BuildASoil: COMPLETE COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT CASTINGS WITH LAB TESTING (Product Highlight)
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- BuildaSoil Product Highlight: WORM CASTINGS
We are comparing and analyzing some of the top worm castings brands on the market today. We hope this information will help making your worm castings purchases.
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Been using cowoco for 3 years now but this is actually insane. I wouldn't have imagined these results.
Please attach the actual data I wanna see the ppm of all of them not everything in bagged comparison to coacowa. Also is there a way to test microbial population densities; I am more interested in castings for the purpose of inoculating well amended soil then the nutritional content but I bet those two go hand in hand.
Yes will do!
Season 7 needs to start I can’t wait any longer 😂😂😂
Ep 1 will be dropping in a next week!
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So excited for this episode!!😊
@@BuildASoil That was a big break. Why is there no more farm vids?
I made your coots mix a couple years ago but for my 1/3 compost I mixed 1 bag of malibu compost,1 bag of oly mountain fish compost, 1 bag of purple cow activated compost, 1 bag of wiggle worm casting and 1 bag of cowoco castings. My results have been amazing with very little work using 30 gallon grassroots living soil bags. The top 4-5 inches of soil are now solid castings and right before transplant I thoroughly mix in some craft blend, glacial rock dust, gnarly barley and optiveg and by the next grow the top few inches are back to just straight dark castings. The worms completely process all of the amendments I add each cycle. I've never had a soil test but my plants have never shown any signs of a deficiency or nutrient burn and the quality and yields are both as good as I could ever hope. I do use the rootwise trio, Quillaja, BIOAG ful power and big 6 but that's it. I don't add any water soluble NPK at all. I already had a bunch of red wigglers in my soil from the cowoco castings but I also added European night crawlers because I read that they're even heavier feeders. Not sure if they made a difference but who knows. I do know that the BuildASoil way works amazing for me and I'll never go back to bottled nutes. I love taking my flower to the local grow store to have him test it and blowing the guy away that it's soil grown and only fed once at transplant. So many peope still believe top shelf can only come from highly dialed in hydro grows. Thanks to people like coot and Jeremy we're slowly showing them whats possibly when you feed the soil and let IT feed the plant.
BuildASoil and "Coots mix" is new to me this year, but I built Clackamas Coot's "LC Mix" 14+yrs ago when he was on IC Mag forum. Sounds like that is what BuildASoil rebranded as Coots Mix. I started building that mix after FoxFarm changed Ocean Forest in '09-'10
How do you like the Purple Cow Activated Compost you mentioned? It is made here in Madison Wi, been using it for 14yrs. Was using Wiggle Worm(also Wisconsin-made) for a decade before that but I liked the Purple Cow bit better
@@WisconsinEric I like the purple cow but the last bag I got had a lot of plastic trash bits mixed in. I know that's always a possibility with compost made with grass clippings and lawn waste but it was a bit excessive on that last bag. I've found the same thing in Oly mountain compost but not more than a dime sized piece or two. Hopefully It was an isolated thing and I just got a bad bag for whatever reason.
I get local worm castings, they have predator mites and nemotodes. Zero fungus gnats in summer I don't even use the yellow sticky traps anymore.
I’m proud to say I am an BAS student & supporter 💯👍🏿🫡
Hey this is Thailand Jon here coming to you all the way from Thailand I just wanted to thank you brother for all your videos and for your company for all the information that they send me whenever I ask a question I've never had a company do that for me thank you so much and I will continue to watch and to learn hopefully one day you'll be able to make it to Thailand with your product I know all the Growers here are absolutely waiting for this
you dont even have Coast of Maine🤔.Bags always have live worms and moisture is nice unlike some that are dust
where you been???
smonking
That's exactly what I was thinking where you been damn it's been a wait
Probably on a previously uninhabitable island, sourcing new week 7 addition for his feeding chart to add to your grow in Wisconsin. How sustainable.
@@Rvbcaboose714hahaha what a hater! Cheers to you sir,
find something that makes you happy (:
Sorry for my absence, ive been foraging for worm shit!
