http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-castings/worm-castings-vs-vermicompost-whats-the-diff/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-castings/worm-castings-vs-vermicompost-whats-the-diff/comment-page-1/#comment-6764 Bentley Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:11:18 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-castings/worm-castings-vs-vermicompost-whats-the-diff/#comment-6764 Heya, Shawn! Thanks for popping by a sharing your thoughts. Great info! You are definitely right about the need for more scientific testing as well. Hopefully, as the use of vermicompost becomes more popular, we'll see an increase in the number of researchers taking an interest in it. 8) Heya, Shawn! Thanks for popping by a sharing your thoughts. Great info!
You are definitely right about the need for more scientific testing as well. Hopefully, as the use of vermicompost becomes more popular, we’ll see an increase in the number of researchers taking an interest in it.

]]> http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-castings/worm-castings-vs-vermicompost-whats-the-diff/comment-page-1/#comment-6763 Shawn (worm power guy) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:24:26 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-castings/worm-castings-vs-vermicompost-whats-the-diff/#comment-6763 Bentley - great article. It is definitely a topic worth discussing (as it comes up all the time). From a product liability standpoint - it’s very difficult to call anything 100% nowadays without some level of worry or misrepresentation (as it should). In my mind, premium vermicompost should contain a large percentage of castings - combined with the undigested portions of the composted (quality controlled compost) material that the worms thrived in (i.e. from the same system). The goal should be to produce a material that contains beneficial biological, chemical and structural properties (the building blocks of great soil). Some level of diversity in the finished material (such as that in vermicompost) would be required to meet these three (3) criteria. Also – regarding the lack of standards, you hit the nail on the head. This plagues the industry from hitting that credibility mark. What needs to continue is real scientific testing (like that happening at Cornell University and others) to determine what mechanisms or combination of mechanisms make vermicompost / worm casting material work as great as they do. Bentley – great article. It is definitely a topic worth discussing (as it comes up all the time). From a product liability standpoint – it’s very difficult to call anything 100% nowadays without some level of worry or misrepresentation (as it should). In my mind, premium vermicompost should contain a large percentage of castings – combined with the undigested portions of the composted (quality controlled compost) material that the worms thrived in (i.e. from the same system). The goal should be to produce a material that contains beneficial biological, chemical and structural properties (the building blocks of great soil). Some level of diversity in the finished material (such as that in vermicompost) would be required to meet these three (3) criteria. Also – regarding the lack of standards, you hit the nail on the head. This plagues the industry from hitting that credibility mark. What needs to continue is real scientific testing (like that happening at Cornell University and others) to determine what mechanisms or combination of mechanisms make vermicompost / worm casting material work as great as they do.

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