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Here's another little story about my local, friendly Farm and Feed Store…
I've been planning on getting some wormies, but 1 lb. of worms eats 3.5 lbs of stuff a week, and as I'm single, to be honest, I don't make 3.5 lbs of vegetable and fruit waste every 7 days. So with starry eyed expectations, I marched into my local grocery store and asked the guy in the produce department for some of their waste trim off the veggies. The guy said, "I'd love to, but it's company policy that we can't give away anything like that anymore. We used to. But not anymore."
Bummer, huh?
Well, my next stop was the Farm and Feed Store, and guess what? They had 5 gallon bags (about 32 lbs) of Organic certified worm castings for freaking $9.99 a bag! That's $2 a gallon for worm castings! Their price was less than half of what I'd seen them for elsewhere! Man oh man, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! They're decent castings too. Really people, check out your local farm and feed store! They've got great prices! :smoking:
So in spite of the fact that I've got my 10 gallon Rubbermaid tubbie all fixed up for worms and I've shredded mountains of paper and cardboard for their bedding, as long as I can get castings that cheap, I'm gonna hold off getting the worms until I figure out a way to keep them well fed on a budget.
BUT, when I do get my worms, I'll buy them from Uncle Jims Worm Farm, 'cuz he's got the best prices on the Internet. I've seen outfits selling 1 lb of worms for as much as $38, but Uncle Jim sells his for just $19.99 a lb. He's been in business a long time, and I haven't seen any gripes on him.
If you're in the market for worms, here's the link:
http://unclejimswormfarm.com/index.php/Live-Worms/View-all-products.html
I've been planning on getting some wormies, but 1 lb. of worms eats 3.5 lbs of stuff a week, and as I'm single, to be honest, I don't make 3.5 lbs of vegetable and fruit waste every 7 days. So with starry eyed expectations, I marched into my local grocery store and asked the guy in the produce department for some of their waste trim off the veggies. The guy said, "I'd love to, but it's company policy that we can't give away anything like that anymore. We used to. But not anymore."
Bummer, huh?
Well, my next stop was the Farm and Feed Store, and guess what? They had 5 gallon bags (about 32 lbs) of Organic certified worm castings for freaking $9.99 a bag! That's $2 a gallon for worm castings! Their price was less than half of what I'd seen them for elsewhere! Man oh man, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! They're decent castings too. Really people, check out your local farm and feed store! They've got great prices! :smoking:
So in spite of the fact that I've got my 10 gallon Rubbermaid tubbie all fixed up for worms and I've shredded mountains of paper and cardboard for their bedding, as long as I can get castings that cheap, I'm gonna hold off getting the worms until I figure out a way to keep them well fed on a budget.
BUT, when I do get my worms, I'll buy them from Uncle Jims Worm Farm, 'cuz he's got the best prices on the Internet. I've seen outfits selling 1 lb of worms for as much as $38, but Uncle Jim sells his for just $19.99 a lb. He's been in business a long time, and I haven't seen any gripes on him.
If you're in the market for worms, here's the link:
http://unclejimswormfarm.com/index.php/Live-Worms/View-all-products.html
Was reading that worms main diet is bacteria as well as dead organic matter, so are more prolific in numbers in bacterially dominated soils. So if you keep your bacteria levels up with AACT's, could you reduce input of organic matter and still support good numbers of worms per m2 ?
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here are a few randoms of all sorts of stuff ive been tinkering with.ive been sleep deprived..and ofcourse this week I cant keep my damn eyes open LMAO! sweet! sooo a fat bowl sounds like a decent cure for this LOL!
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cpl randoms of some SD's n me garden. n things.
look very healthy
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yeah man.I had to soup em lightly cuz i said some posts ago this batch is lacking and off balance some and it shows in the tips early on.im trying to avoid that but not too much.I have TONS of components from the ground up for a full out custom soil using the 2.1 mix i like of the revs as my template.but thats about it..only a template and ill be doing a fall grow and winter grow this year hopefully that'll be full on bang with a few photos from Renegade Mountain Farms and a few autos to roll along side them ofcourse LOL!Thanks guys for swinging by..
Notice: Hey everyone,I'd like to thank pretty much everyone thats commented on this thread (and all my others for that matter lol) and lent help and guidance and the sharing of a lot of knowledge.it was an awesome run on how one starts and escalates through living organics from a recipe to keeping it built and running multi recipes with varying degress of similar components but i think it's time to start a brand new 100% organic thread or something with my brand new recipe make up.minus a few things though since this is MY OWN custom mix and i dont want it copied to be completely honest...but,in time well'see i just need to make a few moves first until i will give that info up at this time. ok enough rambling.but thanks again all and ill hope to see you all again in the coming fall and winter months.be well everyone.
i'll insert link here once i create one LOL!
>>>> https://www.autoflower.org/index.ph...anics-fully-organic-soil-aact-building.46175/ <<<<<
Notice: Hey everyone,I'd like to thank pretty much everyone thats commented on this thread (and all my others for that matter lol) and lent help and guidance and the sharing of a lot of knowledge.it was an awesome run on how one starts and escalates through living organics from a recipe to keeping it built and running multi recipes with varying degress of similar components but i think it's time to start a brand new 100% organic thread or something with my brand new recipe make up.minus a few things though since this is MY OWN custom mix and i dont want it copied to be completely honest...but,in time well'see i just need to make a few moves first until i will give that info up at this time. ok enough rambling.but thanks again all and ill hope to see you all again in the coming fall and winter months.be well everyone.
i'll insert link here once i create one LOL!
>>>> https://www.autoflower.org/index.ph...anics-fully-organic-soil-aact-building.46175/ <<<<<
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Hello @Eyes , I have heard that auto's don't like some organic fertilizer pellets ? can you clarify for me ?
