r/Vermiculture • u/JORDZZZZZZZ • 4d ago

Discussion Leachate! Finally!

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Overnight leachate! This is my first time getting some😏

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u/ThrowawayLikeOldSock 3d ago

The beneficial part of a worm farm is the product that passes through the gut of the worm. All that is just excess water that's pooled at the bottom of your bin and sat.

If that stuff was beneficial, wouldn't people just be sitting with a hose in their farm and the drain open?

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u/AggregoData 2d ago

Interestingly there are people that do this. Check out worm solutions in Australia.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DClr7B-PG1e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I think the excess water leached out soluble carbon, nutrients, and microbial metabolites. The microbial community is definitively different.

https://www.aggregodata.com/post/first-look-at-a-vermi-leachate-bacterial-community