Should I compost worms or buy organic fertilizer?
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My friend thinks I should just buy a gallon of fertilizer for $ 45 than just composting worms in my worm bin. He said it takes too much effort for what you get when you can have a gallon that would last probably a year for a backyard garden.
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3 Responses to Should I compost worms or buy organic fertilizer?
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Compost will save you money in the future, but organic fertilizer will be faster.
Mommy Dearest
January 31, 2012 at 7:23 pm
you won’t burn anything with the worms
pawsalot
January 31, 2012 at 8:21 pm
I say as a long time organic farmer you need both. Unlike non Organic growing, you need a multifaceted approach to soil fertility.
The worm castings are wonderful food for your soil, so is compost (and you should have a couple of compost piles working along with the worm farm that produces worm castings.) you should also be planting cover crops that are there to be grown than turned into the soil and if you have not yet done a soil test you should do so (do not use the kits they sell at the box stores as they are wildly inaccurate as most people do not use them correctly because they do not use distilled water and if any other water is used than the results will be way off) your county extension agent should have information as to who does soil testing (they may, though fewer and fewer extension services do this any longer and they test for the not Organic farms so you have to make your own interpretation of the test and what remedies to use). A good soil test costs around $ 25 and is worth every penny.
My favorite liquid fertilizer is Maxi-crop, a water soluble kelp powder. You can buy an 11 ounce can of it for around $ 25 and it will make something like 50 gallons of juice. And because it is a powder it has a very long shelf life. if you buy a gallon of a liquid fertilizer you have about 4 to 6 months to use it all up before it becomes junk.
Ohiorganic
January 31, 2012 at 9:18 pm