You can use an old dresser drawer, tire, barrel, plastic tote or custom-made bin for your worms. To establish your worm farm, you will need the following resources:Ī standard household worm bin is a shallow box made from plastic or wood. In this publication we examine the use of worms for the production and application of organic matter for the small farm.
Organic matter can be added to the soil from a number of sources (See ECHO Tech Notes, Compost and Mulch for Healthy Soil, Green Manure Cover Crops and Soil Fertility) It is essentially comprised of decomposed plant and animal wastes, and these wastes are ideal for feeding and maintaining the “living” or biological portion of the soil and giving it good “health.” In the garden, healthy soil is essential for the production of healthy crops, and healthy soil requires a good quantity of organic matter. Worms are invaluable partners in building the soil in your garden, be it a kitchen or dooryard garden or a large market garden. Worm or vermiculture is a useful technique for recycling kitchen and livestock wastes into a rich organic fertilizer, for producing high-protein feed for poultry and initiating a lucrative business selling worms and worm castings for the small farm. Had that entire process been done without the tea, the results would have been identical.Redworms ( Eisenia fetida). What they might do (stressing the "might") however, is suppress microorganisms that lead to rot.Īs far as the rehydration process, Ricardo nailed it. There is some evidence that some tannins can induce rooting, but there is no scientific evidence that those derived from Camellia sinensis (tea) do so. Tannins are acids of complex polyphenols. Had that spike still been green, the living tissue - nodes or not - can certainly harbor and transfer pathogens - that's why we use sterile tools.
In the case of that video, no infection will be spread because the tissue is dead. That business about cutting spikes above a node, as it blocks progression of a possible infection, needs to be scraped up off the barn floor. Even in a flaccid leaf, that may cause cellular damage that won't show up for a long time. There are several things wrong in that video, starting with bending the leaves.
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