From everything that I have found, earth worm castings are very rich in Nitrogen. The tea is also very rich in nitrogen. I believe that this nitrogen in combination with the microbes which help absorb nutrients and water is where we are seeing increadible signs of growth, especially during vegatative growth. I certainly have seen this and will be posting my one month results soon.
Now for the million dollar question. Will this slow flowering stages that generally require higher amounts of phosphorus and lower amounts of nitrogen.
Jerry, this especially applies to those of us who use the worm tea (OVE dilluted) in the S/H culture. My plants have the worm tea available 24/7. Should we stop this in the winter and switch to water and conventional hydroponic fertilizers? I have a Burrageara Stefan Isler 'lava flow' that is currently in spike. I am actually surprised that it is spiking because it took some damage (sun burn) this spring and was repotted to S/H worm tea this summer. As of right now the flower spike seems a bit smaller than the last two times it has flowered (1st when purchaced and one re-bloom). I suppose this could be due to the rough year it has had, but could the nitrogen make the flowers smaller?
ok, so there were two million dollar questions.
jay