Making Worm Casting Tea & Its Many Uses - Fewer Pests & Disease

[@utubegreats]

That ending made laugh out loud! 😂 Thanks for the info! I hope to give this a go this spring.

[@copperridgegrow3940]

I keep some bubbling continuously. It can be diluted a lot as well and still be effective if you are needing to cover a large area. 5:1 is fine

[@tjmalachi]

Just found your channel. Enjoyed watching you. You are clear, concise, easy to listen to. I will be looking for more of your videos thank you

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you!

[@BellaMarsilioRN]

Wow, very thorough!

[@Alisorganics]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kimmicannon5629]

Good information. Thank you.

[@phyllisjohnson3256]

I enjoyed the video 😊

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you 😊

[@volta1228-creations]

Thanks so much for this! Will definitely try it. Another use for my aquarium air pumps too, heh! I will just say, as far as chlorine, in general, make sure your water treatment plant actually uses chlorine still and hasn't switched to chloramine (mine - Denver - switched to this recently). I think this is mostly bigger cities' water treatment facilities using this, but its definitely becoming more popular. Chloramine does not dissipate like chlorine no matter how long it sits out, so you'd need to use filtered, R/O, carbon filtering or an aquarium dechlorinator like Prime to get rid of it.

[@Alisorganics]

Right! Our City hasn’t started treating with chloramine…. yet. I know it’s coming.

[@ThomasMillar-m6x]

Yes like worm tea

[@jaredgore4818]

JSYK tap water has a residual chlorine content of 1 mg/l. It will only oxidize a tiny bit of the organic matter that you add. So a 5-gallon bucket has 20-mg of chlorine. Hopefully, you add more than 20-mg of worm poop or other organic matter.

[@Alisorganics]

Thank you 😊

[@بركاتعمر]

First of all, I would like to thank you for this wonderful video. Is it possible to add beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi to the mixture with the sugar and vermicompost?

[@Alisorganics]

Yes, you can as long as it is at the end of the brewing time. I will use it in the last hour of brew and then use as a root or soil drench within an hour of making. Thank you!

[@بركاتعمر]

@@Alisorganics Happy to follow you from the United Arab Emirates

[@hossamhassan1310]

nice❤

[@williamcaspers7087]

Brings back memories of early 1970's..I had a worm farm ending up with40 bins 4 X 8 ft...a lot of work in particular feeding composted horse manure...BTW worm farms big get rich fad then..didn't get rich..just a lot of work...BUT worm castings still best organic fertilizer in the world and worms do all the work..

[@Alisorganics]

That’s a lot of work! I only have 4 small bins. I agree! The castings are the best and won’t garden without them. I remember a place near by as a kid that raised worms in a huge long bin along side their home. Haha! I thought it was weird back then. Never know why they did that as a young kid, but what I do remember is the amazing garden they had! 😉

[@tommillar8382]

Worms casting tea perennial butterfly bush

[@m51marlene]

Thank you for an excellent informative video. If I don't see the foam after 24 hours of brewing does it mean that the mission was not accomplished?

[@Alisorganics]

No, you actually don’t want too much foam. Some teas don’t foam as much as others. This will depend on the amount of food, like the molasses to feed the tea. Warmer temps will cause it to foam up more to. I hope that makes sense.

[@alexv259]

What about adding Humic acid? I saw another video showing one tablespoon of this acid added to the five gallons water. Honestly I don’t know what it does but should arrive by tomorrow for adding it to my garden tea. Also what about adding a fish ingredient? I went to my local asian store and bought a salmon fish head that I need to ground and add some yogurt, sugar/molasses and then add a tablespoon to my five gallon bucket

[@Alisorganics]

Yes, adding humic acid is excellent as well as the fish fertilizer. There is so many ways of doing it and all can be used. The humic acid will help plants uptake nutrients and it also neutralizes chlorine and chloramine. Molasses feeds the bacteria.

[@davidweltman5361]

I have some older castings I forgot about, and I was wondering if I could make some tea with fresh castings and use that to sort of recharge the old stale castings.

[@PedroOrtiz-b1h]

The logical answers is yes

[@Alisorganics]

Absolutely! Many worm casting companies air dry their castings for months.

[@phuonghuynh9579]

Will they ever go bad?

[@buddydavidson8549]

I wonder if you can just put your worm castings in an old pillowcase

[@Alisorganics]

Yes. Less thread count or loose weaves are best.

[@virginiaolsen5265]

What about regular earthworms?

[@Alisorganics]

They are sure great to aerate the garden soil and leave their castings there! 😉

[@rico99586]

Can you use plain sugar granules or powdered sugar in stead of molasses?

[@dw3403]

just read yes. Its the carbs they feed off of.

[@virgiliogonzalez1098]

NO!!!

[@rico99586]

Geez Louise Virgilio, that's a pretty strong reply, considering you gave no back up facts. Matter of fact you are WRONG!!!. I have been using powdered sugar for many months now and it works wonderfully.

[@tmorrison5965]

i'm finding that every worm tea video i watch has a different dilution rate...so far i've seen 1:1, 4:1 & now you have 5:1...why is there such a difference?

[@Alisorganics]

That is the ratio that I have used for years. I dilute it so it goes further. Worm casting tea is pretty mild and really, any ratio will work well. Stronger if you need a quick strong feed, weaker is good for a light feeding that goes farther and for pest control. I hope that helps.

[@albatross3206]

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