anyone help with how damp the bedding and worm castings should be while still having worms in it??? To keep the bin wet I just use a spray bottle and spray the top layer and then mix it in a bit. Is this good enough???

Thanks in advance!!!

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Sheerinterest.... Sorry, I missed this one. I use compost from my own compost barrel / piles (recyled grow soil, bunny poop, yard wastes & kitchen waste), peat moss or well rinsed coco fiber and perlite.
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My basic soil mix is 50 percent well aged compost (bagged from Lowes or Home Depot will work), 30 percent sphagnum peat moss or well rinsed coco fiber, 10 percent perlite (the plain - not enriched type) and 10 percent worm castings.
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You can do up to 20 percent worm castings with no worries, but over that is not good. Since, worm castings are very heavy / dense for their size. Too much and roots will have a harder time pushing through / past them. (wasted energy).
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Farel2..... The easiest way to keep the bin moist, but not wet is - Go to Wal-Mart and buy one of those cheap soil moisture meter's. Keep your worm bin bedding in the middle of the dial (on the meter) and it's sweet sailing. Five buckets well spent, it takes the guess work out of the equation.
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Also, when you add water to you worm bin, only add it to one half at a time. Like the right half or the left half. Then the next time you need to add more water, add water to the opposite half.
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Doing this helps the worm bin slightly dry on one side (temporarily), then the moisture tends to even out over the course of a few days. Just like with Mary, overwatering is a bad thing in worm bins. I learned this little tip from an very experienced worm farmer. She's got dozens of bins and they're alway in great shape.
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thanks ohso!!!

Ill try that and see how it goes!

Let's bump this old thread back up. Everyone should get vermicomposting a try. It's cheap, easy and the payoff is black gold.
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i have worms in my composter... same effects?

ok when people say organic growing that means NO NUTES right?

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whats that ..... idk... it looks like...... BUDAHHHH !!! any thing i say on here is a lie and i do not grow anyillegal plants i just do this stuff to look cool, and i have never done anything illegal

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ReggaeGanja.... No, nutes are an absolute must, to make anything grow. When when grow organically, we work with nature, feeding the soil and letting it feed the plant. This is truly the best way to grow.
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Here is a good link, that covers the basics :
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http://www.organicgardeningguru.com/
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And before someone asks, No that's not a picture of me in the upper left hand corner of that page. I'm not quite that handsome.
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Let's recycle this old thread...
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Worm Poop is truly black gold.....for Mary......
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