When if comes to fertilizing your home garden or commercial farm, worm castings are what everyone is talking about! Not just in Orlando, Florida, but everywhere in the world. But what’s the difference, some say they are grown organically, vermicompost, while other claim to be ‘certified organic’ and pure black castings.
What’s in your Worm Castings?
If you are choosing to fertilize your garden or landscape with worm castings it is important to know what is in the product and what you should expect.
Pure Black Castings
In the world of worm castings, pure black castings are the gold standard! They are 99.9% pure worm castings, OMRI listed and certified organic. A certified OMRI fertilizer label (Organic Materials Review Institute) indicates the producer goes through top of the line quality control and painstaking measures to ensure only the best products are produced and sold. Safe for your plants, your family and the environment. It is the purest on the market and highly concentrated, a little goes a long way.
Vermicompost
Vermicompost has a smaller concentration of worm castings. Though an excellent soil amendment for any garden or farm, it will need additional applications.
Worm Castings
If it doesn’t say pure, though it may have a high concentration of castings, it will also contain a significant amount of organic material.
Grown Organically and Certified Organic
When purchasing worm castings don’t get confused between those grown organically, lacking certification (meaning they may not conform to the standards set) or certified organic. The certification that the product is organic provides the customer with the knowledge they are purchasing a truly ‘organic’ and conforms to the very high standards set by the organic certification board, ensuring the product is free from harmful poisons and toxic chemicals. It is very difficult to achieve and maintain this certification, especially for fertilizers.
As a leader in the industry, Vermitechnology Unlimited is your source for certified OMRI fertilizers derived from black casting, worm farming and composting supplies. For over 40 years we have been providing quality products for wholesalers, distributors, retailers, growers and hobbyists.