Vermicrop VermiSoil Premium Potting Soil, 1.5 Cu Ft | 46.85 lb

What Goes Into a Bag of Vermicrop VermiSoil

This is a fully amended soil rather than an inert base, and the ingredient list shows it. Sphagnum peat moss and low-salt coco coir carry the structure. Worm castings do most of the rest, and the worm is named rather than implied: Eisenia fetida, the red wiggler, sold under the VermiWorm label. On top of that sit feather meal, blood meal, bone meal and bat guano. Kelp goes in as well, and Vermicrop finishes the blend with its own premium compost and a mycorrhizal inoculant. Each of those inputs releases at a different speed. Blood meal moves within days. Bone meal takes weeks to become available. The castings release slowly the whole way through and keep the biology fed while they do it. That staggering is the entire point of building a soil this way. It lets a container run for a long stretch with no bottled schedule behind it.

Handling and Feeding a Hot Potting Soil

Hot is the word growers use for a blend like this, and it should be taken literally. Seedlings and fresh cuttings planted straight into it will burn. Start them in something milder and move them across once roots are established. From there the soil carries most of a vegetative run without help, and supplementing usually begins somewhere in flower once the fast inputs are spent. Watering matters as much as feeding here. A peat-heavy mix holds moisture well and punishes overwatering, so let the top inch dry back before going again. The bag itself is worth planning around. It holds 1.5 cubic feet, weighs 46.85 lb and measures 27 by 17 by 5 inches, which makes it a two-handed lift and an awkward one at that. Pallets ship at fifty-five bags. One gap belongs on the record. Vermicrop publishes no guaranteed analysis and no pH figure for this blend. Anyone matching it to a feeding programme should test a sample rather than assume.

Key Features

• Base: Sphagnum peat moss with low-salt coco coir for structure
• Castings: Eisenia fetida worm castings, the red wiggler, under the VermiWorm name
• Feed inputs: Feather meal, blood meal, bone meal and bat guano
• Extras: Kelp, plus Vermicrop's own premium compost in the blend
• Biology: Inoculated with mycorrhizae before it goes into the bag
• Release: Fast, medium and slow inputs staggered across a whole run
• Not for seedlings: Too rich for seeds or fresh cuttings, so transplant into it
• Bag: 1.5 cubic feet, weighing 46.85 lb at 27 by 17 by 5 inches
• Pallet: Fifty-five bags per pallet for commercial quantities

Technical Specifications