Worm-castings?🪱
So, I have a cuestion. What kind of fertilizer does worm-castings actually contain? What are the building-blocks, so to speak?😅
I have never bought worm-castings, but about 2 years ago I got live worms with a plant I purchased. As it was cold outside I spread them among my indoor plants (meaning to set them free when temperature outside rised).
Those plants really thrived. Like my White Fusion pushed out a new flower for each 3 leaves. Also that very vibrant purple back side, that seems more dull nowdays.
The worms never got their freedom sadly, and kind of dissapeared about a year ago😅 And I haven't seen any flowers on my White Fusion since, though it is still growing and thriving just fine. But it makes me wonder what is this good stuff, that ordinary fertilizer obviously can't keep up with. 😅🌱🌸
Seriously considering finding some new worms from the garden when spring comes 😂🪱
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I have never bought worm-castings, but about 2 years ago I got live worms with a plant I purchased. As it was cold outside I spread them among my indoor plants (meaning to set them free when temperature outside rised).
Those plants really thrived. Like my White Fusion pushed out a new flower for each 3 leaves. Also that very vibrant purple back side, that seems more dull nowdays.
The worms never got their freedom sadly, and kind of dissapeared about a year ago😅 And I haven't seen any flowers on my White Fusion since, though it is still growing and thriving just fine. But it makes me wonder what is this good stuff, that ordinary fertilizer obviously can't keep up with. 😅🌱🌸
Seriously considering finding some new worms from the garden when spring comes 😂🪱
#happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantaddict #fertilizer #calatheacrew #question #floweringplants
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@MockingJay so it’s generally pretty low in NPK, highest I ever saw listed anywhere was 5-5-5, but that honestly seemed way too high, I’ve also seen it as low as 1-0-0. And since the worms are usually fed a variety of different foods, companies would really have to get each batch tested. (Unlike something like mealworm frass, for example. Mealworms are generally fed the same thing with no variety and therefore its listed macro/micronutrients generally stay consistent.) But the real benefit of vermicompost is the micronutrient content and the fact that it highly supports microbial life, it helps build good soil structure, and is very gentle. You can’t burn any plants with worm castings. I’d liken it to a Whole Foods vitamin, rather than a synthetic one. I hope that is kind of what you were looking for? Or at least in the realm? 😅
@ZappyLilac84 right 😅 As I used live worms I kind of got that. 💩
I was more interested in like what is the composition? What are the basic materials that it contains. Like fertilizer contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium etc. What makes worm-castings better?🤔
I was more interested in like what is the composition? What are the basic materials that it contains. Like fertilizer contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium etc. What makes worm-castings better?🤔
@MockingJay what in the world? I just followed your post link from another post, and as I’m rereading I seem to have skimmed completely over the fact that you actually had live worms in your plants?? Wow. Thanks adhd. Like i thought this was a new post, i completely didnt read the whole thing 🤣🫣
Live worms IN your soil must have been awesome!! Then they totally created a whole little ecosystem!! I always wonder if my inside plants are happy because they get whatever disjointed ecosystem we can give them, whereas Mother Earth outside is whole. Super cool! Red wrigglers are the best! Omg and your substrate was probably so well aerated too!
Live worms IN your soil must have been awesome!! Then they totally created a whole little ecosystem!! I always wonder if my inside plants are happy because they get whatever disjointed ecosystem we can give them, whereas Mother Earth outside is whole. Super cool! Red wrigglers are the best! Omg and your substrate was probably so well aerated too!
@DreamMachine haha😂 Happy suprise reading then😂
Yes they seemed really happy when the worms lived in their soil (Seriously considering finding some new ones when spring comes🪱😅). And as I went to water them I always found worm-poop💩 in the bottom of the pot, that they had pushed out, and I poured it back in😆. (Apparently they make the drainage holes their sewage-system, didn't know they were so sophisticated🤣). But they🪱 don't like repotting, it was usually in that process they dissapeared.
I actually beleve they helped some of my plants recovering from root-rot too, maybe they eat the rotting roots before it spreads?😋
I still have *something* living in two of my pots, as I still find 💩 at the bottom, but not completly sure if it is worms or something else😆
Yes they seemed really happy when the worms lived in their soil (Seriously considering finding some new ones when spring comes🪱😅). And as I went to water them I always found worm-poop💩 in the bottom of the pot, that they had pushed out, and I poured it back in😆. (Apparently they make the drainage holes their sewage-system, didn't know they were so sophisticated🤣). But they🪱 don't like repotting, it was usually in that process they dissapeared.
I actually beleve they helped some of my plants recovering from root-rot too, maybe they eat the rotting roots before it spreads?😋
I still have *something* living in two of my pots, as I still find 💩 at the bottom, but not completly sure if it is worms or something else😆
