This season we're thrilled to collaborate with Terra Flora Soilworks to bring you their Ultra Vermicompost. We'll have 1L and 8L bags available for pickup from the farm in Abbotsford on dahlia tuber pickup days (April 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th) from 10am to 4pm.
Vermicompost (earthworm castings) is the rich digested soil that worms leave behind. It's rich in nutrients, microorganisms and beneficial microbes (as many as 10,000 different kinds!), and adding it to your soil aids plant growth, helps fight off disease and nourishes your plants. We add a handful of these premium worm castings to the soil with our tubers and seedlings at planting time and have observed larger blooms and increased tuber yields.
These castings take 18 months to produce from start to finish. They start out life as wood chips and leaves combined with clean animal manures and green waste from the Terra Flora market garden. Once red wiggler worms work their magic and Terra Flora's bespoke blend of ingredients scientifically proven to increase photosynthesis, plant yield and vitality are added to the mix, we're left with a premium vermicompost blend to add to our gardens and enrich our soil.
To use at planting: blend at a ratio of 10-20% with a potting mix or add 15ml/1 tbsp per small plant or 255ml/1cup for larger plants at transplant, ensuring vermicompost is in contact with plant roots.
For compost tea: use 1L/4 cups in 19L/5gal of water and apply over 140 m3/1500 sq ft.
For compost tea: use 1L/4 cups in 19L/5gal of water and apply over 140 m3/1500 sq ft.