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The Benefits of Using Worm
Tea
- Worm Tea will out perform chemical
fertilizer. Increasing both plant size and
yield. This is due to interaction of Worm Tea
microbes with the soil microbes and protozoa,
soil particles and the roots of the plant
itself.
- Worm Tea used as an inoculant for potting
soil will suppress airborne pathogenic fungi
that can readily infect sterile potting medium.
The organisms in Worm Tea also produce hormones,
vitamins, nutrients, enzymes, amino acids and
minerals needed by seedling cuttings and young
plants. Inoculation should be done two weeks
prior to planting.
- Plants grown in soil treated with Worm Tea
are healthier due to the symbiotic relationship
between the plant and the microbes in the root
zone. Plants feed the microbes and the microbes
produce or make available all of the food and
medicine the plant needs to thrive.
- Plants grown in soil treated with Worm Tea
are more nutritious than plants grown in soil
treated with chemical fertilizer. The food value
of these plants is increased due to the
availability of minerals, vitamins, enzymes and
amino acids.
- Worm Tea can remediate soil that has been
damaged by agricultural chemicals. With repeated
application the microbes will adapt to the soil,
convert and metabolize organic and inorganic
chemicals. They will also sequester heavy metals
not required by plants.
- Worm Tea can treat lawns affected with
thatch, which is a condition caused by sterility
in the underlying soil. Chemicals usually cause
sterility. Worm Tea will repopulate the soil
with microbes, enrich the roots and break down
the thatch turning it into food for the grass.
- Worm Tea applied to the soil improves water
retention. Many of the microbes manufacture
protective mucus that acts as glue to
agglomerate soil particles. Microbial colonies
also make a bio-slime that is mostly water and
is retained to protect the colony. The water
retentive property of healthy soil can be 3-4
times greater than unhealthy soil.
- Our Worm Tea includes powdered minerals such
as: granite, limestone and rock phosphate which
have been through the gut of a worm & is then
immediately available to your plants & will
supply 95% of everything the soil needs. The
other 5% is organic material applied as mulch or
litter on the surface of the soil or as dead
root material under the soil surface.
- The microbes in Worm Tea turn organic matter
into humus, storing energy for later use. This
is the basic unit of soil fertility.
- The microbes in Worm Tea feed other
organisms in the soil food chain. Protozoa and
nematodes feed on bacteria and fungi directly
while worms ingest bacteria laden soil
particles. All life in the soil depends on
microbes, directly or indirectly.
- Worm Tea applied, as a foliar spray will act
as a fertilizer. Plants will produce more
foliage and larger stems. This is a good
treatment for plants that are stressed or
lacking enough sun.
- Worm Tea applied to a compost pile will
accelerate the breakdown of plant material
reducing the amount of time to make compost. It
can also be used to re-inoculate the pile after
it has gone through its hot phase, which
inactivates or kills many of the beneficial
microbes. Re-inoculation increases the
population of beneficial microbes, which
continue to breakdown organic matter and form
humus.
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