Comments on: A Tale of Three Vermicomposts

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:49:56 +0000

Sorry Marty – I keep getting my response order mixed up! lol
I would say the two systems were fed in a fairly similar manner, but I think the key is that the Worm Inn vermicompost was allowed to “cure” properly, while the WF-360 stuff was not.
I definitely need to try this again, making sure to operate both of those systems properly before collecting vermicompost.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:45:36 +0000

In reply to Kevin Pearson. Sounds great, Kevin! No wonder this vermicomposting stuff ends up becoming so addictive, eh?? lol

By: Kevin Pearson

Kevin Pearson — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:43:50 +0000

This is very interesting Bentley. I always wondered how my rabbit waste fed worms compares to other systems. I do know that I have never had okra like I have it this year. All my plants are aggressive producers and are already over 7 feet tall. We are cutting okra every 1-2 days and the area I am growing them in is about 18 inches deep in worm castings and rabbit waste.

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:31:16 +0000

Bentley,

I’m looking forward to the results of your experiments. This is truly going to show some interesting results. Question – was the WF-360 and Worm Inn both ‘fed’ similar types of food? Interesting to see how much more moisture is in the WF vs. the Worm Inn. I’ve seen similar results in my WF and thought maybe it was too wet (visually), but when you run it through your hands it does crumble up quite nicely. The WF vericompost also looks a lot more earthy verse the others.

Marty

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:38:06 +0000

Hi Dave,
I have three control pots for my main experiment (as mentioned), but you’re right – there were no controls for my two additional “fun” trials. They are mostly just for comparing the vermicomposts to one another in terms of plant growth.
BUT…now that I think about it, I would like to have a control pot to compare with the 100% vermicompost pots! Will set that up today.
Thanks for the nudge!

By: Dave Pawson

Dave Pawson — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:43:41 +0000

Where’s the ‘control’ plant pot? Add another one, plain ‘black earth’ to
see if yours are any improvement at all over a vanilla grown plant?

[At least that’s what they do in the gardening program plant trials]

Dave