Can You Grow Plants in 100% Worm Castings?
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- Yes, you definitely can grow in 100% castings and in this video I show you exactly how I have been doing it and the results I have been getting at home.
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I even strike cuttings in water with worm castings.
Take a look at the video and let me know what you think in the comments box below,, maybe you have had some experience with that too, be great to hear about it.
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G'day from Australia my friends. Please feel free to leave your questions below on this subject.
Looking forward to hearing from you all.
Happy Gardening
Marty Ware
Thank you, this video means a lot.
Thanks for confirming what I suspected because I have had all kinds of seeds sprouting on their own in the worm bin even dates which I have now planted out. I will try this.
Your welcome😀
He’s talking to us like we are kids and idk why but it’s so comforting lol
It's because he has kids and has learned the best way to be like a good dad does....and also our bodies get old an die we just learn to behave LIKE adults....most ppl do anyway....but a lot are just plain adhd asbo kids in adult bodies :))
I feel a sense of security listening to him talk.
Sorry, for my late reply. Have you checked out my latest vlogs. I think you would like them and find them fun. 😀
Hi Marty, I grew my last batch of microgreens in straight casting as I was too lazy to go to the house and lug the big bag of potting soil, LOL. It worked great. I also had a volunteer tomato in my worm bin that is over 4 ft tall now. So plants grow very well in just worm castings.
I am also working on a system to replant in the same soil and the first results are great. Thanks for all you do.
Hi Papa, I find around 10-20% worm casts works the best mixed in with a potting or compost..Thanks for sharing your results and story here and your support
Another awesome video that not only informs but encourages.
God bless you and Karin always.
Thanks so much my friend, that's what it all about educating, inspiring with a twist of Marty thrown in for good measure.
Karin is coming up in a video at the end of the week,,I think you will love that one.
Lots of love
Marty & Karin
That's great, looking forward to seeing Karin in a video - it's been ages.
Edit: Marty a lot of us mums love seeing her.
Yes, I enjoy having her in the vids when I can too@@restawhileyall1781
That's awesome! I can't wait to start adding worm castings to my garden next year. I'm going to try my hand at growing inside and outside under a hoop house this winter. Maybe I'll have castings for those too. Thanks for sharing.
Your welcome LP, thanks for watching😀
Love your enthusiasm, I love my garden and worm farm too
Thanks Ella
I was looking for this answer for a long time...thanks ! 👍
You are welcome
I just discovered you and have now subscribed. Thanks for sharing this with us!
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Loving your channel. Just harvested some castings and topped off my tomatoes. Can't wait to get some more. Keep it up. Hope you catch some good waves soon!
Hi Nathanael,,,its cool harvesting castings,,,black gold. Thanks for the feedback on my videos. I really appreciate it.
I have more vids coming about worms, compost and growing food at home.
New series being launched next week on outdoor worm farming.
Have a nice day
Marty
ps: Not much surf around, but the waters warm
Thanks Marty, I wasn't expecting a first, and last name, but things are bouncing back very fast after transplanting in aquaponic natural worm castings :D
Top stuff Kevin
Blessings from Toronto
Hi Svern😀
Thank you for sharing
My pleasure
Really interesting rooting cutting in water with work casting.
Hi Digger, thanks matey. I think so too. I plan to trial more plants this way and this how they go.
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment
Cheers
Marty
I've noticed for myself that when i plant cuttings in soil that contained cow manure and earthworm free soil, every nematode, fungus and bacteria and their mother destroyed and rotted my cuttings within days to weeks, even plants known to root quickly. But when i plant cuttings in the worm castings from under my mango tree, i have an almost 100% survival rate. Even cuttings that aren't supposed to be watered often like rosemary are rooting in direct rain. I even got trees that root poorly and are grafted like citrus and those grown from seed like soursop to root within two months. Something about the microbial ecosystem created by the earthworms protected and fed my cuttings nutrients.
Yes, the microbes protect the root zones from Nematodes and promote root growth. Thanks for sharing your experience here with me and the community Loseni. Hopefully see you at a live show. They are every Saturday 9.30am Sydney Australia time. 😀
i desire to raise worms as well as grow my own organic food. I love this video! Thank you. And thanks for acknowledging our Creator.