-jeremy
I feed my worms all the organic waste from my kitchen. Mostly fruit peelings, coffee grounds. I grind dry bones and eggshells and add them to the bin with some rock dust and neem seed meal, everything else I pre-compost with shredded cardboard and newsprint. I take finished castings out one end of the bin and put the compost in the other. The compost is innoculated and ready to eat. I'm gonna start collecting the Japanese beetles that showed up here last year for the first time and feed them to the worms for the chitin. I thought of that too late for this year. Cheers.
High! I was wondering if by feeding worms only with fruits or mainly with high phosphorus food the wormcasting would be great for flowering period???
Have a lifted one and lots of good vibes from France growers family
@@loganleborgne420 Hello, some keep two bins, one mostly greens plus the carbon for veg, the other with more fruit peelings instead of greens for bloom. the castings from the latter should be higher in PK, the castings from greens will be higher in N. I put everything into one bin for all purpose castings that I add to my soil mix and top dress with throughout the grow. It's mostly to add organics and microbes but the extra NPK never hurts.
And yes I live in the northern state and I've harvest my own moss 3 different types and mixed with sand and leafs and older soil from using strawberryfields and ocean forests from grows mixed with shredded paper
Did I miss the part about heavy metal content? That’s super important!
Invaluable Information/knowledge - thank you so much Jeremy and BAS Team! Incredible results for the Coloarado Worm Co.!
Hell yeah! Just started a new run with your earthboxes and some seeds from hsc. Lets get it 💪💚🌱
BiuldASoil for EU plz.
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
Happy Growing 💚
Yoo j looking forward to the next grow respect from the UK brother 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Jermey, I love the show. I have learned so much from you. Thank you for everything you do. I was wondering, if you where going to make a square yard of compost and then run it through a worm bin, how would you do it? For example, what would you use for the compost, what ratios would you use, dry ammendments? If so which ones? Thank you, keep up the good work my friend
Holy hell, Jiminy cricket what in the fuck that is off the chain bro those results are freaking crazy. I bet whoever’s using those WarmCastings is always on point. I will be purchasing some of those that’s for damn sure. Thanks for running up a good one, bro.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
It's refreshing to see a company make worm castings the way I did starting back in the 90s on my farm. I made massive amounts of compost. I fed some of that compost to my worms.
I was very cautious of what went into making my compost. I'd be curious to know what the company uses to make their compost to feed the worms.
The only worm castings I make now is in a little bitty bin behind my 4x4 Tent in my grow room. Those worms get fed all sorts of food that worms love. At the moment they are chomping on a bunch of cannabis leaves.
I make almost all my worms food. I make it up in large batches, put it into plastic bags and freeze it. One of the ingredients is various sprouted seeds from organically grown Plants. Another good ingredient is the bulk material from making various ferments.
It's amazing how quickly they will eat this stuff up! My little worm been set up has three trays with the top one being the active and where things are being fed. They are able to migrate between the layers, I seldom have to add any moisture with the Frozen food I feed them being high in moisture. By the time the top layer is finished, I harvest the bottom layer of casting which still has worms and cocoons and use that in my grow room.
This video's got me thinking about a nice little experiment. The first of the year, I have a sponsored grow from a breeder. I just tried 3.0 Media and was very pleased with the results . These are all auto so I'm gonna use the 10 gallon Grassroots Living Soil Pots With 3.0 media in them all. Each will get the exact same Whole treatment with the only difference being my worm castings VS COWOCO.
I think it would be an interesting test!
I think you should do a video on how they make the COWOCO! I'd definitely like to see that operation and I think quite a few of your fans would too!
Keep up the great work Jeremy!
Thank you for this comment Ray 🙏
For a good minute i was confused because you looked different and then i realized that the facial hair is missing. I was starting to think i was smoked too much 😂
Great video. I would have never thought there would be such a huge difference from one worm castings to the other. I am going to look into getting CoWoCo castings for sure. Very informative thanks.
You got me hooked for life ❤
Is Cowoco fortified Jeromy? The test numbers indicate outlier results or amendments. Is Cowoco a true casting or a casting amended compost? What I mean is, could adding some Oly mountain or Malibu compost to budget worm castings improve the NPK numbers vs castings alone? AND most importantly, what were the sodium numbers????
