Description
What is Bug Life?
Wormganix Bug Life is an all natural mixture of dried recycled organic substrate, exoskeletons and larvae castings of the Black Soldier Fly (BSF). It is refined and thermally treated to conform with Eu Regulation 2021/1925. This is UK produced with no chemicals, hormones, gmo’s and no living nasty surprises.
The black soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens) are fed on cleaned pre-consumer waste. Their waste has proven benefits on soil and plant health. These benefits are delivered in a sustainable and natural entocompost that is Bug Life.
The black soldier fly is being farmed to provide a sustainable protein source for livestock, fish and ultimately humans. The true benefits of BSF frass are only just being explored.
Why use Bug Life?
Bug Life contains high concentrations of Nitrogen (N) responsible for plant growth and regeneration, Phosphorous (P)Focuses energy on strong root development and flowers, fruit and seeds, Potassium (K) enhances overall growth and keeps the plant balanced and Healthy. Combined with the healthy mix of trace elements, this makes the perfect natural fertiliser for all plants grown indoors and outdoors.
What makes Bug Life really special is chitin, the naturally discarded exoskeletons within the frass. BSF chitin is the only type of chitin that is digestible by plants.
Once you plant has been exposed to chitin they start to produce a chitinase enzyme. This triggers a defence response in plants against a host of unwanted visitors, pests and diseases. This systemic defence mechanism created by the chitin acts as a natural bio repellent.
Wormganix are a manufacturer of all natural worm castings, who have successfully created a brand of quality vemicompost. They have now turned their attention to the rapidly developing insect frass market.
How to use Bug Life Insect Frass Entocompost
Bug Life should always be used as a top dress, sprinkling a thin layer over the surface of your pot or around your plants. This is pure, unmixed, 100% concentrate BSF entocompost therefore small amounts will give great results.
House Plants / Cacti / Hanging Baskets
The general rule is to top dress your pots, the watering of the plant then filters the goodness into the compost. As a guide we would recommend using 2-5% Bug Life
in your existing soil or compost.
Existing Plants /Shrubs and Trees (including Ericaceous)
If possible mix or dig in Bug Life around the base or top dress and then repeat regularly throughout the growing season. As a guide we would recommend using 100ml per square meter.
Propagation /Potting on/Seedlings
It is not recommended to plant or sow directly into pure Bug Life due to the high NPK values. Once your plants are fully established, again we would recommend using 2-5% Bug Life in your existing soil or compost.
A lot of UK and European investment is now bearing fruit with many companies now producing the black soldier fly (BSF) with the mission to feed livestock, fish and humans with a sustainable protein. The waste of the fly, sometimes referred to as frass has scientifically been proven to have a host of beneficial properties in the world of horticulture. The term frass however can be misleading with it now just being a generic term for any type of insect waste, regardless of the insect and the food stock it is raised on. It is really important that consumers are aware that this is not generic frass product we are creating it is an entocompost.
The EU have finally defined frass in its legislation 2021/1925 and given specific directives as to how it needs to be treated to enter the retail market. This has been done on the behest of the IPIFF, the global body for the European insect protein sector and the growing numbers of BSF producers.
Wormganix has now teamed up with the leading UK producers of BSF frass and are now finally in a position to place a fully compliant range of BSF frass based products on the market. Starting with it’s Bug Life range. The mission with the Bug Life range, fully backed by the industry, is to introduce the concept of using entocompost to replace traditional fertilisers.
