Vermicomposters Unite! Official Worm Farmers Thread

Scroga

Scroga

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Why not to add dolomite ? The seller actually gave me a large bag with the farm. .... I have found that my little friends love. . Watermelon... They go crazy for it. .

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keysareme

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Rising Moon said:
Okay so lets talk about FOOD.

I am curious to hear what types of foods other feed to their worms,

Over the years, I/my worms have started to favor certain types of food over others...

For instance, I used to add lots of coffee grounds to my bin, but slowly came to the conclusion that while the worms will eat coffee grounds, they don't prefer coffee grounds...

This was sorta the "light bulb" moment for me, because I realized that I can feed my worms very selected foods, to create certain results...

And my "Herbally Enhanced" worm castings were born.
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All the portions that I am not able to comfortably digest go into the worm bin. 11 months in and I have it stacked four trays high, and the worms are actively navigating both up and down.

By now, the trays are entirely filled with soil/castings/vermiculture. No covers, just moist nutrient dense organic material, and lots and lots of small white baby worms.

They get all the food I do not consume, and I even make a mush in the food processor occasionally.
 
Scroga

Scroga

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Mine seem to have trouble breaking down grass clippings. .

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Scroga

Scroga

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Do you guys use your own castings in tea brewing or just collect the juice and use that?

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Bueno Time

Bueno Time

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I was having a little dig into the worm bins last night before feeding again and I saw some baby worms for my first time such small little things they were less than a cm long and threadlike but were redish so I think not freshly hatched but pretty close. A few cocoons I saw but not a ton there is a lot of worms in my little bins though since I only split my 2lbs between two real small bins 13"x9" they seem to be tearing through the bedding and food at a rapid rate.

I know I have a couple months until I harvest some finished castings but when I do Im going to split the population into the 4 13"x9" bins I have.
 
DonTesla

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green_machine_two9er said:
thats perfect that i have all those now! does this help to end casting be more effective? or whats the reasoning behind adding the blend?
btw anyone use this bin?? amazon for 125$
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both brotha! the end product will have bio-available remnants but on top of that the worms sense it faster, they probably know inherently that they need to seek out granules, sand and shells to aid their digestion, since they don't have teeth, and depend on bacteria and belly rock to the work. Lol

Edit: To *Do* the work.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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DonTesla said:
Right Mo? its choice! Babies love the corrugated coves like crazy. That, male roots, toilet paper rolls, leaves and coir makes a really decent bedding. Just don't use any rolls that have a double layer. They got a glue you can't see til the next day once wet. Good thing I soaked it in RO and saw it.
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This topic was discussed on another organic forum. Apparently the glue that is used on toilet paper/paper towel rolls is made from a corn starch/wheat starch/potato starch/tapioca starch base along with small amounts of borates... and is harmless to worms.
 
DonTesla

DonTesla

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st0wandgrow said:
This topic was discussed on another organic forum. Apparently the glue that is used on toilet paper/paper towel rolls is made from a corn starch/wheat starch/potato starch/tapioca starch base along with small amounts of borates... and is harmless to worms.
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Very good to know, Stow. However, there are these other kinds of rolls (more industrial application) that are much thicker, and they produced a slimy white glue film. I may be paranoid lol but I didn't want to risk it. TP all the way tho.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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DonTesla said:
Very good to know, Stow. However, there are these other kinds of rolls (more industrial application) that are much thicker, and they produced a slimy white glue film. I may be paranoid lol but I didn't want to risk it. TP all the way tho.
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Ahh, gotcha. Not sure about that. I seem to recall reading that the starch based adhesives were the cheapest for companies to use, so probably a good bet that those would be used across the board. I guess it's better safe than sorry though.

I do know (at least here in the States) that any adhesives used in food packaging has to be food grade, so those would be fine as well
 
DonTesla

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green_machine_two9er said:
Does anybody put worms into pots? Met some guy at grow store who swore by this.
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What city was I in? No jk ..Think I was mentioning this to someone else in a diff thread, but, imo
Very solid idea if your soil has under 50 in a cubic foot. They insane. They increase:
-water retention (aggregate building bio-slime)
-soil aeration (tunnels)
-speed of organic breakdown at the surface
-plus they give bacteria and such wild rides (to be considered great distances)

When we top dress sometimes just plunk a handful of worms from the worm farm and lay it under neath the mulch of choice. After this mulching chapter by Lownfels I'm considering making serious living mulch mixture each round, like 2-3 inches thick and having a slitted toilet paper roll chopped down to match protect the stem from 'infection'.
 
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