redhen
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Re:Weeds/Seeds - 2007/07/06 22:53
tomato seedlings, capsicum seedlings, pumpkin etc and some weeds spring up in my worm farm. Would love some advice on how to prevent this happening.
Vermicomposting is not hot composting. Worms do not eat anything living..(thank goodness). Anything that you put in your bin that has seeds will sprout.
I have an "All Volunteer Garden" growing now from seeds sprouted in the vermicompost put in with my plants. My kids call it the "surprise garden".
One of the only problems, that I have found, with having seeds sprouting in vermicompost, is if you are starting seeds, like "heirloom tomatoes", using VC in your potting mix. It is nearly impossible to tell one tomato sprout from another.
The only way I know to rid your compost of the seeds/sprouts is to thermally compost it.
I think you then would lose the biological benefit of VC.
I agree with fourmares...pull, toss and forget it as it will be worm food.
Susan Quinby-Honer
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