Basil harvest, after fertilizing with Soil Power Earthworm Castings.
Grown from a single seedling, this pie-pumpkin vine has engulfed a trellis and spread through the surrounding beds.
In two of our test garden beds, I’m using All-Purpose Organic Fertilizer with worm castings. The plants have exploded with growth. I’ve never seen a pumpkin plant so healthy, robust and full of fruit and flowers. At right, you can see it on our new Squash and Cucumber Trellis (look for it in our spring lineup). Cody, our product designer, is almost hidden by the gigantic vine. I’m calling it the Mt. Philo of plants. I’m also harvesting bowls of big, beautiful, basil leaves on a weekly basis.
Castings, or vermicompost, are created when worms ingest organic matter, break it down into plant nutrients, and leave behind their manure, which improves the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil. You can mix worm castings into potting mix, add it to raised beds, or use it to top-dress perennials, trees and shrubs throughout the growing season.
Over the years I’ve seen that worm castings alone won’t do the job of fertilizing your plants. You still need to feed with slow-release granular fertilizer. However, as the photos show, worm castings add a little something extra in the form of micronutrients and beneficial organisms.
Hello,
I have a Garden/Landscaping business, and would like to try your Worm Power Product. I’m in Ontario Canada. Is there somewhere here I could purchase it?
Thank you,
Susan
Hi Susan, We don’t actually sell that specific Worm Power product anymore. We now sell a very similar vermicompost product called Soil Power which can be found here:
https://www.gardeners.com/buy/organic-earthworm-castings/8596581VS.html We don’t currently ship outside the US, but you could try using a package aggregator service like https://www.myus.com First, you set up an account with them, which gives you a US address to use when placing your order with us. The product ships to them, they reship to you. What can be nice about that service is that you can combine orders from multiple vendors, potentially saving on overall shipping costs. Thanks, Amanda E. for Gardener’s Supply