Liquid Vermicast

[love4sensi]

Alot of people say liquid vermicast is great for plants, i have a well established worm farm and have 100 litres of the liquid. I use a 10 litre watering can to water my babies. For 10 litres how much liquid vermicast sholud is use.

[bush billy]

Gudday tokin it up,

It took a couple of days to get your answer but reckon i might have it for ya. I got this imformation off a mate of mine who has been worm farmin for 10 years, and he swears by the shit.this is what he reckons to do.

Because the brew is so potent it must be diluted, about three parts water 1 part vermicast It may vary a little bit but it should be the colour of a cup of tea.[before ya put the milk in he he] let it sit for a few days giving it a shake every so often.

Apply when your babies are established. pour it around the drip line[the line underneath the outer foliageof trees where the feeding roots are usually located] Direct foliar feeding will burn em. About once a fortnight will do em fine Give em a litre or so each. He gives it to his mullies right up until a week before harvest. He reckons it gives the buds a full organic flavour I have to admit his shit always tastes beautiful.

Hope this has helped. Happy organic growing mate!.

[love4sensi]

Thanks Bush Billy

 

I have me own worm farm which produces heaps of liquid vermicast, but was not sure of the amount to use. Cheers ::

[fossil]

The tea thing is correct, however there is tea, and then there is tea..... if you know what I mean.

 

I only have one little black recycled worm farm... you know the type. It gives me all the worm juice I need to keep me in ferts.

 

Back to the tea...... The colour of Weak Tea is what you are after. I dilute mine six to one, (EC of 1.0) and then use it every other watering. Gives fantastic results.

At 3 to one the EC is just over 2.0, which is ok for a while, but might give you some burn probs if you're not very careful, especially with imature plants.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Fossil.

[Luke Skywalker]

Back to the tea...... The colour of Weak Tea is what you are after. I dilute mine six to one, (EC of 1.0) and then use it every other watering. Gives fantastic results. 

At 3 to one the EC is just over 2.0, which is ok for a while, but might give you some burn probs if you're not very careful, especially with imature plants.

 

How much of the nutrients in the vermicompost tea are in soluble salt forms? I mean, whilst you're reading one thing on the e.c. meter, that doesn't read anything but dissolved salts... there's a shiteload of other nutrients and complex organic molecules within vermi-tea that just wouldn't be read on the meter at all, would they? Just curious as you were mentioning measuring up the nutrient load of the tea when diluted out in e.c. terms... Surely that would be a really, really inaccurate way of measuring the potency of any such nutrient solution made with vermi-tea?

 

Don't get me wrong, I know that vermicast and vermi-tea are excellent nutrients, and have been used by growers for many hundreds, if not thousands of years as a way of boosting the fertility of their soil... but does an e.c. meter really record the real strength of the stuff? I'm not sure about that.... If I'm completely wrong here, then by all means correct me and do so with a good deal of elaboration, as I always love to learn something new.

 

Cheers fossil, I'll look forward to your reply...

[fossil]

Hi Luke.... Can I say first off, that I have seen all of your movies and you rock! :

 

Good point you make about the EC meter. IMO all methods of measurement need to be calibrated in some way. Over many years of trial and error...... and mistakes, I believe I have found the baseline to work off for worm piss and gardening. In my hydro setups, (using canna salts etc) I go for a stable EC of 1.8-2.0 for veg, and crank it up to 2.2 for flower. This is not new info, nor is it information that I have discovered by myself...... I robbed it off some guy on the internet 10 years ago just like everyone else, and hence we all know it works, in a well balanced hydro system.

 

I agree, that for a true analisis of nute strength... Using an ec meter may not be that great for worm piss. Worm piss does contain a good amount of soluable salts though, and hence my trials with using the meter.

 

I stand by my previous post, mainly because I have done it that way, and it works. To be honest, the other reason I stand by my post, is because I am a short little guy who hates to be wrong about anything

 

To be sure though..... even though I agree an EC meter is not calibrated for worm piss... If you mix up the piss, and it reads say, 3.0 on the meter...... you will kill your plants. I have recently read of others using meters for worm piss...... a quick google popped up this example... http://www.growingedge.com/community/archi...php3?c=OH&q=606

 

Thanks for callling me on it though. I really like constructive debate, because we all learn that way.

 

Take care

 

Fossil.

 

P.S.... I just choofed another maxi spliff, so sorry If this doesn't read right. I'll give it another try tomorrow. Bed time for this old boy