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Originally Posted by Lagniappe
On a side note: While the castings "attract" bacteria, The act of making tea actually proliferates the bacteria (and fungi) to tremendous populations. These ,in turn, will feed on the material (such as castings) in your soil, and each other, breaking all the components down into usable plant food.
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What I'm referring to is the flem and minerals in the worm castings. When you make tea, at least 1/2 of it is left behind. Using castings to make a soil mix or putting them directly on the soil under a layer of mulch delivers more of what you're after to the environment.
Now there are folks (one here locally) who make something like a tea from castings and then add nutrients which do cause tremendous populations to be generated. However, once the population is near peak you have 16 to 32 hours to apply it before they all die. The application here is eradication of pine and eucalyptus beetles.