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pests anyone use warm casting to repel pest?
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Doesn't work. I use worm castings every year, and every year, I get pests. Where there are pests and food, there are pests on the food. It's worse if your plants are in bad shape, but they don't avoid healthy plants. Doesn't matter if top dressed, sprayed on, etc.
We have a known endemic of these pests where I live. Nobody gets away, worm castings or no.
We have a known endemic of these pests where I live. Nobody gets away, worm castings or no.
`lek said:here are my dwarf prik kee nu pepper seedling. i grow it outdoor. i use nothing but warm tea and thin layer of warm casting to repel pest. it seems to be an effective solution. pepper leaves look quite beautiful.
does anyone here use warm casting to repel pest?
`solid7 said:
Congrats Lek! Condolences solid7.
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Howdy, I'm new here.
I found that worm tea casting will repel aphids.
I use diatomaceous earth in my starting pots to kill bugs and pepper worms.
It doesn't kill the earth worms.
I found that worm tea casting will repel aphids.
I use diatomaceous earth in my starting pots to kill bugs and pepper worms.
It doesn't kill the earth worms.
solid7 said:
i guess there is not enough concentrations of chitinase. worm casting contains various forms of chitinase. this enzyme breaks chitin down into chitosan. so exoskeleton of insect will soon to dissolve.
you might do simple test. use 1 inch layer of worm casting around your pepper plant. ant will not cross this layer.
Warm tea FTW LOLsolid7 said:
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solid7 said:
they don't need to touch the casting. chitianses is in plant tissue. once you can raise the level of chitianses, it can repel chewing and sucking insects like aphids, whiteflies, spider mites and any pest that feeds on plant juice.
furthermore, your pepper plant will have resistance to fungal diseases.
just make sure that your warm casting is not mixed with compost, filler or other raw material.
Lek, does it matter what the worms ate to create the castings?
I use red wigglers to compost coffee grinds, tea leaves, and table scraps... but i recall, from earlier threads, that you vermicompost cowshit using crawlers Will either flavor of casting contain chitinase?
I use red wigglers to compost coffee grinds, tea leaves, and table scraps... but i recall, from earlier threads, that you vermicompost cowshit using crawlers Will either flavor of casting contain chitinase?
To rid ants or aphids, mix diatomaceous earth, 1/2 cup to 2 cups of water, pour into a hand sprayer. Lightly spray around the plant. When the diatomaceous earth becomes dry again it will absorb moister from the attacking insect body. May take several hours to do this.
Place a small dish/plate of an equal part, 4 tbsp baking soda & borax, mix in 2 tbsp powder sugar, place next to the pepper plants. The ants will carry this back to their nest and it will destroy their eggs. (note: don't let it get wet or they won't carry it.)
To make your own worm casting tea,
Materials needed:
1-quart jar of worm castings (vermicast).
1 pantyhose, (cut a piece 1.5-foot length from the toe.)
5-gallon bucket
Process:
1) 3-gallon rainwater or distilled water.
2) Fill the castings into pantyhose.
3) Twist & tie the end to hang on the handle from the side of the bucket with the bag in the water.
4) Let sit for 2 hours.
5) Knead the castings to get all water out, a dark chocolate milk color.
6) Dilute 1 part worm tea to 5 parts rainwater to drench around the pepper plant.
Note: 1 inch of worm castings can be used around the plant.
Place a small dish/plate of an equal part, 4 tbsp baking soda & borax, mix in 2 tbsp powder sugar, place next to the pepper plants. The ants will carry this back to their nest and it will destroy their eggs. (note: don't let it get wet or they won't carry it.)
To make your own worm casting tea,
Materials needed:
1-quart jar of worm castings (vermicast).
1 pantyhose, (cut a piece 1.5-foot length from the toe.)
5-gallon bucket
Process:
1) 3-gallon rainwater or distilled water.
2) Fill the castings into pantyhose.
3) Twist & tie the end to hang on the handle from the side of the bucket with the bag in the water.
4) Let sit for 2 hours.
5) Knead the castings to get all water out, a dark chocolate milk color.
6) Dilute 1 part worm tea to 5 parts rainwater to drench around the pepper plant.
Note: 1 inch of worm castings can be used around the plant.
solid7 said:
all worm castings are not the same.
for the example, take a look at this:
http://www.wormgold.com/about-worm-gold-plus
200 million CFU Chitin Degraders
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Hey Lek, I'm looking at this from a different angle, what kind of worms you using?> Checklist of Thailand taxa updated from Gates. (1939) "Thai Eartworms"
Hey Lek, I'm looking at this from a different angle, what kind of worms you using?> Checklist of Thailand taxa updated from Gates. (1939) "Thai Eartworms"
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Sorry for the language barrier, point is, what type of earthworms are you using?
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The_NorthEast_ChileMan said:
`lek said:
Sorry for the language barrier, point is, what type of earthworms are you using?
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