Comments on: Cristy Christie in the News! https://www.redwormcomposting.com/announcements/cristy-christie-in-the-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cristy-christie-in-the-news WAY Too Much Fun With Worms! Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:22:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/announcements/cristy-christie-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-32020 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:22:55 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=4598#comment-32020 Hi Pam,
“Wet and mushy” castings are indeed normal for the average home worm bin (namely, the plastic enclosed variety).
Letting them dry out a bit can be valuable since it helps them to stabilize some more. Oxygen is very important for development of high quality worm castings, and unfortunately most plastic bins do not provide enough.

That being said, the stuff that comes from your worm bin can still be very valuable vermicompost – don’t get me wrong!

As for losing nutrients – while some can certainly be lost during drying, the key is always to make it a gradual process (drying) and not leave the material exposed to the elements (sun, rain etc).

]]> By: Pam J. https://www.redwormcomposting.com/announcements/cristy-christie-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-32018 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:13:44 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=4598#comment-32018 I noticed that the castings were very dry, or appeared to be dry. When I harvest my castings they are always, of course, very wet and mushy, which I think is normal. Do people usually let the castings dry out as shown in this video before adding to the soil? I always add my castings directly to my soil, before they dry out. Wouldn’t the drying process cause the castings to lose some of their nutrients?

]]> By: John Duffy https://www.redwormcomposting.com/announcements/cristy-christie-in-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-30713 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:30:12 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=4598#comment-30713 That was some good looking VC!…Gotta get that girlie-girl news caster to get some ‘dirt’ under her nails. 😉

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