Feeding frenzy

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Comment by Laurel on April 17, 2009 at 3:16pm

You know you're a worm-nut when... you find this picture beautiful rather than nightmare-inducing! :D

Comment by Micah on February 17, 2009 at 9:17pm

I read that the red wiggler worms will migrate upward as you add new working trays. It would probably be important to not add any food to the first tray once you add a second tray. My thinking is that this will confuse the worms and make them hang out in the first tray when you want them to be processing the second tray.

Comment by Steven Chow on November 5, 2008 at 8:55am

I still only have 1 tray so far. However it seems like they come "up" to the food.. so I would guess when I have a tray on top of this one and put food on the surface like this they would come "up" to the surface wouldn't they? Not sure... anyone else have experience with this?

Comment by sfsolar on November 5, 2008 at 12:06am

Hi Steven, is this photo taken of a "first" tray? I don't think this will ever happen to me since I'm on my 2nd and 3rd layer/tray now.. the worms like to hang out in the first tray.

Comment by Bob on October 14, 2008 at 7:02am

Great pic! I can't wait for my bin to look like that some day.

I see worms at the rim of the lid (I hate when they do that) and I see you still have the white pot worms (Enchytraeids doerjesi). I suggest keeping them, they seemed to make my bin turn much faster and they take no additional care. Because of the small size of the pot worms, they seem to be able to eat and multiply faster than redworms. Too bad information on pot worms seems to be limited.

Comment by Jenni on September 14, 2008 at 9:04am

Fabulous photo Steven - very photogenic worms!

Comment by Steven Chow on September 12, 2008 at 8:35am

Yeah... I get the sense the darkness in the bin really helps... even when I open the lid for a couple minutes to check in or take photos I can see (and here) them scurrying away and by the time I put the lid back on most of them have already moved below the surface.

In fact, because of this when I take photos I know I have to move quick... if I've opened it already that day... I usually wait 24 hours until they are good and unsuspectingly.. happily eating at the surface.. then I quickly pop the lid off and snap my shots before they have a chance to burrow.

Comment by Michael on September 12, 2008 at 8:30am

Oh OK......my bins are white at the moment and I think that they are letting too much light through the sides. I will be making an effort to get them black some time soon. Your worms look very happy !!!!

Comment by Steven Chow on September 12, 2008 at 8:13am

Here is what my bin looks like from the outside.

Comment by Michael on September 12, 2008 at 5:25am

Hi Steven....can you also post a pic of the complete bin from the side. This is just out of curiosity

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