How do I apply worm castings in my gardens?
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Another layer of bedding, watered. This helps keep the fruit flies from breeding, as they need light with their fruit.
This is how you feed your worms – add a layer of garbage (or a smaller patch in a corner), cover with bedding (or move the existing bedding around), make sure it’s moist, you’re done.
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Question by Ashley A: How do I apply worm castings in my gardens?
I have a vegetable garden and a garden with lush foliage (elephant ears, ferns, umbrella plants, purple jew, and other lush ground-cover). I will have worm castings in about a month and I’m curious as to how I need to apply the castings. Do I just throw it onto the surface of the dirt in the garden bed? Do I have to dig holes and bury the castings? What’s the best way to use them?
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Use it like any other soil conditioner or additive (peat moss, compost, etc.)
You mix it with the native soil when you plant, or if your plants are already in the ground, you can carefully mix a bit into the surface soil to the side of a plant (side dressing).
Cat
December 10, 2011 at 12:38 am
Place them on top of the soil and then you use a hand tiller to mix them with the soil
Mike B
December 10, 2011 at 1:02 am