worms

would it be a good idea to get worms from out side and put them into the pots of my indoor plants

Depends upon the nutes given to the soil. Worms don't like Meth, or Chem Ferts. They will drown, they will die from lack of moisture. Sand is not good, poultry manure is too rich in Nitrogen, they don'y like milk or citric acid. I put worms & eggs into my soil, but it takes special care. For info on worms, see the book wrote by a Dude named "Shields" Plus the earthworm selling sites. "Worm Casting is the most hilghy, single nutrient known to mankind." Forget your plants, if you have good soil for worms, the Lady will be awesome, everytime.

thanx man... wen it rains worms are every where so i grabbed like 3 and put them in two of my pots (2 in one pot 1 in the other) and idk if it dies in there i dont think it would do harm right and if it lives itll help

dude I have to say it is iffy in a small pot. That worm might just eat through your roots in a small pot. While worm castings are awesome, I have a 5 tray system that I advise you to get, I have had plants hermi from root damage. I would not do it unless I found hard evidence this was a good garden trick. Others have thought of it. Check Organic Gardening. They are a cool website and magazine that thinks of everything. I subscribe.

Fresh worm castings are so much better than the bagged shite. wow,I swear I can it in teas. GL

Hey Dirt Clean, "Hearing that worms 'eat through' roots is a first for me". Is there info somewhere describing this?. Small Pots, "IFFIY". The native worms here gets up to 12 inches or longer, no joke. But they don't move & breed like the Red Wigglers. I ordered 2 lbs. about a year ago, put them in a 5 ft. Kiddie Pool with straight cow manure. No telling how many I've got now. Love your post.

wait u put mad worms in a kiddie pool with manure? and the pot i put two in they went under the soil and i havent seen them but the other one sat on top and died

Lol, I hate to bear bad tidings, but this may be why it is not often discussed. I just read a study page 24 middle of page "Earth Worm Ecology" by CLive Arthur Edwards. The link ruins this page, it is stretched. It says that the earthworms in small pots did good against decreasing the bad fungi and bacteria activity but negatively affected the root development. Bad in small pots!

They must just chow and tear through the roots when they are trying to grow. Also they must eat the food for the plant, or the plant itself. IDK, there is problably more to it, but I would not do it.

South Texas= that must be awesome to have that many worms composting manure. That must make some fine teas. I would add as much of that as you could. Like a cup a gallon of compacted shit. I always just break up my manure in the tea and just scoop the tea out I need. The plants love it. It is good to gain experience seeing them eat the organic teas properly. I am getting a feel for them. Especially ph, mental note, dolomite is stronger than it looks.

I am sure you know your shit, but what they haey it is a fine day to bull shit. Lol.

i dont get how tea works sounds kinda gross to me but i guess the dead worm will help the soil

Excuse Me???

pockitsPM said:

wait u put mad worms in a kiddie pool with manure? and the pot i put two in they went under the soil and i havent seen them but the other one sat on top and died

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The Alaskian Brown Bear wades into the water to catch & eat fish. They have big teeth. To Plate-Up food for this bear, a whole flopping fish is natural. For Us, we us knifes to 'break-up' the size to "Bite Size". Now, look at the size of the teeth on your root system...... A tea, micro-sized works for the digestive system of the Plant. The Parent has the resposibility to feed the Baby/Plant a food that it can digest without constipation/stress, etc. That's the tea in part. The other pert is that BILLIONS of microbes can be raised in a few days.. via compost tea.

pockitsPM said:

i dont get how tea works sounds kinda gross to me but i guess the dead worm will help the soil

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ohhh i see i see and before i was asking if u said u had a kiddie pool with worms and manure because thats what i thought u said

Yes, my worm farm is in a Kiddie Pool, but I do not use my worms for a tea. Egg shells & such, Yes, but not my worms.

He is taking about work casting tea. (worm Poo) The plants love it trust me Try to harvest the castings (poo) from your worm farm and mix it with water 1 cup of poo per gallon. There is some websites out there that will help you harvest the castings and maintain your worm farm. I wish I had the space from a worm far but I dont

i think i might try that but dont i need to like let the egg shells and what not decompose bf makin tea

Just egg shell tea alone is a great source of natural calcium for your soil & plants. A simple tea making process.

but it needs to decompose 1st right

You feed your worm all sort of organic matt yes you gan add eg shells but just a few. you dont need to compost the owrm poo it all ready to go
http://opentutorial.com/index.php?title=Make_a_worm_farm

for eggshells as a source of calcim boil like 10 eggshells in a pot of water for 15 minutes. Then add a couple quarts to 5 gallons of water. Or you can crush the eggshells very fine, like 10, and sprinkle them and topdress them into each pot. Should do the trick.

there is also such a thing as Cal mag plus, gypsum, and dont forget epsom salts to help for at around 3 feeds during your grow. We need calcium and epsom salts because RO water takes the minerals out to. They need to be replaced somehow. Eggshells and epsom salts is the cheaper organic way.

i think i might do that...also quick question do iguanas eat weed plants if u grew it in its aquarium a rather big aquarium