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Gold Hill, Oregon

anyone use unsifted worm castings? what are your thoughts? sifted are about twice as much. i found a place that will sell unsifted for $250.00 a yard and sifted for $450.00. i know i may not use a yard for the punkin patch but i have an acre of yard and a garden plus some potted flowers that would make good use of the remainder.

4/16/2009 6:17:46 AM

Gays Mills, Wisconsin

If the unsifted means its the same as the sifted except it has worms still in it, if the worms are still alive, I'd go with the unsifted....but use it right away. Small sticks/rocks shouldn't hurt anything but with some redworm composts/castings you're not always sure what you're getting.

I might be able to help you get sifted castings cheaper, if interested email me : [email protected]

John Barlow
Gays Mills, WI

4/16/2009 9:32:07 AM

Seattle, WA

That sounds expensive to me for a yard. Highest price in WA that I've found is $200/yard and I think that's a lot. I'd go with unsifted as well. We are talking about pure worm castings? If the material has been properly composted by the worms, there shouldn't be too much particulate.

4/16/2009 1:16:24 PM

Gold Hill, Oregon

thank you for the information.

4/17/2009 3:33:11 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Agreed with Tad, that price is through the roof...very high for worm castings.

Last year I bought 1300 lbs of sifted worm castings (approx. 1 1/2 yards) for $0.14 per lb) for about $180 per yard. They did not charge for the sifting, however it was an option to get rid of extra/undigested particulates.

As Tad mentioned, if digested properly, it should not have too much "extra" volume with it, but mine came sifted down to anything less than 1/4 inch.

4/17/2009 2:29:14 PM