Transparency is your main ally here. Integrity is everything to some of us, and your integrity is your success. Thank you for that Jeromy!
Here are the details : cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0248/9641/files/ColoradoWormCompanyComparison.pdf
Why is the sodium metric absent or not tested? Jeromy is frequently warning us of high sodium levels in compost and castings! Thank you for the test results btw!
@@sheephills510 not sure what test you saw but it was clearly visible. And cowoco was through the roof. Lol
@@sheephills510 It's there in the top section 1.6% for Cowoco, second highest is 0.89% (over 3% can start to become problematic).
I can't spend the money on freight for the build of soil worm castings.
Find a grow store that carries them. The price at the store by me is much lower because they buy by the pallet which significantly reduces their price. Mine sells cowoco castings too.
Everybody in here knew Colorado worm castings was going to shit on all the rest ...
Right! 😂
Brute worm castings is here in MN. We use them in the living soil we make. Keep it up man! As always awesome info.
Inver grove heights grower here
Akeley MN here!
Question. So I currently top dress with one cup of Wiggle. With COWOCO I would only need 1/4-1/2 cup to achieve similar results? Also I have a question with Tea. When you make Tea with COWOCO, will it kill the life in the castings and would it be beneficial to add it back to the "need to re-amend" soil pile
Would have loved to see worm gold in this comparison. I believe Coot approved of this brand at some point. Thanks
Brut is not giving us the castings they make? Or they don’t make any at all?? They have a video showing their process on UA-cam. Also their C-N Ratio is good because of the feed stock. (Low salts also) Matt powers also did some fungal tests on his UA-cam
Unless their video is a lie? I feel like I’m a sucker now if I bought BRUT and got some other bullshit castings they repackaged 😂
Hi! I have a question: Do you believe that if I feed worms with just fruits I will get high phosphorus wormcasting???
Have a lifted one and lots of good vibes from France growers family
Wowwww! Can’t wait to try cowoco! Really dig content like this. Big ups BAS 🍻
I used 1 bag of CoWco and have had worms since. That was a few years ago and now I have loads. They have mated and made a great population. Everytime I move my mulch layer I see them. It makes me happy to have had many generations
Gnarley Barley Plus Colorado Castings was a game changer. True H2O only no teas
Would love to see a test done on the living compost from organics alive. I’m currently using it in my 4x8 bed 6th cycle and have gotten good results. I’m just curious what the numbers would show. Great episode! 💚
THIS is the most valuable episode yet.
Thank you so much for the data you share with us!
Just ordered my 10 pound bag of goodness Thanks Josh😊
Thanks J ..... really interesting work! It will definitely help folks make more informed decisions.
Damn, Jeremy looking like a chiseled statue with that clean shave. Nice, bro!
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Got the nastiest case of fungus gnats that I’ve ever dealt with from brut… also pretty sure that same bag of brut introduced wireworms into my living soil. Take that as you will, but I’ll never purchase their castings again.
Having Cowoco in the house is like part of my survival kit for the apocalypse, i look at it like i do my 1911. Best shit ever
What about Worm Gold Plus?
As a european, i buy my castings local
Is this not an option an an US citizen?
As always very informative and keeping to the facts. Thank you.
I dont see OGS Organic Solutions Worm Castings.... they are the GOLD STANDARD in worm castings. It doesn't feel like a AUTHENTIC comparison when you dont hold them up against the KING of worm castings.
You can't even get that outside of Australia
Had a big purchase i wanted to make there (well in the $x,xxx range) which included castings and i sent them an email to ask about one specific product their "No Till Nutrient Kit" which i wanted 25kg that was $500 just on it's own. Got zero reply from the email address on their site. So a week later i used their contact form. Again tumbleweeds. Even the copyright on their site is from 2022, those guys are asleep at the wheel if they are even operational. But i canned my order and went elsewhere.
So glad you made this one, much to learn, made easy. Thanks for the time and research that helps gardners like myself make smart choices.
Can you generate worm castings for different stages of growth of your plants by feeding worms specific nutrients like say banana peels for flowering and grass clippings for veg?
