Thought y’all might like to see how worm castings look out here in the Equatorial boondocks, where they cost…nothing, because they remain the best kept secret that even the poor, subsistence farmers remain completely ignorant.
The castings are phenomenal as clone medium, and I see close to 100% clone survival rates with this gentle let powerful organic nutrient medium. Here is a batch of clones thriving like crazy in this manure.
Finally a closeup of the worm castings in a house plant pot, in which the glistening moist castings are the ones still under construction by the worms, as it were. Having hundreds of worms in among the roots of potted plants makes those plants thrive, just as do the cannabis clones I grow in the same medium.
Looking at castings for sale stateside and noting prices of up to $50 per 50Kg bag, I count my blessings that I live oceans away from the nearest civilization.
I use nothing else but these castings for all phases of growth right from germinated seeds up until the outdoor plants that grow to maturity in casting-filled planters nestled in island clearings deep in the swamp. It still amazes me that nobody out here, even in the farming community knows the benefits of these free castings. This is the best kept gardening secret in my neck of the woods for sure.
All my worries that worms might nibble on the delicate roots of new plants turned out to be unfounded. The worms live in all planters and enrich the soil continuously, while the plants grow a nice lush emerald hue with robust foliage.
It’s amazing the lack of knowledge in some farm communities, through no fault of there own., I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard starving people say we don’t farm here because the soil will not support it.
I wish somebody would show them how to fix it with composting, cover crops, bio char , plant fermentation’s and vermi culture.
The world’s food security would be a lot better off but there are people who seek to exploit others and showing them how to be self sufficient would make that harder to do.
As earthworms go, these worms are average in size. I could liken them to the thickness of a noodle with 4 -inch length as adults, and of course, smaller when they are younger. The do stay busy building their nutrient-rich “skyscrapers” of moist mud though, which typically stud the ground in the shade of most trees around here. I presume they feed on leaf litter, given where they abound.
As Heritage Farms noted, it is surprising that nobody over here in the Third World knows the agricultural and horticultural value of these worm castings, which cost on average $1.30 per pound on eBay. Their only cost to me is the labor charge of hiring guys to go out in the woods and fill bags of castings whose purpose I never make clear, given the prohibition that is in effect here.
