100 % Organic Worm Castings !!!

Earthworm castings can be purchased from this web page and worm tea can be purchased as well. It’s just as easy however to produce your own worm castings by setting up an earthworm composting bin at your home. They are easy to maintain and if you don’t want to build your own, you can buy something like the Worm Factory 360 or even one of the custom made wooden worm factory that are available right on this site.

Now, when we talk about using earthworms in a composting process in order to create the earthworm casting, we’re not talking about ordinary worms you would find in your yard. Red worms, also known as red wigglers are the best workers for the process. You can start with a 2 pound package, sold on this site and as your operation grows and the worms multiply, you can expand your composting system.

Earthworm castings can be purchased by the pound from websites such as this one. Used as fertilizer, the earthworm casting have a much higher content of the necessary nutrients that plants need. More so even than most products that can be purchased in the store. Additionally, in most cases, if the store bought fertilizers touch the plants, they will burn them. Not so with the worm castings.

The way to produce your own earthworm castings is by setting up a worm composting bin of your own. It’s relatively easy to do and if you aren’t into building your own setup you can buy a manufactured one like the popular 3 Tray Worm Factory  available here as well. The manufactured units will typically come with everything that you need to get started in your composting project. The resulting earthworm casting can be harvested and used directly on the garden or on your plants.

You would typically either mix the earthworm casting in with the soil as you are planting, and it can be added directly to existing plants as well when "feeding" your plants. Another by-product that is produced when you are worm composting is a liquid called worm tea. This is a highly concentrated form of the same nutrients found in the worm castings that can be harvested either through the use of a spigot on your composting system, or by catching them in a pan under your composting bin as it drains from hole you would make in the system.

Did you know that organic worm castings are a natural fertilizer that also works to keep the insects and diseases away from your plants? They do indeed and the way to get these organic worm casting is actually pretty easy. It will involve a little effort on your part, unless you choose to buy the worm castings from a dealer, but if you chose to do your own composting, the benefits far outweigh the effort required. Thing is, the effort is not really all that hard to accomplish.

Worm compost is made by worms. Essentially, you would set up a composting bin and feed the worm’s organic material such as fruit and vegetable scraps among other things, and in the end they will reward you with these nutrient rich earthworm castings that are used in your garden. The worm castings are not only a good fertilizer, but they can also be used to assist in balancing the soil pH and they assist the soil in retaining moisture.

Another benefit of organic worm castings is the natural ability of resisting insects and disease for your plants. The worm castings contain a number of different nutrients that nearly all plants make use of including potassium, magnesium and nitrogen. These primary nutrients are required of every garden regardless of whether or not it is an organic garden. The nutrient levels are higher in fact than most of the store bought products that you can get.

As the worms progress through the process, the castings left behind can be harvested. The earthworm castings will generally end up at the bottom making harvesting relatively easy to do. Worms will naturally move to the bottom levels of your bin. As you perform the maintenance such as turning the organic matter the castings will fall to the bottom. Pure organic worm casting appear black and will look a little like sand grains unless they are mixed with compost or dirt.

You can pretty much count on covering anywhere from 150 to 200 square feet of garden area with approximately 10 pounds of worm castings. These will in turn fertilize your garden over time as the elements help to break down the worm castings.

Another way of using earthworm casting is to mix them with water and then spray the mixture directly on the leaves of your plants. This method of fertilization is known as foliar feeding. This process also works to fight off microorganisms that would otherwise make your plants sick or become diseased. It will also work to keep fungi and molds from growing on the plant which would stunt the growth or even perhaps kill the plant off.

Worm castings can be purchased from a dealer, such as on this site, but if you would rather set up your own composting system, it can be done rather easily with a few simple products that may already even be available around the house. Let nature help you to create an organic fertilizer and natural pesticide, and leave the chemicals alone for healthier produce.

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