[Granger2]

Of course. It just makes sense. People have done comparitive soil lab testing that shows differences to do with worms' diet. Good luck. -granger

[Organabis]

Will having a lot of earth worms and composting worms under mulch in my pots produce a significant amount of humus and fulvic acids?

[trichrider]

not significant amounts unless your pots are huge with literally lbs. of worms.

it's not just the humus or fulvic acids, they aerate the medium (soil/less) adjusting tilth, aggregating soil particles, and further breaking down compost.

imo, worms are the basis for a sustainable, natural (not organic), healthy soil.

what do you put into AACT? ......worm castings! why? .......because the right micro-organisms are in it.

just makes sense.

[Organabis]

Thanks.

I made a worm bin last year and basically overfed them, went in the shed one day to check how things were coming along and it was a worm graveyard..everything seemed to had solidified and dead worms were everywhere. feeling abit pissed at putting all that time and effort into it and it failed i decided to just leave the lid off and abandon them, so i left them in the shed over the summer, i didnt go in there for a few months! anyway i had to put some stuff in the shed the other day and when i looked in the worm bin i saw this lovely black gold!! the surviving worms must of munched their way through and composted everything..happy days!


This was their bedding area i think they composted this aswel but its darker, probably because its moister but its more airy or spongy than the top tier castings.



Any ideas as to how to seperate the worms from the castings as i've now just got a big bag of castings thats full of worms lol.

[trichrider]

hardware cloth. 1/4" seems to be best. sift sift. you'll still get plenty of worms tho'.

[hambre]

Thanks for all the data!!! Very useful!

[Stoney Johnson]

Took it up a notch.
Harvested about 2 yards in February, couple more in May

[Stoney Johnson]

The goods

[Stoney Johnson]

The farm