| Author | Content |
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a)
 January 30, 2008 6:59 PM Post #4474283
| Thanks for your patience - here it is! |
margaran
(Maggie) Jacksonvill, FL (Zone 9a)
January 30, 2008 8:24 PM Post #4474614
| YEAH!!!!! Thanks Terry & Dave!!!
Maggie |
doccat5
Fredericksburg, VA (Zone 7b)
January 30, 2008 8:28 PM Post #4474636
| Yippeee!!!! Worms Rule!!! |
dguimo
Pioneer, CA
January 30, 2008 10:04 PM Post #4475048
| Just the girl worms right? According to my grandaughter "girls rule and boy's drool". LOL |
FlowrLady
-South Central-, IL (Zone 6a)
January 30, 2008 10:08 PM Post #4475060
| This is a wriggly prospect! Thanks for listening to us... again! :) |
doccat5
Fredericksburg, VA (Zone 7b)
January 30, 2008 10:09 PM Post #4475064
| Well, that's an interesting question especially with worms since they are hermaphrodites, unless one end is arguing with the other...grin
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msrobin
Caneyville, KY (Zone 6b)
January 30, 2008 10:18 PM Post #4475096
| Thanks Terry and Dave! |
Gymgirl
SE Houston (Hobby), TX (Zone 9a)
January 31, 2008 9:10 PM Post #4479515
| Ummm, can we have a worm masthead for this thread? What? No? ok... |
Mibus2
(Phyllis) Flint,, TX (Zone 7b)
February 1, 2008 4:33 AM Post #4481207
| Super ...Thanks Dave and Terry and everyone that requested we have this forum!!!!!
doccat5...ya never knwo they just might argue then gee what a topic to discuss LOL
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mraider3
Helena, MT
February 2, 2008 4:06 AM Post #4484939
| Nice going vermies...this should be great fun.
Want to throw out a couple of questions here for those of you who use worm casings for you plants. I have a small lab oven which I can use to sterilize my worm casings for germination mixes at (200 degrees F for 20 minutes).
Q1. I have read in a DG composting thread that heat in excess of 200 degrees F can release toxins to plants. Can anyone elaborate on this?
Q2. I use spent media from my worm bins for potting soil mixes without heating because I feel the nutrient value can be lost during the sterilization process. Some of my worm food comes from peelings like bannanas, oranges, and store bought tomatoes in the winter. I'm concerned about introducing pathogens or fungi which might be dormant in the vermiculture media. In goinging through some DG threads I read about using Hydrogen Peroxide as an inexpensive sterilizer. Thought about grating some spent media and placing it in a 1-gallon plastic coffee container, adding some H2O2, and shaking it up. Leave the lid on for a day or two and used it. Logic tells me this would be an acceptable means of sterilizing without diminishing nutriet value. Any thoughts?
m |
mqiq77
Danielsville, GA (Zone 7b)
February 6, 2008 12:14 AM Post #4499968
| Glad for this fourm, this is my compost secerate.I am a hot pile convert. |
jester
San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b)
February 6, 2008 10:14 PM Post #4504018
| horray Worms! |
lonejack
Longview, WA (Zone 8b)
February 20, 2008 4:25 PM Post #4564421
| Mraider3, I don't know if peroxide is any better. It kills a lot of the good stuff along with the bad stuff you want to get rid of.
My sister was really into worms and did a lot of research. She has told me that in India that they use worm composting toilets and use the castings as fertilizer. The worms convert the bad stuff in the poo to good stuff in their castings. I don't think you would have too much to worry about if you used only the castings.
I left a hyperlink to a pass-through worm bin on another thread here it is again.
http://sunnyjohn.com/photos/devices_tools/dt_worm_barrel/ind...
His servant, Paul. |
Dean_W
Cedar Park, TX (Zone 8b)
February 24, 2008 8:24 PM Post #4582734
| I don't think you have to sterlize worm castings??? |
