Randy Sorensen

We got tired of our red wriggler worm farm and retired them to the garden (zone . It’s been about three years and we haven’t seen any in a while. The garden is now full of regular earth worms and everything else that composts plant material. Just keep feeding the soil, worms are just a pice of the puzzle. If you have bugs eating your plants, don’t kill them, feed them more. We had major problems with cutworms, slugs and everything else eating our seedlings. We found out all you have to do is feed them and they will be happy. Never leave a seedling out in bare dirt, it’ll be done the next day.

Big tip: Watch the wasps. The day I saw them eat a horn worm was the last day I killed them.

I use flouresent lights as well. I’ve tried a few different types and they all seem to be pretty much the same.

One thing that I would like to share is the way I plant and water my seedlings. I love to use soil cubes on mesh trays for easy watering.  I put the soil cubes in a mesh tray and then into a normal tray. When they need to be watered, I pull the mesh tray out and place it in another tray with water, watering the hole tray at one time. When they seedlings are ready to plant, I never have to harden them off since the root are air pruned and quickly shoot into the garden soil once planted (never root bound).

I also place a clear lid over the seedling when first planted and keep them out of any light when germinating them. Crack the lid so not too much water builds up.

Soil blocker (this is the only size you need)
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