Worm Leachate

1Maconheiro

Member

• May 6, 2013

• #1

so I just invested in a 3 tier worm bin to compost my organic trash, I understand worm casting are really good for your plants, I plan to add that to my soil mix and also use the wormcastings for my ACT.

My question is what about the liquid that is left over from the worm bin that collects at the bottom tray. I believe they call it Worm Bin Leachate. Is that stuff good for Cannabis? I've read mixed reviews about it online, some saying it's great for plants and other saying it toxic... Anyone use Worm bin leachate on any of there grows?

 

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RanchoDeluxe

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• May 8, 2013

• #2

This is just my opinion. I would only use leachate as soon as it came out.

But really, if you have that much liquid coming from your bins, it's not the ideal environment for your worms to begin with. I understand that this is less of a problem w/ fancy storebought worm bins. At the end of the day I would rather just make a tea from the actual EWC.

 

SilverSurfer_OG

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ICMag Donor

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• May 10, 2013

• #3

I used to have a problem with worms getting into the liquid and drowning. This then made the whole thing a bit stinky. I solved this with some cardboard under the bedding layer and it works much better.

But yeah fresh is best as Rancho pointed out.

 

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OlderNow

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• May 11, 2013

• #4

The leachate should be cut with water. 10 parts water to one part leachate

 

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ClackamasCootz

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• May 11, 2013

• #5

RanchoDeluxe said:

But really, if you have that much liquid coming from your bins, it's not the ideal environment for your worms to begin with

Click to expand...

^^^^word

 

oldbootz

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• May 11, 2013

• #6

The leachate is not used by most worm farmers. Its the cured castings that are the main prize. The liquid is very high in ammonia which is only one half of the nitrogen cycle. There are better ways to give nitrogen to your plants but i would use it on my veggies 1 - 10 with water like said above.

 

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jerry111165

• May 11, 2013

• #7

If you even have leachate then your bedding/worm food is way, way too wet.

Worm leachate is just an anaerobic mess. Throw it on your compost heap.

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