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@farside05 is an excellent resource on this topic. I hope he’ll pop in and shed some light.
hiya Stunger. I always make sure there's a mix of feed types in the worm bins and I mix feed ahead of time just to be sure as a precaution against possible toxicities. Things like kelp can go in the freezer if needed to keep fresh, indeed all of them can.
I’m trying to create a sustainable 420 grow system that uses fertility inputs of the highest possible quality, and lowest possible cost!
Having converted my entire front lawn to a food gardening space last year, I now have a lot more motivation, and opportunity to experiment.
As a group, these special plants are called “accumulators” as they absorb and retain, in their tissues, huge levels of NPK and micronutrients, each one specializing in different elements. Last spring I collected masses of these plants and made over 100 litres of KNf fermented liquid fertilizers from them, but, I also transplanted dozens in my “food forest” area.
I provide the worms with a mix of all the plants at the same time and keep track of the inputs.
For bedding, I used coco coir but switched to leaves and paper. I think that some carbon from charred hardwoods would make a great addition too, and I've been collecting old pieces that will also be used in my beneficial bacteria-culturing projects.
So, I’m not using the worms to help me compost kitchen waste. Instead, I’m targeting these special accumulator plants that are extremely high in all of the elements our canna plants want in an attempt to develop the ultimate 420 worm castings, and experiment using these castings as my sole input, using only peat/ perlite and these special castings.
I’m getting quite close to harvesting my first large batch of these “Ultimate 420 Castings”, so I imagine I’ll soon find out what's what. However, I can say that so long as I maintain their environment correctly, and feed them a mix of these plants etc all together, I don’t have issues with left-behind feed toxifying the environment.
Azimuth provides a list of Accumulator Plants on his Jadam/Korean Farming thread, including the typical elemental breakdown of each so you can pick based on nutrient need.
Turning it all into worm manure ought to create a far superior product given the enzymatic breakdown that takes place, and the huge calcium boost provided by the juicy muck inside a worm's digestive tract. I was concerned at the outset whether worms would eat all the accumulator plants I provide but have answered that question in the affirmative over last 6 mo.
Here is an almost complete list of what I feed them (all plants are given fresh/frozen unless otherwise noted): ground eggshells, stinging nettle, comfrey, horsetail, bamboo leaves, dandelion (all parts), Bull kelp, rhododendron flowers, beech tree flowers, willow leaves/bark, alfalfa, cannabis clippings, leftover ‘cakes’ from my mushroom grows (chock full of calcium).
Oh, also, I add beneficial bacteria (NPK brand) and mycorrhizae, lots. I actually culture my own bennies and mycs ('seed' with store-bought, reproduce and harvest - it’s easy)
I have also experimented with adding insect frass to the bedding so I get a chitin supply in my castings, and leonardite-sourced humates too, both of which seem not to have caused any issues, however, I have to buy both of those and I’m trying to create something with virtually zero store-bought inputs. Your goals may be different however so I’m including them.
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