Hi Elbert, lots more content here on the channel to get you started. Bless you brother
martysgarden Yay I like what you do. Please continue.
Yes I’m growing my tomato plant in it that started in my worm bin then took it out because it got to big now in a nice big pot
That's awesome Danny! Hope it grows well for you
Of course plants grow just great in worm castings. Only issue is that it's expensive and wasteful to not mix in some amount of other soil or dirt, even sand. But the castings themselves should provide more nutrients and microbes than any plant should need.
As for growing in water with some castings in the bottom, that's pretty similar to aquaponics but in aquaponics the manure is generally from some other source like aquarium fish. Worm castings is worm manure, and so should work just fine, too until all available nutrients are used up.
10% in Compost is my recommendation
Hi from uk. Got 5 worm bins on the go. Went a bit mad. Wanted to ask this question about castings.👍
Hi open minded, thanks for watching my latest video. I will have an update on these plants and others that I a growing using worm castings.
My plants are growing like crazy,,,they love it when mixed in with a quality organic potting mix and a bit of compost.
Have an awesome day
Marty Ware
@@martysgarden I have done experiments in the past with tomms. I had chickens so chicken poo all went in the compost bin with kitchen and garden scraps. The worms munched it all. worm castings/ garden compost vs shop bought compost. No match! My mix doubled the plants yield at least. Not tried seeds in 100% worm castings, I've jus sieved about 40 ltrs of compost/worm castings from my outside composter/wormery. So gonna try this week! Thanks, looking forward to the updates. 👍🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Awesome, they do great when mixed in around the where the roots appear,,I seem to get way healthier plants like this,,,getting a good start to life@@nickthegardener.1120
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Thank you, much appreciated
ive got papaya experiment goin soil vs compost vs both and both looks healthiest, soil is small and compost is big but somethin not right and i think it doesnt have enough silicon or something or maybe just too wet
Hmm okay,,,some rock minerals maybe!
Question , someone’s is selling me 3 bags of warm castings, ( 75 .oo $) do you think I can use it besides my veggies also in my lawn for a better please let me know as soon as on as you can🙏
Thanks Marty, that was awesome to watch. I'm definitely going to be getting into microgreens :)
Hi Katherine,,,microgreens are so great. Since I grew my first batch I have never stopped.
If you can find the time it's really fun to grow a mother plant, then grow microgreens from the seeds collected,,,tasty and satisfying.
Have a lovely day
Marty
@@martysgarden Thanks Marty - can't wait to get this side of gardening going :) could you please recommend somewhere to buy the seeds online? I've googled but being a beginner I have no idea if it'll be a good place to buy from or not. Thanks again for your videos - much appreciated :)
Greenharvest has very good seeds. @@lovecraftwithme
@@martysgarden Thank you :)
Hi Marty. This was a very helpful video. Can you give more tips about growing cuttings? I haven't had much success growing cuttings in water - no sun? too much sun? algae? change the water? I'm not sure what is best! Sure would appreciate your advice! Thank you and hello from San Diego!
Hi Lisa, sorry for the slow reply. I will do my best to throw it into a vlog if I can when I pot the plants on my window!
Good info Marty, weed growing here has been all the rage. Castings with soil all organic seems normal to grow, simple soil as the medium, some perlite and off we grow,,
I here it's taking off in different parts of the globe now
@@martysgarden yes , I live in Maine and legal for person to grow in home or outside but only 3 plants at a time. I am one of them.
We appreciate your green thumb info, I am tempted to grow a red cabbage indoors, but can go down street super market , they have lots and lots of all veggies readily available. Great vids, learned, thanks
hi Marty II have a question for you and I hope you can help .I have just started a small worm farm and not sure about worm casting . In the tray were all the worms live do you call that worm casting or is worm casting what drops through into the bottom tray ? Thanks Marty I have learned a lot from your teaching on worm farming thanks a great show to watch . Thanks Tina
Hi Tina, the castings form in the tray as the worms eat the bedding and food. I suggest you do the level 3 Worm Wranglers course here on my channel in the members area. It's been highly discounted now and will teach you all to know in this area. I go quite deep into castings and harvesting the farms.
I plan to roll out the second course later too, Starting Organic Seedlings A Beginners Guide,,which teaches you how to grow with the castings.
