A bit of warning, you may consider reading this when you’re not having breakfast. I’ll cut to the chase Joe, worm castings are worm poop or worm manure to be more “proper.” And you can make your very own with worm composting.
Photo credit LeahLhey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If it smells bad, stay on the safe side and don’t use it.Worm Castings. If the tea ever smells putrid, you may accidentally have encouraged bad, anaerobic microbes. When using worm casting tea, be on the lookout for bad smells. If you submerge a fish tank bubbler in the tea and let it brew for 24 to 72 hours, you can aerate it and greatly increase the number of microorganisms. If you add 2 tablespoons (30 ml.) of sugar (unsulfured molasses or corn syrup works as well), you’ll provide a food source for and encourage the growth of beneficial microorganisms. You can also follow a worm casting tea recipe that’s a little more complicated but more beneficial. To make steeping a little neater, you can make a tea bag for your casting using an old tee shirt or stocking. Use it right away, though, as it will go bad if left longer than 48 hours. Dilute it in a 1:3 tea to water ratio and water your plants with it. Let it soak overnight– by morning the liquid should have a weak brown color.Īpplying a worm casting tea is easy. Place the casting in a five-gallon (19 L.) bucket and fill it with water. Simply scoop a few handfuls of worm casting from your bin (make sure not to bring any worms along). The most basic is very easy and works well. There are a few ways to make worm-casting tea for plants.
Keep reading to learn more about how to make worm casting tea. The result is a very useful all-natural liquid fertilizer that can be diluted and used to water plants. Worm casting tea is what you get when you steep some of your castings in water, just like you would steep tea leaves. It is, essentially, worm poop, but it’s loaded with nutrients your plants need. The resulting compost is often called worm castings and it’s what the worms have cast off as they eat the scraps you feed them. It’s easy (the worms do most of the work) and extremely good for your plants. Vermicomposting is the creation of nutritious compost using worms.
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