Wormcastings and Seedlings

Is it safe to put a recently tap rooted seed into straight into wormcastings and perlite and vermiculite?

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i have never done it but i would worry it may burn the seedling

yeah its general good idea to do that...i do mix 48% peat moss and 48% perlite with little 2% garden soil for good branching, plus mix with blood and bone meals and seedling looks fine not got burnt anything like that so your recipe is good to me !

I would wait to add castings. Once the seeds have sprouted and have a true leaf then I would use a weak EWC tea. Then when you transplant add EWC to the soil if you want, I do.

the guy at my local hydro store just told me earlier today to start from seedling in:, half high porosity growing medium and half wormcastings ... and I am gonna give it a try!

You don't want to put them in straight, or even mostly straight castings. Castings are real dense and make root penetration hard on the plant, especially young seedling roots. I mix in no more than 25% castings to my soil mixes. You wanna really break up any hard chunks. I sift mine thru a piece of hardware cloth. (1/4" "screen")
And no, I don't believe they'll burn them. But seedlings dont really need any added nutrition until the cotyledons are depleted

i used 50% wormcastings

25% perlite

25% vermiculite

they have been taking nicely, but i think i used a jiffy pot that was old cause one seedling sprouted with a hairy fungus under the cateldon.

but they have a nice deep green color, so hopefully they will grow well...

Hello my friend, for that little one with the white fungus, mist lightly with a mix of 3% peroxide and water. Just had the same thing on a Sannie Jack, the mix is 1/4 cup peroxide to liter of water. I know you don't need but a bit but that is the only safe solution I know without doing the math for less. Best of luck on your baby.

I use castings in my soil mix as well as seedlings but not at that rate. Castings aren't cheap. MB too much N for little guys that don't need it at that stage. Although I think the N is totally organic and not chemical so it prolly won't burn.

I used Worm casts and Macenroe soil with general hydro nutes and it worked great you cant go wrong with wormcasts

The best Birthing system I EVER had was planting my seeds in my worm farm. This consist of 1 Kitty Pool, w/ drainage holes, nearly filled with cow & rabbit manure, 1/2 lb's of Red Wigglers. After 6 months, the "soil" was ready.

yea, the mix worked great! my babies love it! thanks guys