How to Store Worm Castings without losing Fertility 2024

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Check out this playlist on how to optimize your worm bin operation! kzbin.info/aero/PLJQ7A3Z50v5G9xnx4FaZ9-MvbgHgFLwF3

[@NanasWorms]

Good timing of this video for gardeners who need to store castings ahead of seed starting season. Love the ducks! ~ Sandra

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Sandra, thank you! The ducks are hilarious! ;)

[@lukeeboy2918]

Excellent in depth video. This is what KZbin was originally set up for “educational purposes”! Much rather learn something new then watch something you won’t remember tomorrow 👍🏼 keep up the amazing content!

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Awww! Thank you!!!! I truly appreciate that; it takes a lot of hours to put these videos together so comments like this go a long way! Thank YOU!

[@winstonsmiths2449]

Holy cow this is great information! How you have a relatively low subscriber base is a crime! You have covered thee CRUX of maximizing vermicomposting and maximizing worm castings. I am so excited to gain this information. I will be watching your other videos. Heading for the leaves for worm bedding next. I am just starting a worm bin and leaves are falling off my trees for the past 2 weeks.

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Thank you!!! The channel is slowly but steadily growing thanks to people like you! It takes time to produce high quality videos and youtube favors constant production of content vs quality--although I think that is shifting a bit. Leaves are the best bedding! Collect and store in a dry place to use throughout the year, specially if they come from your own backyard. Thank you for your support! Ask any questions, happy to share my experience.

[@winstonsmiths2449]

Just bought the bone meal $20 bag. Will be watching the playlist also.

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Great stuff! A little bit goes a long way.

[@denislukasov4813]

Thanks for the video. I am using pretty much similar techniques to store and keep my worm casts ALIVE! I have a raised planter in my garden and 1/4 of this planter is used as a worm feeder - food scraps, brown organic matter, processed (boiled) bones and etc. Feeder is just a place where I bury organic matter with the ratio as 75% brown and 25% green organic matter. So, my worms crawling pretty much everywhere BUT always back to the feeder 😊 . From time to time I feed them in different places to spread the biology even around the planter. This year I fed my worms with IMO 1 (oats inoculated with forest microorganisms) and got pretty decent worm casts quality. I am not a biologist and didn't check with a microscope BUT my cat's grass grew up faster and bushier than in the same worm casts a year ago. My conclusion is MORE DIVERSITY, MORE DIVERSITY, MORE DIVERSITY and worms will thank you for that!

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Denis, yeah!!! Diversity is the way to go. Dry leaves from different trees add diversity as different organic amends like charcoal and bonemeal. I also love creating different habitats inside the bins, cardboard areas, leaf areas... and food too... the more carbon and bio-diversity you nurture the better the whole ecosystems in the bin seem to function. Thanks for sharing! I appreciate it. Do you inoculate your own oats?? How?

[@denislukasov4813]

@@GardensofNewEngland I inoculated oats with microbiology in the different forests around. You could search how to make IMO 1 on KZbin and get an idea. I don't do IMO2 as I love to feed my worms straight away after collecting the boxes. I simply put oats in a cardboard box with holes on the sides and then place them in different forests somewhere near the big trees and fungi or mushrooms. Leave these boxes for a week or two depending on the time of the year and then collect them as a treat for my living compost and worms. I also would like to make some whey from goats milk and feed worms with some probiotics.

[@GardensofNewEngland]

@@denislukasov4813 Thank you!! I have heard of people doing this with rice, but I think oats are better. Thanks for the tip, much appreciated it.

[@chuckraf]

Great content ! 😊

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

[@FarmerCheryl]

Is the juice pulp made from citrus? Can the worms be fed citrus directly?

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Pineapple, Yacon, some ginger and beets. You can add some citrus but not a ton of fresh citrus. Better to decompose it first. The key is to give worms a lot of space away from the citrus until the peels have began to break down and it cannot harm the worms. This is why feeding zones are so helpful.

[@princespring2321]

Hello.. I am following you from Syria.. I really enjoy watching your videos with all the great information.. I am really wondering what types of fertilizers you use other than worm castings?

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Hello, thank you for saying hello!! I did a soil test and my garden was deficient in phosporus so I started doing bone meal. I am also using some green sand for phosporus and potassium. If you do not know what your soil has, I would use organic manures like cow, chicken or horse and see how your plants do. Leaves have most trace nutrients too.

[@winstonsmiths2449]

I have not researched you channel. Are you formally trained or just a genius at research or both?

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Lots of trial and error and I love sharing what I have learned! Thank YOU for such kind and encouraging words.

[@winstonsmiths2449]

@@GardensofNewEngland It is a CRIME you do not have more subscribers. I will spread the word on your site.

[@GardensofNewEngland]

@ thank you!!

[@dnawormcastings]

Great video as always 🪱🇳🇿

[@GardensofNewEngland]

Thank you D!!