Dont cut toward yourself lol i was thinking the same
Glad to see you back on. I appreciate the videos as usual. I've been using Colorado worm casting company worm castings for over 5 years now. Ever since I've become loyal to the soil. I hit the thumbs up already. Don't even need to watch this all the way because i've been around a long time with you guys and I only use the best worm castings from the Colorado worm casting company
Not in worm castings, but Humanuer could be cool if you get that compost pile HOT AF. Never done it, but interested.
So with the coloco how should I store it to keep the worms alive
Happy late birthday homey! Hope you had a good one
Now castings or add worms?? For 30 gallon pots
When you used the Cowoco to make the coots mix for The One, I noticed they looked different, almost like clay. Always thought that was weird but knowing that they use horse manure and finished compost as their "medium" so to speak, it makes perfect sense.
Would definitely love to see more of these kinds of videos from you, loved that you examined and tested the other brands, I'd love to see you do this with compost brands, as well as dry ammendment brands of the same product.
I used every single bag up there and brut and the cowoco are the best and 3rd wiggle worm
Wiggle worm actually now has a new worm casting plus worm egg material that I find to be a much better option than the original, would have liked to see the results on that instead of the classic.
I seen that also. U like it more than the regular wiggle worm castings?
@@cory4419 yeah for sure. Been seeing better results so far. I’ll probably do a side by side with the 2 and see what kind of difference I notice.
@@g.p.b.growpressbake3807 I appreciate u bro
Rad!!! I'll see what I can find to send to the lab. Thanks for commenting
Gotta dry my castings a little to sift them properly.
Wow. I’ve been with yall for years now, one bag a year. Cowoco, just changed the industry.
Hands down Colorado Worm Company, castings come packed with worms and extras!! I have started seeing a lot of Yeast and sugar videos and exploding growth, what's your take on that?
1 month bro ? Where u been ...happy bday
I use wiggle because it arrives quickly and good price, I then mix it with a 50/50 coco & peat then add craft blend for top dressing
If it doesn't have worms in the casting it's okay because I already purchased a 💩 ton of wigglers from Academy sporting goods in the fish bait section and put them in there
I have a full blown worm farm in there now lol
I'm occasionally removing worms to put them in the seedling pots that will go back to the beds
@@Insideorganics basically impossible to beat 30lbs delivered of certified organic castings delivered for $35 within 2 days lol glad they aren't too shabby in the testing, although a microbiological direct soil assessment/observation would be far better suited to determining quality of the compost.
oh man. my inner gardening nerd was already in detox state. thanks for this :)
I highly recommend making worm castings yourself. Plenty of videos on youtube on how to do this. I have it in the closet in my room, and get more castings then I need for all my plants by feeding the worms scraps of cardboard, paper, vegetables and fruits. Very easy to keep, and you can adjust the nutrient balance by controlling what you feed them, including rock dust and shell, or banana if you want extra Potassium for flowering. There is no smell, and even if you forget them for several weeks, it's no problem as long as they have moisture.
What kind of bin do you have in your closet?
@@m_gary7337 I use trays that are about 35x50cm with 10cm high sides. I also have the same type of trays that have perforated bottom (PB)
At the bottom I have an un-perforated tray (UT). I then
cut the bottom out of another tray (UT) by cutting half way up the sides. That bottom that I removed I put aside. The top half I flip and put on top of the bottom tray and screw them together. I now have a bottom tray that narrows at the top.
Now I can place the (PT) into the assembled bottom tray which will go half way in. I then repeat by cutting the bottom out of another tray like i did with the first one, and continue to build as many trays as I need by cutting trays in half to make hole for next level. Every time putting a (PT) into the top of previous level.
The first bottom I cut out, which is not perforated, fits pertect as a lid on top of it all, bottom side down.
I currently have 4 levels which is enogh for me. The total cost was less than 4 dollar total for 8 trays. This is in Thailand though, on Shopee online store.
You can buy prebuilt trays for worms, but they cost several hundred dollars and make no better worm casting ;)
Cheers :)
@@Eagle-Gardening Are you single😂😂😂, I can't imagine any woman agreeing to that.
