Elixir Gardens | Worm Castings 100% Organic Vermi Compost/Fertiliser/Soil Improver/Potting Bio Humus | 2 Litres - 400 Litres Available | 40 Litre Bag

Since I wrote this review, I ordered again and they have changed the supplier - the one I reviewed before was supplied by an English company, this is now from Ireland - and am not sure this new one is fungus gnat free. As I said in my earlier review, I preferred Elixir's worm humus to Biobizz because it contained no fungus gnat eggs, now am no longer sure this is true. Can't be totally sure, because had previously (stupidly) used a Biobizz dry organic fertiliser, and immediately noticed fungus gnats re-appearing after not having seen any since I stopped using Biobizz worm humus. But I stopped using the fertiliser a while ago, and since treated repeatedly with BTI (a bacterial product which kills mosquito larvae and controls fungus gnat - only totally eradicating them with repeated use) and it seems new flies are emerging from recently potted up items, and I've changed nothing else in my mix. Also, the confusing info on the new product put me off: it is labelled as "organic compost" then goes on to say it's "fortified with worm humus", so contacted Elixir to confirm this was 100% worm humus before opening the bag. They replied promptly and assured me it was, and the contents of the bag confirmed this. Maybe labelling customs for this type of product are different in Ireland - worm is organic compost, sure, but here, it is not usually marketed as such, and the reference to being "fortified" with worm humus is simply confusing: if it's worm humus, and nothing else, it's not "fortified". Like the old product, this has a good, even consistency. Worm humus is an excellent fertiliser and additive, you can add it to growing media, mulch/top-dress with it, and use it to make compost tea. So, this is also a good product, excepting not being sure about the fungus gnats. If I find out for sure, one way or another, I will try to update this review, so far, have not deducted any stars..This is the review I wrote for the old product: This is excellent quality worm humus, very even and fine in consistency. Worm humus/castings, even from reliable suppliers, often seems to contain eggs or larvae of fungus gnats (the little black flies that crawl over compost and fly around plants when disturbed - the larvae eat fine plant roots, so not good for seedlings, and they spread diseases between plants), but so far, have noticed none in this. It is also good value for money, especially the larger quantities, and arrived within or before the estimated delivery date. After long-term use, can now say for sure that there are no fungus gnat eggs in this, so will be buying this brand from now on. I mix my own seed compost using cocos, some sieved top soil and worm castings, and when I used BioBizz worm humus, I always had a problem with fungus gnats appearing a few days after seeds were sown. Using same ingredients, but this worm humus, and not a fungus gnat in sight, so am very pleased I tried this brand.

I do not usually buy wormcasts as I prefer to rely on my own worms to produce what I need for my indoor no till organic living soil but I needed to build a new 200 litre bed and can not produce the required 40 litres from my small worm bins.The reason I do not like to buy wormcasts is because the quality of the casts is entirely dependent on the worms diet.Commercial vermicomposters could not afford to feed them avocados, bananas, apples or bokashi bran as a few examples so they may be fed no better than cardboard resulting in very poor casts but these Elixir casts seem pretty good.Nice dark colour and smell is good and ultimately the new bed I built is already producing great results and as these wormcasts make up a large part of the soil they must be good.Good price but the same company does sell them on another well known site with free postage so is cheaper over there.I needed them in a hurry so paid the extra on Amazon.I was surprised that it arrived in a single 40 litre bag which many people would struggle with.It was sent well packed in a box so no splits or spills.If I do need wormcasts again beyond the scope of what I can produce at home I shall use these Elixir casts.

Nice

Arrived in good time, very well packaged inside protective box, have not used it yet but it is a repeat purchase due to the last couple of bags being very good, plants love it. I use it instead of soil for ginger root plants and they thrive on it. I had started growing ginger from a piece of root bought in a supermarket, it did not grow very well in normal compost but once I transplanted it into this it took off and grew four times as big and produced lots of flowers which it had not done in the previous 2 years with the other compost. I now have plants that give a few KGs of ginger for the kitchen each year and I am hoping to get seeds sometime after I figure out how to keep them from going dormant before this can happen

Used this on my allotment seemed to perk up my plants within a week. Good for home grown portabelo mushrooms too helps keep the substrate moist.

Well happy with the delivery and item. Would buy again and will be annually

Perfect to use while mixing into your compost. Still has worms in the mix. Not economical to use as a main substrate, but very effective as a part mix. Try 20/30/50 mix of worm castings, perlite and typical compost. If you have more money than sense, you can skip the compost part and use 70/30 mix of worm castings and perlite. Just beware these castings are quite clay like and will retain a lot of moisture.

The best I have bought yet, Superb quality and consistency, no bugs in my bag, no worms either, wouldn't of minded some free worms for my bin, really good value for money, WELL DONE, will buy again.