Best Worm Castings I Found in Texas and Maybe the USA Video.

Best Worm Castings I Found in Texas and Maybe the USA
John from http://bit.ly/13mBQAf takes you on a field trip to Texas Worm Ranch to share with you the best worm castings he has found in Texas, and maybe the USA. In this episode, you will learn about an indoor worm farm that produces some of the best castings in the USA due to the special diet they feed their worms, and how they take care of their worms. You will learn the secrets behind how some of the best worm castings are made. Jump to the following parts of this episode: 01:16 Vegetable Garden being grown without fertilizer 03:40 Chard leaf as big as my head 05:00 Super Large Red Russian Kale Leaf 06:42 Grow as many perennial vegetables and plants and possible 08:20 Leave Roots in Place when end of the season of annual plants 11:10 Business Hours and How to Contact TX Worm Ranch 12:30 Side Door- Warehouse 12:49 TX Worm Ranch in a Warehouse 15:50 Simulate The Forest Floor in a warehouse 16:33 Best Castings are made from the best inputs 17:12 Worms and Castings are only as healthy as the food they eat 17:30 1st primary food they feed worms: Wood Chips 18:01 2nd primary food they feed worms: Leaves 19:55 3rd primary food they feed worms: Food Scraps 20:50 Don't feed the Worms Citrus = False 21:34 Input Foods are "aged" before being fed to worms 23:40 Food ready for Worms - Main Bedding Material 25:01 Raised Worm Bed Inoculated with Bedding/Food Material 26:53 Raised Worm Bed Not Yet Finished 27:20 Most Important Step to prepare a Raised Worm Bed- Mulch 28:24 Maintain Proper Moisture / Plants growing from Beds 30:14 Smaller Beds on top of Large Raised Beds - Producing Worms 32:04 How to keep track of worm castings production 33:07 Harvesting Raised Worm Bed for Finished Worm Castings 33:50 Initial Sift results 34:20 Big Bethera- Fine Sifter 35:44 Sifting out Castings vs Vermacasting (larger screened material) 37:18 Finished castings Before its Bagged up 38:53 Smell Test 39:05 Moisture Test 40:00 Bagged to Order 40:50 Don't Buy Sealed Bag Worm Castings 41:35 Color Test for Castings 41:55 What Most Castings You Buy are Like 43:12 Proper Bags to Use to Maintain Biology in Worm Castings 44:30 Testing Castings with Water to See Humus Content 46:07 Every Batch of Worm Castings are tested for Microbial Content 46:46 Local Castings from Nursery under the microscope - Mostly Bacteria 47:25 Texas Worm Ranch under the microscope 48:13 Best Book for Vegetable Gardening in the Houston area all year 48:55 Best Book for Home Gardeners 49:08 Best Book for Starting a Worm Farm 50:04 How to Use Your Worm Castings the Best Way Possible 51:29 Weekly Classes in Dallas 52:22 Multiply your biology by making Worm Casting Tea 54:00 Basic Compost Tea Ingredients 54:44 Make Your own Worm Castings in a Worm Bin 55:45 Take Care of your worms as your pets so they thrive 56:25 Urban Worm Bin better than Worm Factory 59:08 Interview with Heather Rinaldi 59:32 Why did you start a worm farm in a Warehouse? 1:01:00 Why is Soil Biology worm castings so important 1:01:50 Is it true your front vegetable garden uses no fertilizer 1:02:20 How many worm castings should you add to your garden beds? 1:03:20 Why are some worm castings not as good as you may think? 1:04:57 Can you buy Worms and make the best worm castings? 1:05:45 How do create a better Soil Microbiology / Ecosystem in your garden? 1:06:15 What has been the biggest Challenge growing worm castings in a warehouse? 1:07:50 Can you compare fungal dominated compost vs fungal dominated worm castings? 1:08:55 How do the fungal dominate compost vs castings ratios compare? 1:10:33 How can you make sure the fungi stay alive in your garden? 1:12:15 Are organic pesticides and fungicides ok for your microbiology? 1:14:04 Can you buy worms to throw in your yard? 1:15:24 What are your web sites and how to find more information After watching this episode, you will learn how the best worm castings are made and what it takes to make them, and much more. Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: http://bit.ly/1F2EYSy Watch all 1400+ Episodes from GrowingYourGreens at https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Related/Referenced Episodes: Supersize Your Vegetables with Wood Chips and Rock Dust Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkFFRjDkvs Best Compost I found in Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvmXjFJhQY Most important compost your not using https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nVnKMoPgl4 Open Source compost Tea Recipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI Dr Zymes Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEvmjiwR9qs Buy a GrowingYourGreens Tee Shirt http://bit.ly/2EaWsHj Texas Worm Ranch Web Site http://txwormranch.com/ Texas Worm Ranch Facebook http://bit.ly/2ElnM4w Get 10% discount from Texas Worm Ranch at http://bit.ly/2WSscal

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