Urban Worm Company

Urban Worm Company Worm Castings

Urban Worm Company Worm Castings

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Urban Worm Company Worm Castings - OMRI Listed

Add life back to your soil with Urban Worm Castings! These castings have a balanced fungal:bacterial ratio and if you can keep them out of UV light, their quality will persist for 6 months or more. Recent analysis shows high humic content and nitrogen cycling microbes.

Key Features:

Urban Worm Castings are shown to:

  • boost plant growth

  • speed up germination

  • increase yield by 20-80%

  • suppress pests and pathogens

  • improve water retention

Do you need bulk worm castings of more than 50lbs? Email us for more details.

APPROVED FOR ORGANIC USE!

Additional Details:

Our worm castings are now approved by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)

  • TMECC: Test Method for the Examination of Composting and Compost

  • US EPA 846-6020: Testing protocols for detecting pollutants in dissolved solutions derived from soils and other matter

    • US EPA 846-6020: Testing protocols for detecting pollutants in dissolved solutions derived from soils and other matter

    Standard Compost Test Results

    • Moisture: 53%

    • Solids 47%

    • pH: 7.1

    • Soluble Salts: 2.12 dS/m

    • Organic Matter: 22.7%

    • Total Organic Carbon: 11.4%

    • Carbon:Nitrogen Ratio: 14:1

    Nutrient Analysis

    • Nitrogen (N): .8%

    • Phosporus (P): .04%

    • Potassium (K): .16%

    • Magnesium (Mg): .53%

    • Calcium (Ca): 1.7%

    Note: Worm castings almost always have an NPK of 1-0-0.

    Application Test Results

    • Germination Emergence: 100%

    • Germination Vigor: 100%

    • Control Seedling Height: 8.1 cm

    • Vermicompost Seedling Height: 12.5 cm

    50% better seedling growth!


    BIOLOGICAL ASSAY TEST ANALYSIS

    We sent our castings to the Soil Food Web New York for a biological assay:

    • They measured bacteria, fungi, nematodes, amoebae, flagellates, and nitrogen cycling potential

       

    Organism Biomass Data

    • Active Fungi: 58.05 µ/g

    • Total Fungi: 402.56 µ/g

    • Hyphal Diameter: 3.25 µm

    • Active Bacteria: 45.51 µ/g

    • Total Bacteria: 1031.80 µ/g

    • Actinobacteria: 0 µ/g

    Organism Biomass Ratios

    • TF:TB: 0.39 

    • AF:TF: 0.14

    • AB:TB: 0.04

    • AF:AB: 1.28

    Protists & Nematodes

    • Flagellates: 90152.39 #/g

    • Amoebae: 112614.15 #/g

    • Ciliates 542 #/g

    • Nitrogen Cycling Potential: 250+ lbs/acre

    • Nematodes: 24.74 #/g

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