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Safe fertilizer for Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Safe fertilizer for use in Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Announcing our newest customer: 🌵 The Living Desert Zoo and Botanical Gardens. VermisTerra is veterinarian approved for application in the 🦏 black rhino and 🦒 giraffe Savannahs. 🦘 

VermisTerra is natural and safe to use even around critically endangered animals. 🌍 It’s the only plant food applied at the Living Desert.

They’ll be using VermisTerra from propagating in the nursery, all the way to rehabilitating struggling trees. Their goal is to promote healthy grass, bushes and trees grown for wild animals to consume. 

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has more than 60 conservation projects, spanning 12 countries, to protect endangered species and restore their native lands.

We are so proud to see our powerful yet gentle products used as a foundation for the health of soil, plants and animals. The staff at the zoo are excited to implement the benefits of earthworm castings, worm tea, and Vitality. They will keep photos before and after as well as notes on the changes that they see. Stay tuned for updates!

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Agronomist Discusses Benefits of VermisTerra Aged Earthworm Castings and Tea

This year VermisTerra attended the World AG Expo in Tulare and passed out samples and information about our aged castings, worm tea and hydrospiral tubes. If you love VermisTerra and wonder about the science behind how it works, this is the video that explains it. If you are just learning about VermisTerra, learn more about what we’re doing differently.

Agronomist and Nut Tree Expert, Peter Viss shares his knowledge about VermisTerra aged earthworm castings, tea and how what sets them apart.

 

Filmed over three days at the 2019 Tulare World AG Expo.

See Table of Contents to Jump to a question below!

Send questions for Peter to info@vermisterra.com

Day 1

1:38 How did you learn about VermisTerra? More about bacteria in the worm gut

6:55 A Framework for understand the benefits he’s observed with growers

19:42 Does VermisTerra help with plant disease?

26:00 What’s the difference between VermisTerra castings and tea? What’s the recommended usage?

35:44 How have VermisTerra castings and tea helped farmers you know?

 

Day 2

42:00 Is VermisTerra friendly for the environment?

47:00 Can you use VermisTerra with other fertilizers?

49:00 Does VermisTerra contain humic acid and calcium?

52:00 If VermisTerra is so great, why haven’t more people heard of it?

 

Day 3

56:00 What’s the return on investment (ROI)? Give us examples of its value

1:00:00 How long should I continue using VermisTerra?

1:05:00 Can you explain compost vs. earthworm castings?

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Why Can’t We Wash Off E.Coli on Romaine Lettuce?

 
CDC is urging Americans to throw away any Romaine lettuce they have. Many of died from lettuce tainted with e.Coli, that’s very scary. I used to think it was a matter of washing the vegetables.
Actually, the cause of pathogens in vegetables is using raw soil amendments like manures too close to harvest. There are regulations that require farmers to only apply fertilizers if there’s enough time for them to break down.
 
It’s not just about washing it off because these pathogens live within the tissue on the plant.
 
Thankfully for those gardening at home, VermisTerra earthworm casting products do not have pathogens, our formula allows microbes to pass that harmful stage. In face we lab test all our products to ensure they are heavy metal free and pathogen free (e.coli and salmonella).
 

 

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Vermisterra Supports CCOF

Vermisterra is proud to be a CCOF business partner since 2016. We support and promote organic through certification, education, and advocacy. Buying organic is a direct investment in the future of our planet, so they work to grow the organic market by educating consumers about this important relationship to our food.

Vermisterra tests each batch of worm castings and nutrient tea for heavy metals. Our castings are also tested for E. Coli and Salmonella- to ensure that we are always pathogen free! We are already certified organic by the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) and California Department of California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). You can find our company JL Organics LLC listed in the CCOF Directory!

Vermisterra is a CCOF business partnerAs one of the first organic certification agencies, CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) has strong roots in the history of the organic movement. CCOF was instrumental in advocating for federal organic legislation; our organic certification standards were used as a foundation for the USDA National Organic Program, finally making “certified organic” a federally regulated claim. After more than 30 years of fighting for organic integrity, we continue to certify, educate, advocate, and promote organic.

 

CCOF organizes educational and technical training events for farmers, handlers, and farm advisors to expand their knowledge of organic practices and ensure they are equipped to comply with organic standards. Learn more about CCOF and what they do at https://www.ccof.org.

 

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Vermisterra Worm Castings: Standard and Premium Grades

Due to popular demand, Vermisterra released a Standard castings to offer customers two grades of organic worm castings to choose from. What’s the difference? The Premium castings are more fine and pure, ideal for indoor gardening, micro greens, and seed starting. The Standard castings are great for outdoor gardening fruit trees, vegetables and raised beds.

Vermisterra earthworm castings have so many benefits! They improve soil structure, fertility, are rich in beneficial bacteria and microbes, regulate plant nutrients for immediate absorption and support against pests and disease. This perfect soil amendment from nature is time released and will not burn your plants. Use once a season; A little goes a long way!

Take home the worm castings used by commercial organic farmers. Peace of mind that each batch of Vermisterra worm castings are lab tested, free of raw compost, guaranteed weed seed free, free of heavy metals and pathogens, aged until stable, screened of debris. Rich in humic acid, beneficial bacteria and fungi, micronutrients, trace elements, and natural growth hormones.

 

Vermisterra Standard Castings for outdoor use.

Our Standard Castings look like dark coffee grinds and contain small slivers of organic material. Widely used by farmers in fields and orchards, these castings are aged and purer than most competitors. Our standard castings are ideal as a soil amendment, use as potting mix, and general outdoor use:

•Patio and potted plants

•Create your own potting mix

•Conditioning the soil in your yard

•Use in raised beds

•Top dressing for trees, flowers, shrubs

•Provide year round nutrients for vegetable gardens

•Great for fruit tree fertility and production

•Beneficial microbes protect transplants and root area

VT Premium Castings retail $35.99 (discounts when you order 2 or more)

 

Vermisterra Premium Castings are super fine and ideal for indoor growing and seed starting.

Our Premium Castings are super fine, are weed seed free and have no odor. Originally formulated for commercial greenhouses, these castings are aged and purer than most competitors. Our fine nano particles of worm castings are ideal for seed starting, house plants, and indoor growing:

– Natural growth hormones great for Seed Starting

– Clean and efficient nutrient for Microgreens

– Time released, Balanced nutrition for Bonsai

– Time released, Balanced nutrition for Orchids

– Clean and efficient nutrient for your House plants

– Clean and efficient nutrient for Greenhouse use

VT Standard Castings retail $24.99 (discounts when you order 2 or more)

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Vermisterra Mentioned on DC Network and MassRoots

Vermisterra is gaining traction! DC Network posted a blurb and photos of our worm casting nutrient tea samples on their Instagram and the MassRoots Channel. Check it out here!

Direct Cannabis Network said, “Vermisterra. They offer top quality organic fertilizer. Vermisterra Earthworm Castings and Earthworm Casting Tea are the ideal soil amendment for Cannabis gardens, greenhouses, or organic farms. Vermisterra products are purely natural, free of odor and safe and easy to use.”

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Vermisterra earthworm nutrient tea mentioned on DC Network and Mass Roots after interview at Cannagrow Expo. (Direct Cannabis Network)
Vermisterra earthworm nutrient tea mentioned on DC Network and Mass Roots after interview at Cannagrow Expo. (Direct Cannabis Network)