Oregon State University Extension Service master gardener Larry Steele recommends the rich nutrition of red-worm manure, also known as castings.

Compost and vermicompost tea are safe foliar treatments for plants. You can brew a batch by filling a 5-gallon bucket with water, adding a cup or two of compost, and letting it sit for 24 hours.

In addition to worm castings and worm castings compost tea, Natural State Fertilizer sells red wigglers to start your own worm compost and bags of biochar as a soil amendment.

At Mulhall’s, horticulturist Woody Wood is using molasses, kelp and worm castings in place of compost. Molasses adds a pure food source to the soil (and makes it smell good), while kelp ...

Three to five days prior to the aeration process, add 2 tablespoons of microbe “food” such as ground oatmeal, soybean meal, fish emulsion or worm castings to the compost.

News Worms are a gardener’s best friend: how to vermicompost food scraps inside your house Published: Dec. 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

This type of composting uses worms to recycle food scraps and other organic materials into a much sought-after soil amendment called vermicompost, or worm castings.

Vermicomposting, or worm composting, uses red wiggler worms to break down compost, food scraps and other organic materials, creating castings -- a nutrient-rich organic fertilizer that improves ...