glowery
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Bagged Worm Castings - 2006/05/08 07:54
When I was getting down to serious consideration about raising worms, I sent off for the video and information packet from UNCO (just was not prepared to make the cash investment they want you to make  ), but in the box was a 4.5 lb bag of their worm castings.
I set out my tomato plants last night, the containers had finally drained enough that I could work the soil without it clumping together. I lay my plants in trenches, not holes, when I planted them and I put a big handfull of the castings in each trench before I layed down the plant. I know I could probably have used more in each trench but I was dividing this between 16 big containers, I figured some was better than none. My worms are going to have to provide the side dressing as the growing season progresses
I was amazed at how black this mixture was when I opened the bag. I would love to know what they mix with their castings to have the consistancy they have in this bagged mixture. It was very loose and easy to work with, it is orderless and did not seem to be dried out even if it was packed in a sealed plastic bag. There appearedd to be a little perlite but it was very small and fine. Past that I am not sure what else may have been mixed with it.
If I was not raising worms to harvest my own castings, it would make a believer out of me to purchase it to use in my garden containers. I think they said this size bag retails for 7.95, but not sure on that price. That might be a bit pricey if you had a truck patch  but if you are like me and garden small, it would be okay.
We have let friends and family take the horse manure by the truck loads to use on their gardens, but when it comes to my castings (for the first couple of years anyway) I am going to have a hands off policy  I'll let them know when I have an excess, then we can talk.
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