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Worm suppliers
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Rhonda Sherman at NC State maintains a list of worm suppliers by state. If any of the info is out of date, make sure to let her know. That's how she keeps it current.
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/vermicomposting/vermiculture/directory-by-state.html
Hi all. I've been working on potting mix recipes with vermicompost at Cornell and we found a big difference in seedling growth depending on the application rate. 20% was fine for tomatoes, but way too high for cabbage and we did get chemical burn ...
Anyone using worms, castings or teas in anyway to grow any kind of garden, please share your advice and experience here.
Hi vermicomposters,
Just wanted to let you all know that Tom Herlihy of RT Solutions in Western NY will be on a Rochester area call in radio show tonight. I know this community would have a bunch of great questions about commercial scale vermicom...
Profile Information
- When did you start composting with worms?
- January 1, 2000
- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- My mom bought me a worm bin.
- What do your worms like to eat?
- EVERYTHING
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- Eisenia fetida
- What worm bins do you use?
- Home constructed and Worm Wigwam
- How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
- It's not "garbage", it's a resource :-) (up to 15)
- About Me:
- I became interested in vermicomposting while serving in AmeriCorps in Portland, OR and helping middle school students run a medium scale system at their school. My interest leventually ed me to pursue a M.S. in soil science at Cornell. I worked on a project that looked at the effect of vermicompost amendments to potting media on root bacterial communities in organic tomato production. I'm currently in the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology at Cornell doing my PhD dissertation research on the suppression of plant diseases with vermicompost and non-aerated vermicompost extracts. Ithaca is a great place to be a composter, I took the Master Composter training through cooperative extension in 2003 and have volunteered extensively doing public outreach and training the new volunteers.
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- At 3:07pm on July 7, 2009,
Doc Dougherty said…
- Hi Allison, im new to worms and wanted to contact you about buying some worms. I live over in Greene NY , so its not to far . I tryed too contact you on the map pg but im a bit slow on some computer stuff. ill ck back on this pg or if you know how to send me a message that would be cool .thanks Gary Dougherty
- At 10:31pm on June 26, 2009,
Susan Bolman said…
- Welcome. We'd love to hear what you find out about supression of plant disease. Also, everyone's pretty laid back here - if you notice us saying anything incorrect, please feel free to correct us.
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