@James-p3m8j Haha. No I'm not. It's kind of a closed system. My wife is growing on the balcony and love the access to fresh worm casting. She don't like to handle the worms, and the Blueworms we have is extra wiggly and fast, which makes her extra screamish. She don't mind bugs, only the wiggly stuff. 😄 As mentioned, they do not smell anything.
I forgot to mention that the advantage with having a tower with several layers is that the worms can choose what moisture they like. So as long as it is very moist at the bottom, and not to moist at the top, you can leave it for many weeks. Only thing is that the casting can become somewhat sticky if they eat it many times before you harvest, like several months... (I have not done that myself).
You rotate the trays so you alway have feeding trays and trays ready to harvest.
The blueworms is small an effective and can take high heat up in the 30+ C. They can eat about their own body weight in 2 days. It is important to choose worms that fit your local temp. If you want to also use them for fishing, you want some larger worms. My temp is 26-28, and air moisture is only 30% on avarage due to using aircon.
The amount of worms regulates itself. So if you start with 200g worms, you will have a good amount in a couple of months, and when the worms think it's enough, they stop laying egg. If price is not bothering, just go for a 500 to 1000g right away. By starting with a lower amount you will get an indication on how quinck they finish the food.
Again, I can't recommend this enough. It is so cheap and convenient and make it so much easier to grow. If my plants show signs of something wrong, I dump some worm casting in the pot, and it fixes it in a couple of days. All plants we have seem to love the same casting which is a lot easier than adjusting with chemical fertilizers like we used to. You can always give some extra goodies if you know it will help certain plants. And when you have your own castings, you avoid introducing bugs or bad batches of castings. Just freeze the food before you give it to the worms. This helps to break down the fiber and kills fly eggs and bugs that may have come with veggies or fruit.
Vevor 5 tray, or Vermihut 5 tray, are bins you can buy ready to use. You can have those in your living room if you want. They are about 100 USD or less atm.
For how to run a bin like this, check out this UA-cam channel.
I have no affiliation with him whatsoever:
"Vermicompost Learn by Doing"
This is a good one:
"Strange but Effective way to rotate & Harvest your Worm Tower"
Cheers :)
@@Eagle-Gardening Thanks for the information.
Would have been nice to test for microorganisms as it’s a microbial inoculation not really meant to be fertilizer but it’s a nice bonus
Cowoco is the GOAT of castings, I already know but interested to hear the details anyway let’s gooo
Great video. I can't wait for season 7
Dang you should've gotten vermistera
damn the castings i use seem like they'd be from a small business but they're like that coffee grind black as well.
Great stuff! Would've liked to see Organic Solutions worm castings on here. It was recommended to me and the process on how they're made is documented on UA-cam. Keep up the fantastic work you do to bring helpful information to the growing community.
I love these videos that break down the all important "why" of specific cannabis related growing information. This is truly invaluable information for ANY organic home grower. And as for bottled nutrients, I've been an organic farmer since 1965 and I have yet to hear a single valid reason for that nonsense and I would NEVER share that with a friend, ever.
cowoco won? I would of never guessed
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Nice side burns brotha!! Thank you for everything! Your the man!
Just started my first living soil grow using Build a Soil 3.0, bought as much, as I could afford, of the recommended amendments, including CoWoCo, added a Blumat watering system with the 10” dia. Drip ring. Looking forward to see how this goes.
Thanks for all your videos, and info
Just bought Cowoco again for my second run in grassroots 4x4. Love your videos... such great info! Thanks Jeremy and All at Build A Soil!!!
Thanks for the upload been missing you.
We are waiting for the harvest
Glad to see you back been a busy man
Thank you. This has cleared up so much.
Be really cool to see an episode of where and how the buildasoil worm castings are made
Where are the results?
here: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0248/9641/files/ColoradoWormCompanyComparison.pdf
@@BuildASoil thanks!!
Any thought on Caliuana Castings?
So are you telling me if you use Colorado worm castings during flower you only need to apply once because of the amount of phosphorus and potassium?
nice test. not all worm castings are created equal.
Appreciate the gems
Thank u for showing us the difference. It was a great show
Coast of Maine worm casting ?
