Worm farm question

[firstimegardener]

Ok, so my worm farm has been going since last summer. I cleaned it out at the end of the summer (long story) but now I have a 18" x 18" container that is about 3" full of worm castings. With more on the way. My question is, now what do I do with it? Do I mix it in when I till my garden (which isn't going to happen for several more weeks sadly) or do I put some on the top of my started seedlings? Do I wait and put it around the plants when I transplant them???

HELP!

Thanks!

[Dixana]

I use vermicompost for two main things. Up-potting my seedlings (half worm poo half soil makes AMAZING and huge plants) and also use it to make tea. Look up compost tea, I do that just using castings instead of compost.

You can also put it in your planting holes and/or as a side dressing fertilizer.

[firstimegardener]

Ok, thanks. So pretty much, adding to it at any point is a good thing!!!! That's good to know!!!!

[Dixana]

Yep, they call worm castings "black gold" because it is amazing stuff. Some people even start their seeds in it but I can't seem to do it, they stay too wet and I get mold and rot and other problems.

[ruggr10]

I mix worm castings in my seed starting mix. Also, I experimented with covering seeds with a thin layer of wormcastings instead of soil and spraying them. Those seedlings sprouted faster and grew better.

[Tonythegardener]

I think the answer is that you can use it as a good base for any use in the garden. Making potting and seed compost, mulching, adding to the compost heap, putting into planting holes, top dressing to name just a few. If the worm castings are wet then you need to add it to ordinary compost to make it suitable for seeds to be sown into it.
It is indeed black gold.

[firstimegardener]

Thanks everyone! I had already up potted my plants, and somehow forgot about my worm farm However, I'm going to start some more next week, so I will mix it in with those seeds, and when I plant the ones already growing into their final resting place then I will put some in there too....

[tomc]

Ok, so my worm farm has been going since last summer. I cleaned it out at the end of the summer (long story) but now I have a 18" x 18" container that is about 3" full of worm castings. With more on the way. My question is, now what do I do with it?

1., Do I mix it in when I till my garden (which isn't going to happen for several more weeks sadly) or

2., do I put some on the top of my started seedlings?

3., Do I wait and put it around the plants when I transplant them???

Thanks!

If it was my worm poo, and my garden, I go with #1 and #3.

But thats just me.