So there you have it. Hands down worm tea is the winner in the battle of leachate vs worm tea. So the next time you turn on the spigot and collect the juice at the bottom of your worm bin think twice about where you want to put the leachate. Return from leachate vs Worm Tea to Homepage. If you'd like to discuss or have any questions about leachate vs worm tea then feel free to contact us or ask a question. Social Media Corner. Subscribe To The Newsletter. Turn Your Hobby into Profit!
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In fact, I consider it somewhat like toxic sludge. The uses of leachate are pretty limited to the benefits one would expect of such a thing. It is simply a liquid nutrient meant for invigorating soils and plant life. So, as you will see below, I collect mine.
Through the winter, I use the leachate I catch to create a dilute solution for watering indoor plants. If it does stink- that means there are anaerobic bacteria, perhaps pathogens, at work in there. But poured back into the worm bin, that leachate will get absorbed into the bedding, eventually digested by the worms, and made into perfectly usable high-quality compost. Not a thing needs to go to waste! My favorite use of leachate comes directly from one of our generous readers who shared her own brilliant way of putting hers to use.
She collects it in a hose attachment and waters the lawn with it- thereby quickly and easily aerating it, diluting it, and distributing it widely. When the growing season is on, and my worms are outside, I often find myself wanting to give some extra nourishing drinks of water to my flowering trees and shrubs. I catch everything at the bottom and then have a super-concentrated fertilizer to work with right away.
The name will be changed with the next printing. I agree with folly grows, if you've got leachate then your bin is too wet. You will get mite problems and smell. So, add dry shredded newspaper to soak excess liquid.
I have never made vermi or compost tea but came across postings from people who have brewed them. You have to add molasses and aerate the brew etc.
I do not have the link handy but you can google for the recipe. If I do get leachate, I dilute that with water just to be safe it is not too strong and water my houseplants with it. None have died so far. I'm building on a new kitchen. Do I want my sink in the island or not?
Kitchen design- lower cabinets with pull outs vs drawers. Small kitchen layout help! Thanks both of you for your helpful responses. I'm glad I now understand what's going on here. It's unfortunate that the WF designers made such an obvious miscategorization. I'm not sure which of these is correct either, but am just watching to see how quickly food disappears. It seems they aren't doing the best job To summarise: Leachate - the correct word for the dark liquid that comes out to bottom of your bin.
If your bin in maintained correctly you should have very little leachate and what you do have can safely in diluted form be given to your plants. Sometimes leachate is incorrectly referred to as "worm tea". Some sites refer to at as "worm wee", but even that is technically incorrect. Compost tea - a mix of VC and water. Useful if you don't have leachate and want some liquid fertilizer.
Worm tea - a mix of VC, water and molasses. It is brewed in the sense that hot water is used and it must be used almost immediately otherwise the benefit is lost.
There is a lot of controversy regarding the benefits of creating and using worm tea. My person view is: "If in doubt, leave it out. I see many sites that are referring to any worm bin runoff as worm tea which is really just "leachate". Im guessing much of the presented info is old and they were just recopying the info and digging into the facts.
The fact that any runoff could be just juices from water, fruits and veggies or anything else that has not yet even passed thru a worms body. So therefore I consider any runoff useless. True worm tea is obtained by using the mature vermicompost which has been run thru a worms body and been aerated and the billions of microbes that will be multiplied by the aeration process.
Okay so with all that being said I really cover this in depth in my book but here is a link to my free guide discussing the difference between the two. Pauly's Channel. Largest Worm Farming Book. Worm Castings Results. Garden Tower Project. Worm Farming T Shirts. Start A Profitable Worm Business. And you keep my books How to multiply Your Worms over x in 90 Bays! Comments for Worm tea and leachate Average Rating Click here to add your own comments. Dec 01, Rating.
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