In the below experiment photo, I used worm castings. These were obtained from my worm bins using a 1/8″ screen to sort the castings form the vermicompost mix. The difference between worm castings and vermicompost is that vermicompost is a composition of decomposed material mixed with worm castings. Either is super beneficial for plants which I plan to prove with my worm casting garden experiment.

I took five different types of seeds, Black Beauty Egg Plant, Cantaloupe, Cherry Tomatoes, Big Boy Tomatoes and Roma Tomatoes and planted each in a variation from 0%, 10%, 50% and 100% worm castings mixed with plain composted humus made from yard waste. The photo below displays my method of madness As the experiment continues over the following weeks I will update here on the site. Be sure to bookmark this site so as you can keep abreast of the latest updates.

Keep in mind this is not a controlled experiment which would separate each of the plants to prevent cross contamination from one another. However, for my needs this will be accurate enough to show the difference not only in the plant growth, but we will display root growth once the plants have evolved enough to be transplanted directly to the garden.

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