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VermiLAB Living Vermicast LAB Organic CalMag Concentrate 500ml

Original price was: R250.Current price is: R169.

🌱Lactic Fermented Living Vermicast Extract
🌱In-Situ Organic Cal-Mag & Trace Minerals
🌱Integrated Bettix Chamber For Accurate Dosing
🌱Extended Ambient Shelf Life & Biostimulant

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Lactic-fermented vermicast extract delivering organic Cal-Mag, humics, and enzymes for living soil, foliar shielding, and biochar activation.

The power of fresh vermicastβ€”transformed by lactic fermentation

Living organo-mineral biostimulant derived from continuous-flow vermicast, stabilized through controlled lactic acid fermentation for long-term storage without losing biological efficacy.

Fresh vermicast potencyβ€”without the 48-hour brew limit.

Eco Biniβ„’ VermiLAB is a concentrated bio-ferment derived directly from premium continuous-flow vermicast. Standard Aerated Active Worm Teas (AAWT) face a strict 48-hour shelf wall before aerobic biology dies off and putrefaction sets in. VermiLAB overcomes this limitation through Eco Bini’s proprietary Lactic Extraction & Osmotic Stabilization process.

By subjecting the vermicast extract to a controlled Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) digest in the presence of calcium carbonate, soluble nutrients and humic matrices are chelated into highly available organic salts (In Situ Calcium Lactate and Magnesium Sulfate – or Organic CalMag). This process lowers the pH into a self-preserving acidic zone (pH 3.8 — 4.2) while establishing an osmotic ionic holdΒ that locks in free enzymes, amino acids, and metabolites without synthetic biocides or heat sterilization.

When diluted with clean water, the osmotic ionic barrier lifts, adjusting the pH and releasing chelated minerals, humic carriers, and metabolic signals directly into root zones, foliage, or biochar pores.

Key Benefits & Features:

  • Extended Ambient Stability: Lactic preservation prevents gas expansion and bottle decay, delivering multi-year shelf viability.
  • Organic Cal-Mag Complex: Delivers a balanced 2.5:1 Ca:MgΒ ratio in an organic lactate/sulfate form that resists soil lockout.
  • Foliar Shield & SAR Trigger: Low pH and natural lactic metabolites coat leaf surfaces, helping trigger Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR).
  • Biochar & Terra Preta Engine: Biological charge for raw biochar, filling micro-pores with humic compounds and chelated minerals to eliminate nutrient theft.
  • Built-In Bettix Chamber: Twin-neck 500ml bottle ensures clean, accurate, hands-free dilution every time.

Application & Dosage Directions:

  • Root Drench & Soil Maintenance (1:50): Squeeze 20 ml into the Bettix chamber per 1 L clean water. Apply weekly as per normal watering regime. Establishes active soil food webs in indoor and outdoor growing systems.
  • Biological Boost & Foliar Shielding (1:25): Squeeze 40 ml per 1 L clean water. For foliar spraying, add a natural wetting agent for complete leaf coverage, like a couple drops of Castile soap.
  • Seedlings & Cuttings (1:100): Squeeze 10 ml per 1 L clean water to support early root formation without osmotic stress ($10\text{ ml/L}$ adds $\sim 200\ \mu\text{S/cm}$ EC).
  • Biochar Activation (1:100): Combine 10 ml per liter of liquid nutrients (or 2% sugar water) to soak raw biochar before soil integration. Impregnates porous biochar structures with living microbes and humic compounds to prevent β€œnutrient theft”.
  • Bundu Castellani (1:33): Add 30 ml to 1 L distilled water and sterilize in a culture vessel fitted with a Self-Healing Injection Port (SHIP) for long-term culture preservationβ€”or add directly to Petri plate media.
  • Compost Acceleration (1:500): Squeeze 10 ml per 5 L dechlorinated water with a tablespoon of molasses, then liberally douse the compost heap. Inoculates dry or sluggish compost piles to accelerate biological decomposition.
  • Vermicomposting (1:100): Squeeze 10 ml per 1 L water and douse incoming food scraps. Introduces the active biome to initiate fermentation and provide primary nourishment for worms.

Lactic Science

The Science of Lactic Bio-Fermentation

Standard worm teas suffer from rapid oxygen depletion and quick microbial crashes. VermiLABβ„’ uses a multi-stage anaerobic bio-fermentation process to achieve extended shelf stability:

  1. Acidogenesis & Mineral Solubilization: Active Lactic Acid Bacteria consume simple sugars and secrete organic lactic acid. This acid reacts directly with suspended calcium carbonate, synthesizing solubilized, plant-available Calcium Lactate in situ.

  2. Osmotic & Ionic Stabilization: Incorporating Epsom salts (MgSO4) alongside Calcium Lactate pushes the concentrate EC high levels. This ionic strength lowers water activity (aw) and stabilizes cell membranes, preventing cellular collapse during bottled storage.

  3. Reactivation on Dilution: Diluting the concentrate in non-chlorinated water immediately drops the osmotic pressure and neutralizes the acid environment, making the chelated minerals, humic fractions, and biostimulants immediately active in your growing medium.

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Practicals

Developed Through Practical Research

VermiLAB originated from research at the Sustainability Testing Station (STS), where work focused on stabilizing continuous-flow vermicompost extracts for extended storage without chemical preservatives or heat sterilization. We initially first made AAWT with a two year shelf life called VermiLIN, but work on Terra Preta Nova led to several groundbreaking discoveries.

The resulting Lactic Extraction & Osmotic Stabilization process allows biological compounds, enzymes, and organic Cal-Mag complexes to remain stable during storage while becoming instantly assimilable upon dilution.

Although originally developed as a stabilized biostimulant carrier for farm systems, the technology proved equally valuable as a professional organo-mineral amendment for soils, compost, biochar, and regenerative hydroponics.

Today, VermiLABβ„’ serves as a core biological foundation across multiple Eco Bini technologies and ongoing organic input trials.

Origins

Bundu Castellani & Lab Origins

Before becoming a commercial soil inoculant, VermiLAB was engineered as a mineral-buffered, organic carrier matrix for specialized mycology research and long-term strain preservation.

In the Bundu Castellani culture system, dilute VermiLAB provides a calcium-buffered, humic-rich environment capable of preserving fungal hyphae without starvation decay. Upon agitation and inoculation onto new media, the preserved biology rapidly recovers and colonizes fresh substrates.

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VermiLIN in 500ml Bettix BottleVermiLAB Living Vermicast LAB Organic CalMag Concentrate 500ml
Original price was: R250.Current price is: R169.

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