That sounds like a long time to veg without food. Maybe you could look into some granular fertilizers that foxfarm and biobizz make.. You can mix that into your planters if you want to go a long time without giving liquid ferts. Make sure you get the pro mix without fungicide (BX?) and do get pro mix with mycorrhizae (mx?).
You should have some good soil life in the castings, as long as they are fresh. We have lots of locals that make worm castings around here.. maybe try to find some local freshy castings..