Where are my steemit worm experts!

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·@phelimint·
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Where are my steemit worm experts!
I think I may have made a big mistake with my garden and worm farm!

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I'm still pretty new at all this and may have made another do first and ask/research later mistake!

I though the liquid that comes out the bottom of my worm farm was "worm tea" and I'd be doing good by pouring it on my garden. Well after I went and did I, I decided I want to read about how I should have diluted it. Well it turns out I poured worm leachate all over my garden, which probably wasn't good. 

This is starting to sound like the time [I ate all those fiddleheads I harvested then learned that I should have boiled them first,](https://steemit.com/foraging/@phelimint/oh-no-my-wife-tried-to-poison-me-my-foraging-experience) luckily I lived through that one so hopefully my luck last again. 
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Some of the sites I found suggest that leachate isn't that bad and can be put on the garden, while others suggest strongly against it. The good news is that I did dilute it quite a bit, likely around 10:1 and have a massive garden so each plant got maybe 30-100ml's only, plus it was in the middle of actually watering it. So I'm sure things will turn out ok. 
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<h1>I guess I'm hoping for a bit of reassurance that I didn't ruin my garden?</h1>

But while I have everyone here now, my other question is how to best use the worm compost I am making to get the best bang for my buck.

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I have a pretty simple worm factory 360 and that's where I do all my composting. I do have a small pile of yard clippings in a pile in the yard, but otherwise I don't do any outdoor composting as it just attracts wild animals like this guy!

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As you can see, my garden is kinda big. Probably around 50'x200' so I feel like the worm composts would just get pretty lost in there.

I have at least 1 maybe 2 trays I can harvest right now and of course I'd be getting a few worms along with it. 

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The garden is already planted, so I don't know if maybes it's best to just work in a couple clumps at the base of some certain plantings that would benefit the most? It's mostly tomatoes, peppers, squash, pumpkins, zucchini's, beans and peas.

Should I just scatter it all over the place and not worry to much about it exactly?

Should I have planned better and added it when I did the planting?

Am I just overthinking the whole thing?

<h1> Thanks in advance for any advice and help with my adventure in worm farming!</h1>

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