Plant Tips

When you harvest your worms you will keep a little soil with the worms to restart your bin and to donate to beginner wormers. However you will also a nice pile of fresh soil made from the worm castings.

Don’t use 100% worm castings to pot your plants – mix it half and half with planting soil.

It is best to use the worm castings soon after you harvest because of microscopic activity in the fresh soil. According to the wormswap gurus you can store it in a warm room, in sealed bags for months on end and still retain its high potency.

Any liquid run off from your bin is highly nutritious. I’ve heard that you can use a heavily diluted form when watering household plants. It’s also great out in a garden.

(I’m looking for more tips from “green thumbs” – for example are there certain plants that benefit more than others?)