Growers Daily by Farmer Jesse

March 28, 2025 Maximizing Vermicompost + White Shade Cloth Worth it?

Welcome to episode 118 of Growers Daily!

We cover: the fascinating world of shade cloth colors, maximizing vermicompost and what to do about those overwintered carrots.

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Links for today:

Worm Farmers Handbook: https://amzn.to/4j9vWy0

Shade cloth in horticulture: https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/hortsci/44/2/article-p239.pdf

Adverse effects of shade on lettuce: https://journals.ashs.org/jashs/view/journals/jashs/147/1/article-p45.xml#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20the%20development,be%20preferable%20to%20shaded%20lettuce.

Shade trials out of the university of delaware. https://sites.udel.edu/weeklycropupdate/?p=19864

Summer Lettuce Video: https://youtu.be/589sGmOhKlE

benefits of inoculating tree roots: https://academic.oup.com/forestscience/article-abstract/43/1/99/4627384

Kalamatta olive study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338161470_Potential_of_Vermicompost_and_Vermicompost_Tea_to_Improve_Yield_and_Quality_of_Kalamata_Olive_Trees_Infected_with_Root-Knot_Nematode_Meloidogyne_incognita

Biosttmulant effects of vermicompost extract https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-022-05783-w

Erin’s Video about Carrots as pants: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHip51uuqex/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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