Worm Composting » root system http://wormcompostingblog.com Home of Organic Worm Farm. Worm composting, red wriggler worms, worm bins, raising red worms and more. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:25:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Worm Castings Advance Root Growth http://wormcompostingblog.com/gardening/worm-castings-advance-root-growth/ http://wormcompostingblog.com/gardening/worm-castings-advance-root-growth/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 21:17:17 +0000 Bruce http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=25 I was working in my garden today and found something totally amazing. While looking over my summer squash seedlings I notice the root system over growing the pots I used to start them in. Now the reason I was amazed is the fact I added only 5% worm castings to some compost I made out of yard waste as well as a little peat moss. Keep in mind the seedling picture below is of a six day old plant. It actually broke ground just six days ago and yet the root system was hanging out of the bottom of the starter cup by at least 5 inches.

Anyway thought some of you would appreciate the photo as I did the best I could while holding the plant in one hand and taking a photo with the other :-)

I will post more on my comparison with different amounts of worm castings as the seeds germinate…

Bruce

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