I use it for teas. Works good 👍
Awesome information and glad i Have a bag ! You rock
Let’s goo !!
Proofs in the puddin cowoco for the win for sure!
You are the man, thank you for all your work.
Def don't doubt the product is next level, but I took ur advice and advice I got everytime I asked the question. I made my own, got a geo-bin made my own thermophylic thermodynamic compost, that I separate down to 1/4inch" and then I feed that to my vermihut worm bin. Regenerative and self sufficient is the only way
Love this!!! Crushing
Thanks Jeremy I could watch these over and over just to get the knowledge to set in. Can’t wait for season 7
I use to use you worm castings. Now I use my own. Shredded cardboard food scraps and wheat grass beads to feed them. Also have a breader bin to start more bins. Companion plant in my indoor tens with tomatoes herbs peppers and trying strawberries. I struggle with strawberries bad
Just threw in a half cup of craft blend into one of my work bins. Trying different foods in one to see if it makes a difference on my castings. Works love craft blend. Put it in last night and they’re all over it
BEST episode yet!
As an eu grower we dont have nuch choice the only onew would be for me Bio bizz and the Castings just look like the wiggle 😢
Dont worry. Cowoco just seem to look very different than usual. My worms make my own castings for many years now out of selfmade compost and it always looks dark brownish. Might change if I would use much more horse shit, but nah... The high P and K likely comes just from the this (you can buy it separately and mix it) The most important aspect regarding all kinds of compost is the bio life, not the nutrients...
Just make your own castings. Its easy, even in the smallest home. feed the worms with the same care as your plants.
All the best from the EU
Great info Thanks
UNPOPULAR OPINION!!!!!
I think you are comparing apples to oranges when it comes to worm castings. The way each company produces castings is different. I believe the reason you're going to get high numbers on vermiculture is because the organic material hasn't been screen out where as most worm castings are screened to remove larger pieces and to create a homogenenous product. This is where biology comes into play.
MY OPIONION.....Fresh screen castings will likely retain a high level of biology, less nutrients, and a higher nutrient cycling capacity but a shorter life span, where a vermiculture might have lower biology, higher nutrients, and less nutrient cycling. While each has its pros and cons each has a specific way it can be used to ensure maximum benefit for the plant.
Overall freshness matters. Castings need food, air, and water just like every living organism. Vermiculture for the win!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!! This is amazing!!!!! Education is always always the hardest hurdle to overcome. I am still on the biology side of things but you have to have food to support that biology. Love your content!!!
Good morning. I use light mix and I have a question, how much Worm Casting should I add to the mix? This light mix is with the addition of perlite. For example, how much Worm Casting should there be per 100 liters of soil? Thank you all for your advice. Have a nice day
I've found getting my worm castings straight from bait/worm companies, they are far superior to those sold for agriculture. The ones that are typically sold for agriculture are old, "burned out" castings from large scale worm farms. $5 per 5 gallon bucket full....as many as you want....
I pay 26 bucks for 30 lbs of dr wiggles and you sell a 2 gallon bag that weighs what 5lbs maybe 8. And you charge 45 bucks. Since I need 4 bags of yours to equal my 1 bag then the price difference equating to 6 to 1. So I’d pay 180 bucks for about 30 lbs of cowoco or build a soil to 26 bucks for 30 lbs of dr wiggles. Not quite as even of a breakdown as he shows.
I've started making casting from 2018 and these worms are 6 years old and I've only used maybe only one 5 gallon bucket worth a year ago but I have 2 of them 1 is a huge plastic toot and 1 is an old plastic deap work shop sink each is holding 25lb to 40 lbs of castings and getting ready to use them for a set up for a 10x10 with 4x4 grow beds with the new a/c infinity a/c and heating and humidifier unit
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Homemade castings are the best. Your demonstration proves that. I started making our EWC with compost that has been thru the thermophilic process and top dressing with sprinkles of bokashi, kelp, alfalfa, neem meal and some insect frass. I know have finally got some knarley barley also. The first time I saw the predator mites I tried to get rid of them(neem oil) didn't work, thankfully. I top dress now with the castings before each phase and the girls and soil are happy and healthy. Thank you once again.