100% EWC medium?

i have a vermi bin that has been done for some time now. i would like to get rid of the bin and was thinking about just dumping the contents worms and all into a 5 gal bucket and using it for a grow...

i do have a mix of vermiculite/perilite/cactus soil i was going to mix with it just for drainage reasons..

think it would be too hot? PH issue? would not be using any other nutrients

i have heard of grows using pure ewc, that was back in the dark ages though and i never saw any pics. the internet is a wonderful thing, i would be interested to find out myself.

surely a mature plant would be able to take it?!

not sure, this stuff is as good as it gets...been composting for over 2 years now in that bin and there is a huge array of scraps i have composted in there.

i guess theres only one way to find out for sure.

i really want to do a FFOF grow with 0 added nutrients.

So I planted one of my plants in my outdoor garden into a pot containing about 90% EWC mixed with about 10% Roots Organic. The only reason I used this mix ratio was because I ran out of Roots. I usually use a mix of about 60% roots and 40% EWC. I found that the soil in the pot with 90% EWC has compressed with all the rain we have been getting. I had to add about 5 in. of new soil the other day because the roots were showing. My other soils do not compress like the EWC does so if your planning on running pure EWC I would think twice. The plants are looking good and are just starting to show white puffs of hair but I think that with all of that compression in the soil the roots have to be hurting for oxygen. Just my 2 cents. Good Luck Dude.

good point, maybe cut with something if you have anything else lying around (perlite etc)

I was looking to start a raised bed for some flowers and got a large pickup load of compost for a very good price and was just going to put pure compost into the new bed........Until I hit the internet. It seems that the compost is too dense to allow for drainage and must be mixed at least 50/50 with another lighter medium preferably containing perlite.

I wouldn't

This will only cause problems such as root rot.

Like dad said mix with something. Peat moss is very cheap, perlite is too.

I have read several university studies where anything above 80-90% EWC has historically shown to produce less growth/yield. As others have said, aeration/compaction could be the problem. I don't think you will have any issues with burning or pH.

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