Comments on: Vermi-Terrarium – 06-13-22 https://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/vermi-terrarium-06-13-22/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vermi-terrarium-06-13-22 WAY Too Much Fun With Worms! Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/vermi-terrarium-06-13-22/comment-page-1/#comment-1052093 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:19:20 +0000 https://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=514043#comment-1052093 Hi Carol!
You make an excellent point about old seeds – can only imagine how many ancient seed packets I have lying around. This is a great idea!
As for the packets – I myself tend to steer clear of the glossy colored stuff, but those more-natural looking kraft paper (etc) types of packets would be great!
Good question about when to turn the plants into food. I am thinking it makes good sense to let them reach a decent size so as to gain some photosynthesis benefits – this should also help to ensure that the seed shells are getting opened up enough.
I actually love sunflower greens – easily one of my favorites so far. But in this case they aren’t really being grown in a way that produces a crop I’d want to eat (they are under plastic with lots of rotting plant matter in the same zone). Once I’ve had my fun with the kale plants I may actually try growing the sunflower greens more actively in this same system – perhaps this could evolve into a sort of “bottom-less” greens growing system. We shall see.
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]]> By: Carol K. https://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/vermi-terrarium-06-13-22/comment-page-1/#comment-1052091 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:59:20 +0000 https://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=514043#comment-1052091 Oh, hey Bentley – great thoughts and it gives me an idea of what to do with my way-out-of-date packets of garden seeds (flowers, herbs, veggies) that I no longer had a lot of faith in for planting. And anyway, we sooner or later will be moving where I won’t be able to have much of a garden (containers only) so I’ve been gradually going through & tossing the contents of many of my seed packets (many 10-15 years old!!) and adding the paper packets to our recycling. Over the winter I had begun pitching the seeds outdoors on an old tabletop, figuring at least maybe the birds would get something out of them. Well, come spring, the ground around the edges of the table began sprouting an assortment of salad stuff — radishes, lettuce, etc. – so I guess the birds did not eat the all, and many of the seeds were not all too old after all! LOL
But now I know what to do with all the rest of the scores of leftover, partially-used packets of seeds! Actually, I suppose I could soak the packets without bothering to remove the seeds and let the herd devour the paper as well — or would the ink printed on the packages be a possible toxin? Hmmm…
Of course, soil fauna must be programmed NOT to eat seeds, nor actively growing plants… how would plants spread otherwise? At what point do plants & roots become fodder? Must go back and re-read your post!

And your mention of sunflowers reminded me of this website I’d come across recently. You can eat your little sunflower seedlings along with your other microgreens! https://www.livestrong.com/article/483234-how-to-eat-sunflower/
Your experiments and discoveries always are very interesting, Bentley – thanks a bunch!
Carol (in central Ohio)

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