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@NanasWorms
7 ай бұрын
Good timing of this video for gardeners who need to store castings ahead of seed starting season. Love the ducks! ~ Sandra
@GardensofNewEngland
7 ай бұрын
Sandra, thank you! The ducks are hilarious! ;)
@lukeeboy2918
7 ай бұрын
Excellent in depth video. This is what KZitem was originally set up for “educational purposes”! Much rather learn something new then watch something you won’t remember tomorrow 👍🏼 keep up the amazing content!
@GardensofNewEngland
7 ай бұрын
Awww! Thank you!!!! I truly appreciate that; it takes a lot of hours to put these videos together so comments like this go a long way! Thank YOU!
@denislukasov4813
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I am using pretty much similar techniques to store and keep my worm casts ALIVE! I have a raised planter in my garden and 1/4 of this planter is used as a worm feeder - food scraps, brown organic matter, processed (boiled) bones and etc. Feeder is just a place where I bury organic matter with the ratio as 75% brown and 25% green organic matter. So, my worms crawling pretty much everywhere BUT always back to the feeder 😊 . From time to time I feed them in different places to spread the biology even around the planter. This year I fed my worms with IMO 1 (oats inoculated with forest microorganisms) and got pretty decent worm casts quality. I am not a biologist and didn't check with a microscope BUT my cat's grass grew up faster and bushier than in the same worm casts a year ago. My conclusion is MORE DIVERSITY, MORE DIVERSITY, MORE DIVERSITY and worms will thank you for that!
@GardensofNewEngland
7 ай бұрын
Denis, yeah!!! Diversity is the way to go. Dry leaves from different trees add diversity as different organic amends like charcoal and bonemeal. I also love creating different habitats inside the bins, cardboard areas, leaf areas... and food too... the more carbon and bio-diversity you nurture the better the whole ecosystems in the bin seem to function. Thanks for sharing! I appreciate it. Do you inoculate your own oats?? How?
@denislukasov4813
7 ай бұрын
@@GardensofNewEngland I inoculated oats with microbiology in the different forests around. You could search how to make IMO 1 on KZitem and get an idea. I don't do IMO2 as I love to feed my worms straight away after collecting the boxes. I simply put oats in a cardboard box with holes on the sides and then place them in different forests somewhere near the big trees and fungi or mushrooms. Leave these boxes for a week or two depending on the time of the year and then collect them as a treat for my living compost and worms. I also would like to make some whey from goats milk and feed worms with some probiotics.
@GardensofNewEngland
7 ай бұрын
@@denislukasov4813 Thank you!! I have heard of people doing this with rice, but I think oats are better. Thanks for the tip, much appreciated it.
@chuckraf
7 ай бұрын
Great content ! 😊
@GardensofNewEngland
7 ай бұрын
Thank you! Much appreciated!
@FarmerCheryl
7 ай бұрын
Is the juice pulp made from citrus? Can the worms be fed citrus directly?
@GardensofNewEngland
7 ай бұрын
Pineapple, Yacon, some ginger and beets. You can add some citrus but not a ton of fresh citrus. Better to decompose it first. The key is to give worms a lot of space away from the citrus until the peels have began to break down and it cannot harm the worms. This is why feeding zones are so helpful.
@princespring2321
7 ай бұрын
Hello.. I am following you from Syria.. I really enjoy watching your videos with all the great information.. I am really wondering what types of fertilizers you use other than worm castings?
@GardensofNewEngland
7 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for saying hello!! I did a soil test and my garden was deficient in phosporus so I started doing bone meal. I am also using some green sand for phosporus and potassium. If you do not know what your soil has, I would use organic manures like cow, chicken or horse and see how your plants do. Leaves have most trace nutrients too.
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