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The Fun Creating Organic Worm Compost

Russel Grant — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:38:26 +0000

A solution has been discovered to one of the environmental problems and the lack of nutrition in soil. This technique has undergone exhaustive testing in laboratories and has been demonstrated to be of use.

Worm compost is the answer to many gardening problems. Some people may experience goose bumps with the thought of all those worms in a single area and so many worms can cause your everyday person to shiver.

Worms have been reputed to greatly benefit the soil and the compost bin. It is not much of a surprise that they play a vital role in the processing of compost. The process of worm compost may take a little getting used to, try to open your mind and consider the advantages of worm composting.

No matter if you decide to have your worm compost inside a structure or out in the elements, you can have them either inside, or outside, it doesn’t matter. The good thing is that you won’t worry much about your worm compost. They are very easy to move and are non-complaining workers day by day for relatively no charge. All you need to do is feed them to keep them in top condition.

Worms enjoy damp soil moisture being one of the easiest parts of composting. If you are able to provide the moisture, you can just wait and see until the works perform their work in helping you keeping your soil fertilized.

Worms are mainly readily available and are very easy to find in a few areas you need not look very hard at all. You just have to grab a jar and pay attention to the ground while walking in the garden since they will be happy in an enclosed area rich with food.

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Does anyone use coffee grounds in worm beds or compost?

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:54:17 +0000

i haven't used it before but i heard that it is good and the worms love the coffee grounds..

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Where can i buy a compost container with the worms and dirt?

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:49:12 +0000

my brother is going to get married and i want to buy it for him and his wife. it is not one of those things on the wedding list and im pretty sure that they will find it disgusting, but i still think its cool and want to get it for them. and if they dont keep i'll keep it!!!!

try www.magicworms.com or google worms for more places.

Worm composting question?

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:17:11 +0000

I have been worm composting kitchen scraps using tupperware containers for about a year now. Now that I have a good supply of compost, I want to separate the worms from the compost. The compost goes into the garden, the worms go to a new pile (and maybe a few to the fish in the aquarium!).

Anyone have any good and easy methods to effectively and efficiently separate the worms from the compost?

Hey William,

Harvesting

If you take care of your worms and create a favorable environment for them, they will work tirelessly to eat your "garbage" and produce compost. As time progresses, you will notice less and less bedding and more and more compost in your bin. After 3-5 months, when your bin is filled with compost (and very little bedding), it is time to harvest the bin. Harvesting means removing the finished compost from the bin. After several months, worms need to be separated from their castings which, at high concentrations, create an unhealthy environment for them.

To prepare for harvesting, do not add new food to the bin for two weeks. Then try one of two methods for harvesting:

Push all of the worm bin contents to one half of the bin, removing any large pieces of undecomposed food or newspaper. Put fresh bedding and food scraps in empty side of bin. Continue burying food scraps only in freshly bedded half.

Over the next 2-3 weeks, the worms will move over to the new side (where the food is), conveniently leaving their compost behind in one section. When this has happened, remove the compost and replace it with fresh bedding. To facilitate worm migration, cover only the new side of the bin, causing the old side to dry out and encouraging the worms to leave the old side.

Hands-On Method:

Dump the entire contents of the worm bin onto a sheet of plastic or paper. Make several individual cone-shaped piles. Each pile will contain worms, compost and undecomposed food and bedding. As the piles are exposed to light,, the worms will migrate towards the bottom of the pile. Remove the top layer of compost from the pile, separating out pieces of undecomposed food and newspaper. After removing the top layer, let pile sit under light for 2-3 minutes as the worms migrate down. Then remove the next layer of compost. Repeat this process until all of the worms are left at the bottom of the pile. Collect the worms, weigh them (for your record keeping) and put them back in their bin with fresh bedding.

Regardless of which method you choose, the compost you harvest will most likely contain a worm or two, along with old food scraps and bedding. If you are using the compost outdoors, there is no need to worry–the worms will find a happy home and the food scraps and bedding will eventually decompose. If you are using the compost indoors, you may want to remove old bedding and food scraps for aesthetic purposes and ensure that there are no worms in the compost. Though the worms will not harm your plants, the worms may not like living in a small pot.

For both methods, you may continue to compost your food scraps after harvesting. Just add fresh bedding and food scraps. If, for some reason, you do not want to continue composting, please offer the setup to another teacher or to someone who will take the worm bin home. Anyone with a garden will find the worm compost extremely valuable. As a last resort, if you cannot find anyone who wants good worm compost, you may add the worms to a garden bed.

question on worm composting….?

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:16:08 +0000

can i put night crawlers and red wigglers together in my worm compost, just want to make sure before i go and add some night crawlers. i originally was going to use the red worms for fishing bait as well, but they are just so small…..any suggestions? thats what lead me to ask about putting red wigglers and night crawlers together in my compost, dont see why not they live together in the ground dont they….

Shredded cardboard will work great worked in with some compost.

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What is the difference between composting and a worm farming?

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:20:13 +0000

when a compost is working it heats up so no worms will survive, a worm farm is a set of boxes that your vegetable scraps etc. are held , a special type of worm is available , back to the compost ,when cold and rotted down, the worms in the garden will thrive on it

Can I put hard boiled eggs in a compost or a worm bin?

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:20:07 +0000

Hi, I have about a dozen hard boiled eggs left over and I was wondering if I can put them in my compost bin or my worm bin. I've always read you can add the egg shells but never on weather the contents of the eggs shells can go in and why not if they can't. Anyway, if I have a preference it would be to give them to the worms as we've been light in feeding them this week. Thanks!

yes but this requires a specially designed composter. Composters that can handle meat and milk products have several common features.

1) They are air tight or otherwise designed to contain odours.

2) They have reinforced sides to keep scavengers out.

3) They have aerating features that bring fresh oxygen in and promote the activity of aerobic bacteria, or in the case of the bokashi composters, they use special anaerobic bacteria.

4) They are insulated to generate high temperatures that thermophilic bacteria use to break down proteins.

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Is there an advantage to worm composting?

admin — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:10:09 +0000

I'd like to get a composter and begin making my own compost, but is there one that's better between a spinning composter, a worm composter, or a tray composter that only uses solar heat (no worms)?

The types of composting you refer to are quite different.Good compost is essentially speeding up the natural process of decomposition in order to get a good soil amendment with a mix of nutrients that are in form that is easy for plants to ingest.
In the wild, worms are an integral part of this process. Worm composting systems leave you with worm castings, which is a great organic fertilizer and nitrogen supplement, but won't have the add benefits of improving drainage,soil structure,and micro nutrient absorption. I would recommend just buying some worms and tossing them into a regular composter. That way the worms will speed up the composting process, thereby elimating potential odor problems, as well as improving your soil quality and structure when you begin planting. Make sure to throw a handful or two of your old compost in your new batch in order to transfer the the microbes and worms, which are responsible for the entire composting process.
Good luck and take care!

Are orange peels too acidic for compost?

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:33:11 +0000

I am starting to compost with worms in a bin. Are orange peels too acidic for the worms or too acidic for the soil in my garden?

i have been putting them in for almost 30 years. never had a problem of any kind. they where always gone when i emptied the pile.

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Is there a forum for worm breeders in the UK?

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:04:07 +0000

I am interested in Vermiculture (worm breeding) and vermicomposting (composting with worms to make plant food ) and would like to contact a forum or blog of like minded people

http://www.wormdigest.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,50/func,listcat/catid,3/

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/verm/

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/verm/msg0814080821571.html/

http://www.wormdigest.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,50/func,view/view,threaded/id,3194/catid,7/

http://globalcircle.net/flcompost.htm