Comments on: Directions For Using Worm Castings http://wormcompostingblog.com/worm-castings/directions-for-using-worm-castings/ Helpful information on worm composting and vermiculture. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:53:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruce http://wormcompostingblog.com/worm-castings/directions-for-using-worm-castings/comment-page-1/#comment-4063 Bruce Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:56:25 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=152#comment-4063 Jeremy If using a 100 gallon pump you should have plenty of oxygen going in. One thing we add is a system by Fish Flo which enables us to add even more oxygen, however would not say it is required. The reason being our pumps only pump air which is 21% oxygen. The refillable tanks we use are 97% oxygen and the stones produce a very small bubble... more like a mist. To grow the bacteria, you will want about 10 teaspoons a day in a 55 gallon drum of unsulphured molasses which will be the food for exponentially increasing the bacteria population. At the same time, I would recommend a liquid form of seaweed or kelp which will not increase the population of the fungi, however will feed them during the process permitting them to grow. You can use about 3-4 teaspoons of this per day in a 55 gallon drum. Bruce Jeremy

If using a 100 gallon pump you should have plenty of oxygen going in. One thing we add is a system by Fish Flo which enables us to add even more oxygen, however would not say it is required. The reason being our pumps only pump air which is 21% oxygen. The refillable tanks we use are 97% oxygen and the stones produce a very small bubble… more like a mist.

To grow the bacteria, you will want about 10 teaspoons a day in a 55 gallon drum of unsulphured molasses which will be the food for exponentially increasing the bacteria population. At the same time, I would recommend a liquid form of seaweed or kelp which will not increase the population of the fungi, however will feed them during the process permitting them to grow. You can use about 3-4 teaspoons of this per day in a 55 gallon drum.

Bruce

]]> By: Jeremy http://wormcompostingblog.com/worm-castings/directions-for-using-worm-castings/comment-page-1/#comment-3994 Jeremy Mon, 02 May 2011 17:09:25 +0000 http://wormcompostingblog.com/?p=152#comment-3994 Hi, I would like to thank you for all of the great information you have on your website. I am an amateur and have really enjoyed what I have seen so far. I have been trying to start brewing worm tea. I wanted to go big so I decided to use a 55 gallon drum with the top cut off. Originally, I bought a 50 gallon aquarium pump and airstones, etc. It didn't have enough power to use more than two air-stones so I returned it and bought a 100 gallon pump. This still seems underpowered. Is this enough "bubbling" to produce worm tea, or do I need to do something else? Could you explain more about the bacterial growth in brewing? Thank You, Jeremy Hi, I would like to thank you for all of the great information you have on your website. I am an amateur and have really enjoyed what I have seen so far. I have been trying to start brewing worm tea. I wanted to go big so I decided to use a 55 gallon drum with the top cut off. Originally, I bought a 50 gallon aquarium pump and airstones, etc. It didn’t have enough power to use more than two air-stones so I returned it and bought a 100 gallon pump. This still seems underpowered. Is this enough “bubbling” to produce worm tea, or do I need to do something else? Could you explain more about the bacterial growth in brewing? Thank You, Jeremy

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