you want your vermicompost to make up 30% of your soil mix. Vermicompost is a mix of worm castings and compost.
Vermicompost is the product or process of
composting using various
worms, usually
red wigglers,
white worms, and other
earthworms to create a
heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. Vermicast, also called worm castings, worm humus or worm manure, is the end-product of the breakdown of
organic matter by an
earthworm.
[1] These castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than do organic materials before vermicomposting.
[2]
humus is.compost. It does not make mychorizzhae. Plant some.companion / cover crops to produce mycos. Like barley grass, Bahia grass, clover , etc.... Short root plants facilitate mycos and other microbes . Worm castings and compost both contain humus and produce mycelium. Pureed oats can produce mycelium ad well.
Transformation of organic matter into humus
The process of "humification" can occur naturally in
soil, or in the production of
compost. The importance of chemically stable humus is thought by some to be the
fertility it provides to soils in both a physical and chemical sense,
[7] though some agricultural experts put a greater focus on other features of it, such as its ability to suppress disease.
[8] It helps the soil retain
moisture[9] by increasing
microporosity,
[10] and encourages the formation of good
soil structure.
[11][12] The incorporation of
oxygen into large organic molecular assemblages generates many active, negatively charged sites that bind to positively charged
ions (
cations) of
plant nutrients, making them more available to the plant by way of
ion exchange.
[13] Humus allows soil organisms to feed and reproduce, and is often described as the "life-force" of the soil.
[14][15]
wow thanks for that man!! ill follow that recipe. I just needed that little push you know? to start off and get the basic knowledge from there, thanks a lot bro. Also i have a very important question, well i think it's important lol? Is there any difference between ful-humix humic acid concentrate(from bioag) and Down to earth granular humic acid?? I heard that bioag is pretty damn strong i don't want to ruin everything just because i didn't use the right humic acid. Thanks in advance.
Without a doubt, use the ful-humix from bioag. This is true humic acid. The Down to Earth brand is soft coal - leonardite.
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