Well I had the worm castings experiment up and running until I knocked over the one planter containing the worm castings. I tried to replant the seedlings which had popped up however they began to go through some shock therapy. Hence, in fairness, I decided to restart the experiment.
I plan to carry this experiment a bit further than most should all go well with the first part. Once the plants are established and large enough, I plan to take some of the plants and transplant them in and around the garden area. For example, take the plants grown in clay and transplant some into clay soil while others into my mix of vermiculture, peat moss, worm castings… The idea will be to see if the transplanted plants to the castings soil will take off and flourish or will they remain more stunted…
The below picture is of the three planters used in this worm castings experiment.
The planter on the left contains organic potting soil I purchased at a local nursery. Yes, I really did buy some 
The planter in the center contains some clay soil from the yard. I tried not to dig down but rather only grab the top inch of clay soil since this should be the most fertile part of the clay soil.
Lastly, the planter on the right contains a mix of different worm castings I collected last week.
I planted open pollinated beefsteak tomato plants in each planter. I doubled up the seeds in each hole with each planter having four holes for seed, evenly spaced.
Each planter will receive the same amount of sunlight and water during the span of the worm castings experiment.
I planted the seeds on March 9th of 2010. The listed germination period for the seeds is 7 to 10 days, however would expect this to happen sooner with the current temperatures, especially in the worm castings and organic potting soil containers.
Well that’s all for now on the worm castings experiment. I will post more pictures as the seeds begin to germinate as well as throughout the experiment.
Bruce
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