If the bedding is too concentrated with castings and broken down, the worms will do more than stop breeding. Examine your worm growing situation and see if any apply to you. Here's a question I recently received and this is a frequently question:Ī: There are a few reasons worm can stop making babies. So even if you're doing it just for the worms, also plan on marketing this wonderful soil amendment and fertilizer for extra cash. Your going to have lots of vermicompost and worm castings from growing your worms. The results gardeners get is proof enough and you can point out the differences in your sales presentations. However, you can refine your vermicompost down to a high concentration of worm castings, limit the moisture and you're sure to beat a lot of so-called worm castings sellers out there who are basically selling wet compost. Frankly, there are products out there that are 99.9% pure and that concentration is almost impossible for the average worm farmer to achieve. Getting pure or nearly pure castings is not that easy and it takes a while. Application rates are lower for worm castings than for vermi-compost because of the higher nutritional content. It should be on the dry side (so folks aren't buying water) and should have a minimal amount of undigested organic material in order to justify the price. Worm castings, being all or mostly all worm poop, demands a higher price than vermicompost. Vermicompost is great,however, for soil tilth improvement, microbe content and some worm poop mixed in. Worm poop is more than a soil amendment, though. You can sell both and both are excellent soil amendments. Vermi-compost is compost with a lot (or not so much) worm castings included. Worm castings are just that - all poop and no undigested bedding or organic material. It's benefits are catching on fast as gardeners learn about it's soil health benefits and the positive effect it has on the environment. Some worm farmers are only interested in producing this wonderful fertilizer. Number three on our list is "Worm Castings" or, if you prefer, "Worm Poop".
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