Each of my bins require different feeding and watering needs. The ones requiring the most attention and most fragile care are: 1, The worm factory. Three of those bins have died and the newly hatched worms are supplying a new start. The urban bag dried out fastest and requires almost as much attention as the worm factory. Forgot the name of this one but similar to worm factory and after a great start with good attention, the worms died but a newly hatched generation is taking over without a hitch.
The Hot Frog is spectacular in design, build, and less maintenance than anything I can imagine. Very little watering necessary; almost self-watering, well insulated and close to same temperature all the time, very efficient.
The only complaint I have is too small but I can live with that. The CanOWorms is a good workhorse with only feeding and water necessary most of the time. With more bins inside I hope to hit the million plus worms by next August.
Fishing a big sport around here so you can guess where some of the worms will go. I try to get my worms to eat more dry food but organic corn meal is their favorite there.
Have tried a little organic soy bean meal but do not recommend that for indoor bins. Too much danger of over acid and heat from that. Only put a small amount in the bins but took most of it out the next day when I saw what was happening and gave a healthy dose of water to flush the bins.
Feeding indoor bins need constant adjustment in food and care about PH. I plan on beginning harvesting castings next May for sale and maybe a little in April for my organic garden. I already see the wisdom of long delays in harvest to maximize worm reproduction. I plan of reinforcing legs on CanO Worms bins to accommodate extra weight. If I can make more room in October will add a few more bins to get me through the summer next year, then go with more block insulated bins outside. Thanks for this latest info.
I already see a way to improve my feeding and also lower the cost somewhat. Thank you UJW. How big would my bin need to be for worms is that a good number to start with how long does it take to reproduce how many should I start off with I have 6 chicken.
I tried raising red wrigglers in the past and they survived for about 2 years. They never got very big. I would like to use some for fishing. I tried feeding them more but I think I fed them too much. I would like to try again using a bigger worm that can live in the tower I bought from you. Please give me suggestions. I just ordered worms. I am using a Rubbermate bin. Diana, fish will eat worms big or small, anything I go fishing I use at least 1 or 2 worms if going for a big fish like a large mouth bass, for smaller bass or bluegill you only need 1 worm on the hook.
Pep that should be large enough as long as you fill the bin halfway with soil so they can make holes. I purchased Red Wrigglers a couple of months ago to compost in my garage over the winter. Near Dallas, Texas. I have a surplus of dry leaves in my backyard. I add coffee grounds. If bread gets old, I toast it, then crush it into powder or sand.
Carrots and potatoes are shredded with a cheese grater. Old bananas are also cut up and added. After 2 months, I see lots of baby worms. Dry egg shells also crushed into sand size. Btw, when the Temps got colder, I switched from a clear plastic bin to a large plastic trash can.
Thicker plastic and more material seems to provide enough room to keep the worms warm enough. Lastly, no lids. Just an LED shop light placed above the open trash can. Light stays on all the time. I like to see those little worms wriggle. I bought worms and some worm food as well. I should have read more info before i got them.
I put them directly into the raised gardens, dug about a 4 or 5 inch trench in various places right in the soil. I gave them some watermelon, egg shells and apples before i dropped them in-and then buried them. I just got my food from you yeaterday. It is still faily cool outside and i am going to go dig some holes in the trenches and add the food.
Is this a reasonable way to take care of them or what should i do. This article will teach you how to measure your food waste, calculate how many composting worms you need, and determine what size worm bin you should use to compost all your food scraps.
Before you can calculate how many composting worms you need, you must track the average amount of veggie food waste that you or your family creates. Below you will find simple instructions for how to track food waste and conduct a family food waste audit. However, just because it is fun to know roughly how many worms are in your worm herd: most worm composters use the estimate of red wiggler worms in one pound. Therefore, if you have 4 lbs of composting worms in your vermicompost bin, that means you have around 4, worms working for you!
In our example so far, you need to have a total of 4 lbs of composting worms to eat all the food scraps that your family produces. To get up to 4 lbs of red worms you can do one of two things:. Happy worm farming. How much food waste does your family produce? Be sure to only collect the types of food waste that worms can eat.
For more on this, read Feeding Your Worms At the end of the collection day, place all veggies scraps in a plastic bag and weigh it. A small kitchen scale or fish scale works well. I actually collect waste from my neighbor to keep them fed. The DNR lecturer said not to let them loose in our environment. So how do I control the population???
They are captive slaves, I want to be fair. My suggestion would be to give a lot of them away. I am just starting out and before finding red wigglers, had purchased a larger tupperware bin 53L, basically big enough for about a pound of worms give or take Now everything is basically set up with compost and bedding and drilled holes and the works.
I finally managed to find some red wigglers from a friend of a friend, but when I picked them up, there were only a few ounces! How long would it take them to multiply? Kind of looking forward to getting started before winter… Not too worried about them eating all of my waste, I have a regular outside compost, but hoping to get some compost by late spring early summer to throw in the garden… Thoughts?
I have found that a mixture of leaves, shredded newpaper and carbord seem to make an ideal environment for my worm but still need to periodically add additional water to bins as it does seem to dry out at times. They just love pumpkins and I will find s of them in one spot just eating away.
Thank you for the helpful information that you have shared on this site. Because if breeding worms lay 1 egg per day you would think you could do allot better Im confused. Hi Pat Unfortunately, that is next to impossible to predict since there are so many different variables that can affect this. Hugely important factors include temperature, aeration, moisture content, the type of food you are adding, the C:N ratio, and how well you optimize everything.
With a system like a Worm Inn or other flow-throughs you should reach a point where you can continue removing castings on a fairly regular basis. This site is an incredible resource.
I am a longtime gardner but a fairly new like a few weeks to vermicomposting. It has been amazing. I started with two buckets — each with a population of about 1k. I then created a new bin for vertical migration using heavy duty gallon bins.
I also added about k new worms yesterday that someone gave me. So, I have about k munching away. I fed them two days ago, and then today, I used a ninja blender to chop and then strain a bunch of bean sprouts and lettuce. I then shredded a whole bunch of new brown paper bags and added the damp strained pulp to some dry shredded newspapers. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. How Many Worms Is Enough? Share on Twitter. Sherry July 30, Jerry Gach July 30, Bentley, Interesting blog!
Thanks Worms! Dwayne Clark July 30, Hey B On that topic I raised about when to harvest:: This question about how many worms is right crossed my mind. Bentley July 30, Thanks everyone for chiming in!
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