SashaShiva
Well-Known Member
I recently was talking to someone that is completely new to growing, and I use Ladybugs in my grow to eat Aphids and stuff; and he asked me if Earth Worms would be good for his Soil, and I told him that it would, but that if you are going to do that you should just make/get a compost container, and start throwing Egg Shells, and Apple Cores and Banana Peels and stuff in there. Then I remembered that you can Compost Meat also, so I suggested that if he wanted to Compost Meat he should get Black Soldier Fly Larvae, because they Compost Meat and Wood.
Then I thought about it and I knew about Black Soldier Flies because they Compost Meat and Wood, but I didn't really know what they were and hadn't seen one before. So I looked into them and even just right on the Wikipedia page it says that they make a "valuable product called Frass". So I looked at what Frass is, and it is basically a plant Steroid, with tons of Nutrients in it, that works by making your plant think it is being attacked by bugs, and giving it Chitin to use in its fibrous structure. Similarly to how Venus Flytraps eat Bugs, when Chitin is on your plant it basically digests it and uses it. And Frass comes out of Black Soldier Fly Larvae the same way goo comes out of Slugs, and it is basically Wood that is digested and released on plants, and contains all the Nutrients plants need, plus some Chitin from the bugs.
So I got some Frass right away, and I am using it on my plants now, and have sprinkled it on the Soil.
But I am wondering, is anyone Composting with Black Soldier Flies currently? And if anyone reads this and does it, post a link or pictures or both here. Because if this starts becoming a regular thing, and Soil with Frass in it becomes as common as Soil with Worm Castings in it, that could change everything. Instead of getting Bags of Frass and using it on grows, people could just have it in their Soil already. Or people could make it by Composting with Black Solider Fly Larvae.
And you can get them right on Ebay for pretty cheap. Frass is on Amazon.
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Then I thought about it and I knew about Black Soldier Flies because they Compost Meat and Wood, but I didn't really know what they were and hadn't seen one before. So I looked into them and even just right on the Wikipedia page it says that they make a "valuable product called Frass". So I looked at what Frass is, and it is basically a plant Steroid, with tons of Nutrients in it, that works by making your plant think it is being attacked by bugs, and giving it Chitin to use in its fibrous structure. Similarly to how Venus Flytraps eat Bugs, when Chitin is on your plant it basically digests it and uses it. And Frass comes out of Black Soldier Fly Larvae the same way goo comes out of Slugs, and it is basically Wood that is digested and released on plants, and contains all the Nutrients plants need, plus some Chitin from the bugs.
So I got some Frass right away, and I am using it on my plants now, and have sprinkled it on the Soil.
But I am wondering, is anyone Composting with Black Soldier Flies currently? And if anyone reads this and does it, post a link or pictures or both here. Because if this starts becoming a regular thing, and Soil with Frass in it becomes as common as Soil with Worm Castings in it, that could change everything. Instead of getting Bags of Frass and using it on grows, people could just have it in their Soil already. Or people could make it by Composting with Black Solider Fly Larvae.
And you can get them right on Ebay for pretty cheap. Frass is on Amazon.
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