maranibbana
Well-Known Member
Red wigglers should be ok..
Just a little poll, about compost teas. Do you use them as an organic grower?
- Thread starter DoobieDoobs
- Start date
m4s73r
Well-Known Member
Absolutly right. However that is not happening with compost worms to my knowledge.
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
anyone have experience using meal worm castings?
the next adventure
the next adventure
ounevinsmoke
Well-Known Member
No, have you heard good things? My next grow I'm supplementing in insect frass.
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
I have, I started looking into it when I noticed that uncle Jims also sold live meal worms and I started looking into meal worm composting and they work really fast, lots on it being used in gardening, little in the cannabis world so far but I haven't dug deep.
ounevinsmoke
Well-Known Member
Interesting. I had some red wigglers from jim years ago, still get his emails haha. You want the castings or the actual meal worms?
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
seeing some info calming a 4-3-2 NPK ratio, and or 2-1.5-1 but that ratio can change based on what they get fed so I might give it a shot haha
yeah I grabbed 2000 from him to start a worm farm so no more buying. I am interested in their poo!
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
ounevinsmoke
Well-Known Member
After watching the huge amounts of insects break down my compost, I'm certain their dead bodies are something my plants love. My bins(tumblers) sit above ground level so its mostly flying insects for me but some ants and potato bugs and other ground dwellers make it in there too. No worms though, due to the nature of my set up. Its a tumble compost and I usually let them break down the entire summer and extract during fall. When I did have my compost on the ground I would say my fungus levels were much higher as I could see when I brewed my tea more than a few days and the results would put mushrooms in my pots.throws out a 4-3-2 NPK claim with no back up lol
About RFF
We are a family-owned and operated business, dedicated to healthy organic gardening. Many consider our fertilizer products as "gourmet" ...www.rainbow-farms-fertilizer.com
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
Yeah frass is nice, never had homemade tho
ounevinsmoke
Well-Known Member
home made is good just takes time, funny I just bought the down to earth brand insect frass, says its made from the larvae of black soldier flies=Meal worms
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
well I guess I have used meal worm larvae then if that’s what black solder fly insect frass is
no clue
ounevinsmoke
Well-Known Member
Guess I have worms in my compost too lol
mistergrafik
Well-Known Member
CRICKET FRASS - thank me l8r
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
I like the delivery, that was fun.
meangreengrowinmachine
Well-Known Member
Meal worms make beetles, I have had farms before. My basement was not warm enough to make them efficient but I might try again.
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
did you run their casings in tandem with worm? is it worth adding in or pretty much the same thing going on. been seeing some places claim it has all needed micros but zero lab work to prove it...
meangreengrowinmachine
Well-Known Member
I actually had them to feed them to my chickens, I really never had thought to use them for in my grows.
maranibbana
Well-Known Member
aw I need to get some chicks.