Compost worms nashville

As apposed to spreading evenly over the shredded paper or shredded leaves of the top layer? I have a two layer plastic tote system for my worms.

I used coconut coir, shredded paper, compost and a little soil in my bin for bedding. I put worms in the bin in the beginning of April. The bin has no bad smell. I checked the PH of the bedding and it was around 7. I squeeze the bedding and do not get a drip of water.

My worms are climbing up the sides of the bin going out the air holes and then down into the bottom bin and are in the leachate in the bottom bin. Also the worms do not seem to be eating the scraps that I put in the bin. I use lettuce and other greens, carrot peels, cut up banana peels, cut up fruit, some coffee grinds and green beans They are not eating the scraps made by two people. What am I doing wrong? I grind our kitchen scraps in my Vitamix and then wrap the mix in newspaper prior to freezing.

Initially, I set the frozen packet on the very top of the bedding to thaw. Once thawed a day , the paper is soggy and I slit the side exposing the food and bury it deeper.

When burying the packet I walk each successive packet to a new location around the bin — corner, middle side one, corner, middle of side two, etc. I like this freezing method because our kitchen scraps wax and wane depending upon the season and holidays. One last tip that works for me. This causes any excess water to pool on the lower end, leaving dryer spots for the worms.

Most of the time, I can eliminate the excess water by simply removing the lid. As the top drys the water wicks into it. If the water is not gone in a day I add shredded toilet paper or paper towel rolls into the water pool. Too much moisture has not been a problem. Super Food Recipe For Worms.

Collect fresh seaweed from beach. Rinse in fresh water to remove sand and salt. Cut into appropriate sized pieces and run through food processor adding water as required until a slurry as desired. Add to worms fresh or freeze for later. Use an ice cube container for easy retrieval and serve thawed — or frozen on a hot day.

Also washed seaweed can be sun dried and cut into pieces and stored for later use. Proper ventilation is as important as drainage. I drilled several holes in the bottom and lid and layered the bottom and lid with household screen. I put close to worms on the bin a few days ago and when I just checked the bin I could not find any worms anywhere. Any suggestions as to what happened? Looking for some information, my work has a couple worm bins in the basement and they recently changed their paper for menus to waterproof, it has an acrylic coating of some sort to make so.

Hi, How can I harvest worms from my housing complex? Can I keep the ground water melon pulp in my backyard where we have very damp place?

I have x4 50L compost bins. I cover the top of each bin w layers of newspaper tucked in at the sides silly- but, like tucking a baby in.

They have been doing well. I aerate the bin with a compost mate every 2 weeks. Recently there has been an accumulation of tiny white wrigglers? Any other suggestions. Mist the cloth until it is wet but without water puddling.

We have cut worm infestation into our two worm compost bins and would appreciate recommendations on how to: 1 get rid of the cut worms, and 2 restore the red wriggler worms which seem to have been depleted? Thank you. I just looked in my worm farm and my 3 levels are empty, few worms and almost no castings, where could they have gone?

I have placed in my worm bin about worms. I have had the bin for approximately 3 months. I have no casting and it appears the worms are decreasing. They are not crawling out. I have no worm tea at bottom I have use coconut coir as bedding with some shredded egg cartons. I have fed them consistently but it appears the food is not being eaten consistently.

I have seen some of the worms have passed away they appear to be broken into pieces. Wondering if the bin is too dry or ph wrong. Not sure If anyone has some advice I would appreciate. I would like to develop a organic home garden. I am new at this but eager to learn. I have been using composting worms for 2 years now with a layered hotel and have between layers going at a time. Is this wrong? Will they, therefore, die if i introduce them to soil? My worms procreate vigoursly and there is no way that I could keep them all.

Am I doing it all wrong? Put them back again making sure i covered drainage holes with brown paper. So far so good. The absolute best organic soil amendment available. Worm Castings stimulate root growth and improve pest and disease resistance. Worm castings also add micronutrients, and beneficial antibodies to your soils!

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