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Gaia Green Worm Castings, 2L U.S. (NA02)
Gaia Green Worm Castings, 2L U.S. (NA02)
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Gaia Green Worm Castings are a premium, all-natural organic soil conditioner and fertilizer created by earthworms. These castings, or worm excrement, are rich in essential nutrients and beneficial microorganisms, making them a valuable addition to your garden or potting soil. Gaia Green's commitment to sustainable, organic gardening practices ensures that their worm castings are of the highest quality, promoting healthier plants and improved soil structure.
Key Features:
Nutrient-Rich: Worm castings are abundant in essential plant nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and trace minerals, promoting robust plant growth.
Beneficial Microbes: They contain a diverse population of beneficial microorganisms that enhance soil health and protect plants against diseases.
Organic Origin: Gaia Green's worm castings are derived from organic materials, reflecting a commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly gardening practices.
Low Odor: These worm castings have a mild, earthy scent, making them pleasant to work with.
Improves Soil Structure: The fine texture of worm castings improves soil aeration, water retention, and drainage, resulting in healthier root systems.
Benefits:
Enhanced Growth: Worm castings provide a slow-release source of essential nutrients, ensuring steady plant growth and development.
Improved Soil Health: The beneficial microorganisms in the castings help build and maintain a robust soil ecosystem, reducing the risk of soil-borne diseases.
Higher Yields: Using worm castings can lead to increased crop yields, making them a valuable addition to vegetable gardens and flower beds.
Sustainable Gardening: Gaia Green's focus on organic and sustainable practices means that their worm castings are an eco-friendly choice for gardeners.
Applications:
Seed Starting: Mix worm castings into seed-starting soil to provide young plants with a nutrient-rich medium to grow in.
Gardens: Incorporate castings into your garden soil to enrich it with essential nutrients and improve its structure.
Container Gardening: Blend worm castings into potting mixtures for potted plants and containers.
Transplanting: Add worm castings to the planting hole when transplanting trees, shrubs, or flowers to encourage healthy root development.
Use Instructions:
For gardens or new plantings, apply a layer of Gaia Green Worm Castings on the soil surface at a rate of 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lbs) per square meter (10.76 square feet).
When transplanting or potting, mix worm castings thoroughly with the planting hole soil or potting mix. The amount will depend on the size of the plant or container.
Water the soil or planting medium well after applying the worm castings to activate the nutrients.
For existing gardens, you can also use worm castings as a top dressing to provide a nutrient boost during the growing season.
Gaia Green Worm Castings are a natural, sustainable, and nutrient-rich soil amendment that offers multiple benefits for your garden or container plants. These castings support vigorous plant growth, increase yields, and enhance soil structure while promoting a healthier and more environmentally friendly approach to gardening.
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INFORMATION QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Hydroponics?
Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil. The plants thrive on the nutrient-water solution alone. The growing medium merely acts as a support for the plants and their root systems while the solution passes freely. The growing medium, if any, is totally inert.
What types of plants grow best hydroponically?
Anything can be grown hydroponically, but some plants prove to be more space efficient. Some plants we suggest are tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot chilies, lettuce, spinach, squash, cucumbers, broccoli, beans, snow peas, herbs and flowers of all types.
Can you REALLY get better yields/quicker growth?
Absolutely. The plants, when receiving everything they need, tend to be healthier, faster growing and generally more productive. You can expect 30% faster growth with many crops.
What are the watering cycle timelines hydroponic systems?
Once the reservoir is filled with nutrients, it is time to put your hydro system to work! The ease of hydroponics is automation – automation is achieved by putting the pump on a timer according to your watering needs. The watering cycle depends on growth stage, growing medium and hydroponic system. In an ebb and flow or drip system with rockwool as the medium, seedlings, clones and plants in the early vegetative stage require watering only once a day for 15-30 minutes (twice a day for higher temps). Mature, flowering and fruiting plants require a heavier feed and can be fed once a day for 30 minutes (twice a day for higher temps). Typically soiless mixes and coco fiber can be watered for about 15 minutes twice a day, and can be adjusted for heavier feeding during the flowering and fruiting stage or higher temps. ViaStone, Hydroton, Grow Rocks, and Silicate mediums need to be watered more frequently – a constant drip for drip systems, and about 15-30 minutes every 3 hours for ebb and flow systems and can be adjusted for heavier feeding during the flowering and fruiting stage or higher temps. Aeroponic systems require frequent watering cycles; 30-60 seconds every few minutes or a constant spray.
What do I need to test pH? How do I test pH?
pH has a range from 0 (acidic) – 14 (alkaline), with 7 being neutral. A proper hydroponic pH range is between 5.5 to 6.2 for most hydroponic crops. For specific crop pH, check out our Plant Guide. pH must remain within the proper range for good plant health, disease resistance, and proper nutrient uptake. pH is maintained by adding pH Up and pH Down to the nutrient solution. For more information, see the Testssection of our site.
How will the flavor compare to my outdoor grown, organic produce?
The taste may be even better! This is simply due to the fact that the hydroponically grown plants are getting everything they need, when they need it. Don’t be fooled by “hot house” produce grown commercially. The grower’s primary concern is shipability and storage, not flavor. When you grow your own vegetables at home, you can expect nothing less than excellent results. Plus, hydroponically grown produce has the added benefit of a longer shelf life.