Organic Black Worm Castings have the amazing ability to make plants more resistant to disease and insects, help them grow bigger and healthier, improve soil texture, retain water, detoxify the soil of heavy metals, and increases microbial richness and diversity.
The addition of black worm castings to your garden or farm can make the difference between a productive, healthy crop and one with continuous problems.
Water Restrictions are Everywhere
Black worm castings allows the soil to retain water. Which means your plants will be able to absorb water when they need it and because each casting is coated with calcium, nutrients are time released. Valuable microbes and nutrients are not washed away as with most synthetic fertilizers.
The intestinal wall of the worm produces a mucus that assists with a desired balance of moisture in the soil, it also improves the soil’s capacity to hold water while increasing the rate the soil can absorb water and how long the soil will hold the water. By retaining moisture in the soil, worm casting can reduce irrigation costs by up to 50%.
Increase Microorganisms in the Soil
The digestive process of the earthworm, “is a really nice incubator for microorganisms,” said Norman Q. Arancon, an assistant professor of horticulture at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Significantly improving the condition of the soil.
“And these microbes, which multiply rapidly when they are excreted, alter the ecosystem of the soil. Some make nitrogen more available to plant roots, accounting for the increased growth. The high diversity and numbers of microbes outperform those in the soil that cause disease. By contrast, Dr. Arancon said, soil that has been heavily exposed to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides lacks microbial richness and diversity, qualities that can be restored naturally by adding the microbes from worms.” New York Times article Worms Produce Another Type of Gold for Growers.
“It’s interesting and complicated,” said Rhonda Sherman, an extension specialist at North Carolina State University. Worm castings contain properties that differ from manure or fertilizer.
Orlando, Florida based Vermitechnology has the capability of replacing harmful chemical fertilizers in farms and residential gardens across the World. It has the potential of producing 40% more crops than those produced with synthetic fertilizers and it’s about 75% less expensive, while using less water for irrigation.
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