Worm Castings are full of good nutes,, But if you start with Good Soil you dont need the Castings,, Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil comes with worm castings in it,, Good Luck
wwboy ok cool just thought maybe they would help with added air to roots and if anyone tryed before thanx.
Worms One year i grew in only 5gal buckets, and I added worms to my soil mix. I can say those plants grew monsterously huge. 9-14ft. Im sure the worms were beneficial as they produce worm castings (full of nitrogen) and aerate the soil. They also help the breakdown of microbes which is beneficial. I believe i used earth worms.
We also placed a dead fish at the base of one of the buckets, as i was told it would help feed the plant. I cant say what happened with this plant, i dont remember. THere are a lot of tried and true methods. I would say just try it n see what happens. I read once of planting beans in the head of a cobra ..
wwboy well its too late for fish but i think im going to add a few worms.just cant see it hurting anything so im goingto
I dig some up every once in a while and add them to my compost. They seem to LOVE living in there, fat fuckers. The one thing I would say about putting them directly into buckets: they will probably die, if not from the constant water, probably from the nutrients you put in. But hey, might as well try, and if they do die, that is just extra fertilizer!
Yeah; I was going to say the same thing...just buy worm casting's. I never thought about wether they'd live or not. If they were Bud's worm's, they'd die before he was done watering! MG! :yikes: later
wwboy yeah i guess it would sort of be a waste of time and not much of a gain.i have great soil already.just thought maybe more air to the roots is all .i guess i could get the same result perhaps with the moisture control crystals when they expand and contract?
As far as worms..... The ONLY way they would live in a container type setting would be one with NO inorganics of ANY kind....and really, you would have to have hundreds, if not thousands to achieve what you want in such a short amount of time....They would also start feeding on plant roots if food supply started to run short....:icon_confused: Redworms are also surface feeders, meaning they don't (or can't) burrow in compacted soils.......:icon_confused: :love4: I LOVE my worms, but I actually wouldn't put them straight in the soil with the plant, knowing they would die...:icon_confused: I have GREAT results keeping them seperate and harvesting the poo, tho..... If you feel like checking it out, here's a thread....http://www.growkind.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28577
