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odogyouknow · 12-30-2011, 01:08 AM

The Sonoma worm farm produce and sells some damn fine castings. Their vineyards and gardens a powdery mildew free and have been for years, everything thriving and healthy.

I would love to put a couple cubic feet of their stuff into a 2 or 3 hundred gallon pot over the summer. I think the results would be tremendous. Too bad it's like $40 bucks a foot!!

It's like this big worm farm that was built over a old chicken barn, powerful forces of nature coming together.. chicken shit and worms!!

justalilrowdy · 12-30-2011, 09:59 AM

Yea I went there to get my worms to start with. They had their worm bins for sale at the pure foods expo in Santa Rosa last year.
Raising your own worms is easy. I started with 2 lbs. I feed my worms table scraps but there are commercial worm foods out there. They are easy and low maintenance and its a great way to recycle. I bought some plastic tubs from walmart and drilled holes in the top bottom and sides and layered it with black and white only newspaper strips until it was 3/4ths full. Wet the newspaper and put my worms in with a few buried table scraps.. no meat, no oil, no citrus, no onions or peppers but anything else they will eat right up. I have 4 worm bins going now. I check them daily to make sure the bins have enough moisture and food when I tend my garden. I could kick myself for not doing this years ago. I have casting continuously now. I started my bins in August and I save a bundle on all that hype crap from the grow stores that keep the soil unbalanced and the plants health compromised.

odogyouknow · 12-30-2011, 10:29 PM

Nice, You should put up a pic of your bins. I would be stoked to buy some of their worms, but it's just a lot to buy the castings or their bins.

You should do a DIY of your bin for the thread

How big are the tubs you got?
holes drilled?
How do you harvest?

These worm castings really are the missing link in 99% of gardens having issues

Jim Rockford · 01-25-2012, 12:10 AM

This is a pic of my first bud where the plant was fed worm compost tea and worm castings from my own worm composter. Especially you fools spending over $100/small bottle on things like VooDoo Juice get with the program. If you want your plants taking in nutes like they should and growing the biggest root balls you've seen get with the worm program.

Bullfrog44 · 01-25-2012, 04:29 AM

Just ordered 7lbs of worms from Sonoma Worm Farm. Great shit!

AWAKE · 01-25-2012, 05:36 AM

With well over half of the living things in the world being too small for the human eye, no wonder we forget...

warthog · 01-29-2012, 06:00 PM

EWC are the shit! swear by them for sure.. seedlings thrive in them, and big moms never loose color... i use about 1 part ewc to 3 parts potting soil

Green Supreme · 01-29-2012, 06:53 PM

Not an organic guy, but I love worm castings. Gonna try get me a pallet of them. They are getting disgusting expensive. 30 bucks for 30 litres by the bag bites. Peace GS

01-29-2012, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Supreme

Not an organic guy, but I love worm castings. Gonna try get me a pallet of them. They are getting disgusting expensive. 30 bucks for 30 litres by the bag bites. Peace GS

maintaining a small worm bed is not too hard or expensive if your interested in getting your feet wet. it will save you some $$ over the bagged stuff

Green Supreme · 01-29-2012, 07:38 PM

Thanks for the idea bro, but as said in the past post I am going to get a pallet. Imagine all the worm bins it would take to make a pallet of castings. Peace GS

12-30-2011, 01:08 AM	#11
odogyouknow Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 122	The Sonoma worm farm produce and sells some damn fine castings. Their vineyards and gardens a powdery mildew free and have been for years, everything thriving and healthy. I would love to put a couple cubic feet of their stuff into a 2 or 3 hundred gallon pot over the summer. I think the results would be tremendous. Too bad it's like $40 bucks a foot!! It's like this big worm farm that was built over a old chicken barn, powerful forces of nature coming together.. chicken shit and worms!!
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12-30-2011, 09:59 AM	#12
justalilrowdy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Everyday I get on the bus! Hey! The Magic Bus! Posts: 1,340	Yea I went there to get my worms to start with. They had their worm bins for sale at the pure foods expo in Santa Rosa last year. Raising your own worms is easy. I started with 2 lbs. I feed my worms table scraps but there are commercial worm foods out there. They are easy and low maintenance and its a great way to recycle. I bought some plastic tubs from walmart and drilled holes in the top bottom and sides and layered it with black and white only newspaper strips until it was 3/4ths full. Wet the newspaper and put my worms in with a few buried table scraps.. no meat, no oil, no citrus, no onions or peppers but anything else they will eat right up. I have 4 worm bins going now. I check them daily to make sure the bins have enough moisture and food when I tend my garden. I could kick myself for not doing this years ago. I have casting continuously now. I started my bins in August and I save a bundle on all that hype crap from the grow stores that keep the soil unbalanced and the plants health compromised. Last edited by justalilrowdy; 12-30-2011 at 10:18 AM..
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12-30-2011, 10:29 PM	#13
odogyouknow Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 122	Nice, You should put up a pic of your bins. I would be stoked to buy some of their worms, but it's just a lot to buy the castings or their bins. You should do a DIY of your bin for the thread How big are the tubs you got? holes drilled? How do you harvest? These worm castings really are the missing link in 99% of gardens having issues
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01-25-2012, 12:10 AM	#14
Jim Rockford Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Malibu, Ca. Posts: 747	This is a pic of my first bud where the plant was fed worm compost tea and worm castings from my own worm composter. Especially you fools spending over $100/small bottle on things like VooDoo Juice get with the program. If you want your plants taking in nutes like they should and growing the biggest root balls you've seen get with the worm program. __________________ More people die each year from slipping on ice than marijuana, do we have a 100 billion dollar war against ice?
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01-25-2012, 05:36 AM	#16
AWAKE Kaputalist Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 89	With well over half of the living things in the world being too small for the human eye, no wonder we forget...
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01-25-2012, 04:29 AM	#15
Bullfrog44 Banned Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bay Area California Posts: 2,821	Just ordered 7lbs of worms from Sonoma Worm Farm. Great shit!

01-29-2012, 06:00 PM	#17
warthog Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: east Posts: 441	EWC are the shit! swear by them for sure.. seedlings thrive in them, and big moms never loose color... i use about 1 part ewc to 3 parts potting soil
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01-29-2012, 06:53 PM	#18
Green Supreme Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: heaven, B.C. Posts: 5,105	Not an organic guy, but I love worm castings. Gonna try get me a pallet of them. They are getting disgusting expensive. 30 bucks for 30 litres by the bag bites. Peace GS
	1 members found this post helpful.

01-29-2012, 07:38 PM	#20
Green Supreme Banned Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: heaven, B.C. Posts: 5,105	Thanks for the idea bro, but as said in the past post I am going to get a pallet. Imagine all the worm bins it would take to make a pallet of castings. Peace GS