"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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Anyone know what the relative merits of wormery juice are against those of
dilute urine?

I'm guessing that urine essentially just puts a usable form of nitrogen
(urea) into the soil but with little or no Phosphorous or Potassium. So in
normal NPK fertiliser terms it is only N.

What about wormery juice? Is that purely a form of nitrogen or does it
have a better balance of ingredients as a plant fertiliser? Any P or K in
it?

From experimenting the last couple of years, dilute human pee makes an
excellent (but unbalanced) fertiliser for vegetables. Would there be any
additional benefits to setting up a wormery too? No point if it just
creates a nitrogenous feed.

Now there's a good question that I would also like the answer to.
I am thinking of getting a wormery as my council is offering one cheaply
(with a voucher to get worms; to help us recycle) simply to get the worm
juice as a fertiliser. I don't really need one as I have room for a compost
heap and could provide my own worms, but they make worm juice sound so
delicious for your garden that it *must* be better than diluted pee.
I hope someone will come along soon who knows the chemical composition of
worm juice, I would purely love to know, like yourself, David.

Tina