Agriculture Reference
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has been come directly from the ingredients of the fish food. Plants can still grow with a
low level of nutrients, but the food will look and taste less than expected and the fruiting
plants will struggle to blossom and produce good fruit and vegetables, and plants will be
more likely to suffer from pest and disease problems. You DO NOT want these conditions
in your farm, so read this document to learn how to adjust the pH level of your water and
the macro and micro nutrient levels necessary to produce health food in your aquaponics
system.
Worm Casting Tea - The quick and clean method
There are many vendors who offer organic worm castings throughout the world. But it
you can't find organic worm castings in your area, you can order them from us:
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The worm castings we supply are pure organic worm castings and not vermin-compost.
Testingprovesthattherearemicroorganismprop-
erties in the worm casting tea that act as an in-
sect repellent for many insects such as aphids,
white fly, spider mites, and other small bugs that
eat plant juices. This is due to enzyme released in
the worm tea called chitinase which will dissolve
chitin which is the exoskeleton of an insect. Al-
thoughit'soptional,werecommendyouspraythe
plants in your aquaponics system
once a week
with worm tea to create healthier plants. There are tremendous benefits from the applica-
tion of Worm Casting tea:
Safe for your fish (a very big advantage)
It is non-toxic to plants, fish, pets and people
By spraying the worm casting tea on your plants (under the leaves as well as on top) and on
your seed garden, you're adding nutrients directly to your growing plant and making them
healthier and minimizing any potential problems
Since you're spraying the leaves and fruit/vegetables, pathogens can't attack because
you're adding beneficial microbes (very important to healthy plant growth) to the surface
Worm casting tea used as a foliate spray is beneficial as a fungus control as more nitrogen
is released.
It can also be used for such problems as black spot, black mildew and tomato blight