Have a lovely day and stay safe 😀
Marty
Great test. I have 4 bins going and soon to start bin 5 and 6, Castings are amazing and I agree with you that though plants can grow well in strait castings, I would prefer other growing mediums. Blessings.
G'day Jim,,4 bins and 5 maybe 6 more WOW,,now that's cranking up the numbers.
Blessings to you my friend.
Keep me posted on how your worms are going here,,,
Happy Worming Farming
Marty Ware
Getting amazing results with 50% castings 40% coco 5/5% perlite and vermiculite
Cool kratkey experiment ...do it in a dark pot cos u kno roots n light :) hope to see more of that one ))
Ok thanks!
Wow, great video. Do you think this could work for succulents and cacti too?
Yes, I use 10% in my succulent mix😀
Its very nice for a test like this but it is a bit of overkill for castings. I did a similar test years ago on the net of 2 similar plants , one with casting the other without. A couple months later the noticable thing was the casting plant leaves were much larger that the other plant, plus it was half again taller.
This was more to prove a point not waste your castings,,10% is more than enough
Marty, I have a question about the chocolate mint you were growing in water and casting. People that grow this way would usually buy hydroponic plant food to add to the water, would the worm castings be a viable substitute to buying plant food?
For sure it's free and more sustainable. I plan to do a video on this subject real soon and will answer this question for you more deeply.
@@martysgarden Nice, I'm looking forward to that.
Could you grow tomatoes in worm bins? (35gal)
I know you started one but did it produce fruit?
Hi Bennet, yes you can for sure. I can't remember how mine did before, so long ago and too many plants to remember hehe😀
@@martysgarden thank-you for replying. Since I'm not harvesting my castings I'm directly growing into my worm bins. (trying to keep it simple I'm 25 and never grown anything but I've been studying for just about 2 years now)
Good to know. Thanks! It's warming up where I am and I want to get things moving along. I have a worm bin that my daughter didn't have any luck with before. Might just order some castings from someone local. Me (aka GrannieAnnieF). : )
I think it's worth starting it off again,,,the worm farm that is. You might enjoy it Ann
Either way,,15 to 20% mixed into the top of a pot makes a huge difference.
Hope you're keeping well?
Lots of love
Marty & Karin
@@martysgarden Yes, in already looking for local work farmers. I thought you said to put the castings near the roots?
Yes, around the root system,,sorry to confuse you@@annwithaplan9766
Hey mate beginner here. Why would you dry out worm castings? Doesn't that kill off a lot of the beneficial microbes?
I probably should off been more clear. You want them about halfway dry for the best results. I cover this more in my worm farming course Starting A Worm Farm A Beginners Guide which can be found here on my channel. The link is here if it interests you. ruclips.net/channel/UCnPkv-JUX4Pqn_LYbykzAtwjoin
Have a nice day and stay safe
Marty 😀
Do you think I could plant silverbeet seedlings into 100% castings? Would it be okay?
Yes, but usually ten % with compost or a seed raising mix is enough
ta. would 10% worm castings mixed in with commercial spent mushroom compost supply enough nutrients for the plants?
if you can germinate in it, you can grow in it, at least so far as hotness is concerned...blessings to all
i did NOT know all worm castings would work, Also a Dingo did NOT eat my baby! hahaha
Long time ago, that Dingo
deffinatly make it an over time thing cause too much organic matter doesnt kick in till it compacts apparently
Yes, the fine particles could compact a lot more,,,non sifted has a blocky structure so grows better plants.
But overall,,as mentioned in the video,,,it's overkill growing this way.
Just a fun experiment.
Happy Gardening
Marty
gday marty do you grow worms for fishing do you sell these worms and is that worm farm same as compost worm farm could you make a worm farm strictly for fishing worms please
Hi Dc, I have never done the fishing worm thing. They use mostly night crawler worms as they are bigger
@@martysgarden thanks mate
This is something I try to tell everyone I know.
Whoa whoa don't knock nematodes! They are essential for a healthy soil cycle!
Does it stink much?
No smell
I have experienced nutrient burn in seedlings using a 30% content of worm castings. Using 100% worm castings....probably not a great idea.
That seems odd that you experienced that Paul,,however I believe it's a waste just growing in castings alone. 10 to 20% mixed into another medium gets the best results for me.
Thank you for sharing
My pleasure