vermiculture and used unorganicly fertilized soil

In the process of switching to all natural, running with the soil food web from here on out, was wondering what the deal was with throwing worms in my old pro mix?

I would flush it first to make sure all of the salts are out of it. Way to go on switching to organics. You will love your plants even more. I made the switch to TLO and am loving the results.

About just how much mix and what are you storing it in?

Wet

bertaluchi said:

I would flush it first to make sure all of the salts are out of it. Way to go on switching to organics. You will love your plants even more. I made the switch to TLO and am loving the results.

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Agreed on the flush. Worms are believe it or not, sensitive. They hate sodium, it dehydrates them. They will always migrate away from it.

Flush, ammend, cook- add worms after temp had stabilized.

Keighan said:

In the process of switching to all natural, running with the soil food web from here on out, was wondering what the deal was with throwing worms in my old pro mix?

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Promix is mostly just coco coir... I would think it should be ok to add to a worm bin or compost pile of its rinsed well. It will not be very rich as it is but you can use it as a base upon which to build a living soil mix.

Richard Drysift said:

Promix is mostly just coco coir... I would think it should be ok to add to a worm bin or compost pile of its rinsed well. It will not be very rich as it is but you can use it as a base upon which to build a living soil mix.

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The Pro Mix that comes from Premier the peat people? I use Premier peat moss and no experience with PM, but always thought it was peat based. That and the Sunshine mixes. I'm confused.

Wet

bertaluchi said:

I would flush it first to make sure all of the salts are out of it. Way to go on switching to organics. You will love your plants even more. I made the switch to TLO and am loving the results.

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I've spent about the last 4 months reading, watching, and studying the food web, and now I'm in love with it, the theory concept, I grow my oyster mushrooms replicating the most natural procedure I can and get above averge results for a 100th of the cost it would take to do it the way most would suggest. It's only probably 20sq ft of pro mix with no more than half a tsp of inorganic feet probably every other week my last run I don't know what that means for salt build up but id assume it wouldn't be alot. Any idea?

Even if its a small amount I would still flush. When salts are present in the soil and the soil starts to dry out it will dehydrate and kill your microlife

Wetdog said:

The Pro Mix that comes from Premier the peat people? I use Premier peat moss and no experience with PM, but always thought it was peat based. That and the Sunshine mixes. I'm confused.

Wet

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I think he meant peat.
it's just peat and aeration, sometimes they add myco to it
Unless they have a new product of just coco ad aeration