Red Wiggler Worms as composting worms Organic Fertilizing Versus Chemical Inorganic Fertilizing on Planting Soil

• Nothing like handling toxic and very poisonous chemical substanced fertilizers, Organic fertilizing is "worry-free" and is very fun to do for the whole family. Kids can take part of helping with managing the household's composting worms in a bin, and since a worm bin can be positioned indoors or in a sheltered location outside, worm composting can be done all year round. It is perfectly safe and really fun to do as you notice your worm population getting bigger, this means you'll have more composters and fertilizer producers!
  
  
• Worm compost with worm castings is estimated 7 times richer in nutrients as compared to your typical hot compost using bacteria and fungi.
  
  
• The worms, especially the Red Wiggler worms are masters of composting and worm casting fertilizer production which will do all the work quietly for gardeners and farmers alike.
  
  

• Eisenia Foetida can very much help reduce your overall garbage by letting them have the organic wastes as their food.
  
  
• They are very easy to breed, a juvenile Red Wiggler will reach its sexual maturity within just 3-5 months.
  
  
• Red Wiggler worms are also a favorite as fishing worms because of it being very active when threaded in a hook- it violently wiggles.
  
  
• They're not bad as composting pets
  
  

Red Wiggler worms are scientifically called Eisenia Foetida. It really loves manure and rotting things especially plants. Red Wiggler worms can survive temperatures with ranges 16° - 28°C (60° - 80°F) and can be very active in the higher ends with feeding, copulating and egg laying.

A Red Wiggler worm composting poop that's very rich in Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potassium are called Worm Castings. Worm casting is 5 times richer in Nitrogen, 7 times richer in Phosphates and 11 times richer in Potassium than the average soil. Being classified as epigeic, Red Wigglers won't burrow 12 inches deeper from the soil's surface making them very ideal for loosening and aerating top soil for plant roots to grow more and help little plants settle in more easily. Red Wiggler worms are also expert in loosening up clayish soil and helps in the improvement of water retention in sandy type soils. Red Wiggler's castings also have sufficed Nitrogen levels in them. With this, you don't need to worry about burning your plants.

Red Wiggler worms can really give your potted plants, lawn, pasture or garden a boost with endless tons supply of nourishment and stimulant all year round. The overall amount of production or harvest that you gain will really depend on how much and often you give your plants or crops Red Wiggler compost fertilizers.

As an added bonus, Vermiculture or using worms in indoor composters, especially Red Wigglers to decompose organic wastes is that it eliminates the bad odor that is natural to decomposing materials, instead, it replaces it with an earthy, "just-after-the-rain-soil-aroma"

Pros or Advantages

Chemical fertilizers can provide immediate supply of nutrients whenever the situation calls for it. It can also be used in very large fields. A soil that is very poor and low in nutrients call sofr chemical fertilization that aggressively gives chemical nutrients for the soil. Chemical fertilizers are also relatively cheaper than organic fertilizers.

Cons or Disadvantages

The main disadvantage of using chemical fertilizers is that it is too acidic. Some known acidic substances in chemical fertilizers are sulfur and hydrochloric acid, too much acid can render harm on other friendly nitrogen producing bacteria in your soil. Production of chemical fertilizers gives more pollution into the environment.

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Uncle Jim is an expert on Red Wiggler worms. Raising them for more than 20 years now, he has been promoting the importance of the roles that the worms play in our environment. That's why he chose to raise Red Wiggler worms in a farm to share and promote the benefits of these nature's little wonders!

Uncle Jim's seasoned knowledge about worms and gardening has developed many tools for worm composting and gardening that are based on 20 years of experience.