Urbane Wildlife
Worm Composting Becomes Big Business
They’re a bit nasty, I know. But fishermen aren’t the only ones to have fallen in love with the wriggling nightmare fuel that is the earthworm. Gardening operations around the country find that not only are worms capable of chewing up and spitting out some of the finest compost you can buy, but growers really do want to buy it—the worms, their castings, and everything between. And the stuff is said to work:
“The typical loss rate in the early 2000s for grape vine plantings was 25 percent, but with a trial application rate of one cup of vermicompost per plant, only two of 400 plants were lost at the vineyard located on the Worm Farm. A famous Napa vineyard using vermicompost planted two acres of vines, and had no vine loss whatsoever.”
If Treehugger is right, it sounds like you might want to look into the slimy side of gardening. Just be aware of possible caveats to the process. — MN
(Source: decodeencode, via nybg)
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They’re a bit nasty, I know. But fishermen aren’t the only ones to have fallen in love with the wriggling nightmare fuel...
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