The Clash of the Composts! vol. 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7tppqm8xE0 It's time for Clash of the Composts round 2, and this time I'm growing chives.  The 4 soil types are: worm castings, tumbler compost, commercial compost and trench compost/dirt. This time around was pretty much the same...my homemade worm castings and tumbler compost outperformed the commercial compost and the regular dirt by a bit. One cool thing I noticed this time was how the commercial compost was free of weeds...this is due to the thermal kill levels of mass piles of compost, and it showed.  Perhaps that is also why it didn't do as well as my stuff. The obvious conclusion here, like last time, is that compost definitely helps your stuff grow...so use it! Hit the Like button and let me know if you've tried comparing compost types…

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Worm Cocoons in Vermicompost?

Worm castings are tricky, aren't they?  They can be soggy and have lots of unprocessed material encased in castings, used in containers to grow stuff, dry out and show what they're really like.  I've noticed that my worm castings that I recently removed from the Worm Inn system dried out in the sun quite fast and revealed a bunch of little purple eggs. What are these things?  After doing a little reading and talking to the dude Bentley over at redwormcomposting.com, I learned that they were worm cocoons.  So is this a good thing or a bad thing?  I don't really know.  Reproduction is obviously a good thing.  However, I'm learning that the cocoons may be worms laying more eggs in response to a dry or unhealthy worm system.  They…

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EZ Compost Tea Time…

  Time to start messing with compost tea... let's keep it simple.  A handful of finished compost in a bucket, fill it up with rainwater...and we're done! Check out Ray's awesome video for the full scoop...he's the best. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCbeALuAYsg

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