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Indoor Vermicomposters

A group for indoor vermicomposters. People who keep their worm bins in their apartment or home rather than in their garden, garage or shed.

Members: 25
Latest Activity: Aug 22

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Sherry

My "worm room" 9 Replies

Started by Sherry. Last reply by Sherry Aug 22.

Tiffany Schaltenbrand

Some advice please.... 4 Replies

Started by Tiffany Schaltenbrand. Last reply by Susan Bolman Jun 2.

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Amy Youngs Comment by Amy Youngs on August 9, 2008 at 3:03pm
For something different, you can make your own flow-through worm bag.

I'm excited about mine, so I just made an "Instructable" about how anyone can make their own.
Dorna & Violet Kiwi Comment by Dorna & Violet Kiwi on July 19, 2008 at 11:50pm
Any recommendations for a decent and compact worm bin? I found this wooden one...

http://www.woodwormfarms.com/
Lesley Marie Comment by Lesley Marie on July 4, 2008 at 10:59am
hee hee, my plan was to put them under the sink... but now they are under my bed!
I've got a rubbermaid bin for now.... we'll see how things go this year, I'd like to set up something a little easier to harvest.
The rabbits like to sit on top of the bin at my house!
Susan Bolman Comment by Susan Bolman on May 24, 2008 at 4:51pm
Hi guys, glad to have this forum within a forum. I'm in a 20th floor studio and started with 3 oz of worms in new year's eve that I got at a seminar given by waikikiworm.com. I have the same type of bin as Sherry (without the cat sleeping on top!) but it's half the height. I think that's better to avoid anaerobic problems. I also have drainage holes so I have 2 of the containers nested with spacers. I've heard they're not so smart and can drown! Why don't they just go up? I'll bet lots do. I've harvested my first round by pushing the stuff to one side and adding bedding and food to the other. Wait quite a while and then take out the 'older' half. It won't have as many bits and shouldn't have any food bits. I then put it in 2 small containers for a month to let the eggs hatch and the little guys get big enough for me to see and sort out. The hardest part is waiting. I've now got cherry tomatoes, snap peas and lettuce growing on my balcony. (The lettuce is inside because of the wind.) Now I get to wait again!!

The reason I'm so keen to get every last worm is that I've been setting friends up with 'mini-bins.' I use about 60 oz plastic ice cream tubs that my neighbor used to throw away. Poke holes, do bedding, add 1-2 oz worms, add partially degraded food, then bedding, let your friend add more food to slowly degrade. It's fun. I'm out of containers and thinking of using small cardboard boxes about the same size that I've scrounged from work. By the time they are ready for a bigger bin, the cardboard will be shaky.
Sherry Comment by Sherry on May 20, 2008 at 9:23am
I live in an apartment and have 2 rubbermaid bins in my spare bedroom, aka "the worm room."

As you can see from my pic, 1 of my 3 cats has taken one of the bins as his personal sleeping place.
I have 5 lb of red wrigglers and they are doing fantastic. There is NO smell, no fruit flies; nothing to show that I have several thousand "pets".

Sherry
 

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Sherry Susan Bolman Steven Chow Tiffany Schaltenbrand Lesley Marie Bing Deanna Bob John Stacy Jeannene Meg RODLI PEDERSON Joe Ferrone Dorna & Violet Kiwi Amy Youngs Mike M Heidi Pederson mareodomo Gina Byl Kayla Eve Linda Zhang kaderi norit
 
 

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