How to use Worm Castings How to use Worm Castings The basic rule of thumb is using the castings as a 10:1 ratio in your soil. Whether your plants are indoors or out, you can always side-dress with castings by using 2-3 tablespoons of the castings around the base of your plant. Use the castings in addition to your soil. Use your fingers or a hand cultivator to spread the black gold into the surface of the soil. Try not to go too deep or you can disturb the roots of your plants. Then water and step away! It’s that easy! You can never use too much castings and it won’t ever burn your plants like some manures or chemical fertilizers; however, using too much is just not necessary. If you want to add more to continue to help nurse plants back to good health, use castings around every 2 weeks until you see the results you are desiring. Read more
Compost Tea What in the world is Worm Tea? Adding worm castings to your soil is the best amendment you can add for plant health as described in the article, Why Worm Castings are Like Garden Fairy Dust. Adding the castings couldn’t be any easier and we explain the simplicity of how to amend your soil with castings in the article How to Use Worm Castings. But what if your indoor or outdoor plant needs to see the plant doctor ASAP and needs a quick boost to bring it back to life? This is where worm tea can be highly beneficial and the ultimate prescription to health. Worm tea is known to be a greater booster for the soil’s condition. Just as our human gut loves a good probiotic, adding worm tea to your plant’s leaves acts as a probiotic full of liquified and concentrated microorganisms, vitamins and minerals. Read more
Why Worm Castings Are Like Fairy Dust for the Garden Why Worm Castings Are Like Fairy Dust for the Garden Who would have ever thought that worms can help produce the best scentless amendment and fertilizer to your home gardens or farm fields? Adding castings, or worm poop, to your home gardens, pots, and flower beds does way more than just improve the health of your plants. That is the visual reward of castings. Below the surface of soil infused with castings, soil biology is happening. Microbes, nutrients, minerals, aeration, and water retention are all working together to provide you with healthy soil, leading to healthy roots, leading to healthy plants. It’s no wonder worm castings are also called Black Gold. Read more