Burying Food Scraps on Pots Experiment - Benefits and Downsides Part 1 of 2

In this video I want to see what happens if I bury food scraps in the bottom of a planting pot to help filling completely the new residence for my herbs which are in need of a bigger pot.
Since the soil needs amendment and I don't have much of it to spare I thought it would be appropriate to bury food scraps in the bottom of the pot to provide the soil the nutrition that it needs for the next few months.
I am concerned that the rotten scraps may make sick or even kill the plants that are being planted on this pots.
The first pot will be filled 1/3 of it with full food scraps, the second one 1/3 of it will be filled with food scraps + perlite and the third one will be filled 1/3 with partly decomposed food scraps + perlite.
If you have ever wondered what happens if you do that, this video will give you some visual evidence of the results.
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[@WalkTheAncientPaths]

I don’t like worms, but I love gardening. I currently have a veggie patio garden in pots. Been doing it for about 6 years. So far I have NOT seen any worms in the pots. I do dig the center of the pot and bury kitchen scraps. But I do not dig them up to see if they decomposed. I trust that they did.

[@UrbanBackyardGardening]

Nice, if I never had this space to grow veggies I would definitely use pots instead. you should look into introducing worms into the soil or perhaps get a worm farm which is easy to use and more clean if you don’t have enough space to produce big piles of compost. There is plenty of other insects and microbes that will decompose those kitchen scraps that you bury and I am sure your plants will benefit from it.

[@fatherofchickens7951]

Does it smell at all?

[@UrbanBackyardGardening]

I saw already your second comment 😄

[@AJ-iu6nw]

@@UrbanBackyardGardening It must smell after 2 weeks. but it will go away after a few months.

[@UrbanBackyardGardening]

@@AJ-iu6nw yes I guess they will decompose quickly under so much soil, I think if you use charcoal or perlite there will be plenty of aeration that will prevent any bad smells, it all depends on the ratio of what you are using

[@ryannicosia4327]

It will ton the plant of nitrogen this turning it yellow

[@UrbanBackyardGardening]

that is possible, however the scraps were all the way on the bottom and luckily it didn't affect the plants or it's roots.

[@sarahreece1828]

How can I get rid of earth worms please help

[@UrbanBackyardGardening]

Hi there, it’s hard to get rid of earth worms since they are all over your soil, having them is a good thing though, they will produce worm castings (worm poo) that will be beneficial for the soil and plants, earth worms don’t harm your plants and instead worms are beneficial for it

[@WebSurfingIsMyPastime]

earth worms are good for your soil, do not get rid of them

[@Goldeneyes2534]

Just learn to love your earthworms. They are a gift from nature and helps you soil.

[@yoriichi3347]

Update?

[@UrbanBackyardGardening]

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[@yoriichi3347]

@@UrbanBackyardGardening thank you

[@UrbanBackyardGardening]

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