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Eye irritation?
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How to increase food decomposition for worms
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The most likely culprit gas is ammonia, which would suggest that you have too much protein (greens) in relation to bedding (browns). I'd try adding a layer of damp shredded cardboard and stop feeding till the food below it was gone. Then (if you're…
Compost less onions.
There may be compounds or other gasses that you are sensitive to. A mask may help if the irritation is caused by your inhalation of those things. If the mask doesn't help, maybe it is caused by exposure to those items, moisture…
I used to be bothered by the smell, but then I started taking showers...
But seriously, you might want to make sure you're balancing what you're feeding your little friends. I try to keep a balance of browns (leaves, paper, coir, cardboard) with gr…
That worm bin is a little ecosystem with all sorts of stuff happening in there. Some of the brains here can explain it, but for the rest of us that are sensitive to molds, spores, and gases (yea those too), we have to protect ourselves or suffer.
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Whenever I am working with my worm bin after few minutes my eyes irritates. I wear contact lenses. In the beginning I never paid attention to that but today also when I was shifting the stuff, I noticed the same thing.
Is it because of some gases p…
Thanks Eve for the suggestions. Fortunately I left wet fruit trays with some wet shredded paper at night and in the morning found 2 worms alive. Thank god no casulty !
I will follow your suggestions and leave some bedding there permanently.
Oh , i should add that you only have to keep adding bedding in the catchment area until the compost starts falling. Then you will be able to just leave some of the compost in the bottom making sure that it stays a little damp for the worms. When I h…
You need to line the area with something that will hole water and add some wet bedding into the catchment area. So that when worms fall out of the bedding they will have a damp place to stay until they can be fished out and returned to the top. You…
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We addred the catchment area at the bottom of the bin 2 days ago. I emptied the bin and put the new newspapers and on top of that addred the corn husks and then all the stuff. In Next 2 days around six worms were on the floor dead !! I…
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- When did you start composting with worms?
- June 13, 2009
- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- Internet
- What do your worms like to eat?
- Kitchen waste
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- Red wigglers
- What worm bins do you use?
- 2 flow through bins !
- How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
- 4-7 LB I guess !
- About Me:
- I have started composting with the worms few months ago ! I find it very exciting and relaxing. I wish that everyone will try that at home or office or school and help the Planet Earth.
July 08, Found the cocoons in the bins ! I am very happy !
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- At 8:20am on August 14, 2009,
Anisten said… - looks good and the grate bars are further out than mine are so should work good on the 2 flow thru's. You still may have to reach in there and help the vermicompost down specially if wet as it compacts quite a bit.
- At 9:09pm on August 8, 2009,
Greg Gilbert said… - GREAT wooden box design. I wish I had the room to make something like that! I really like the idea of the angled shelving. Wish I had thought of that.
- At 4:43pm on June 6, 2009,
io_vs_jupiter said… - hey, i saw your message on a discussion asking for worms. i think you should ask your neighbors one by one, one of them was sharing worms, and another one is cathy nesbitt, a very experienced person on worms, so you're very lucky. if you live in countryside, you can see piles of manure (horse or cow are the best i guess). they are full with composting worms during moisture temperatures. they seem more brownish because they feed on manure, but after some weeks they should get used to eat kitchen compost and soon get reddish colors. after a generation their eating habits will change completely to kitchen scraps, so they'll consume more, as I've read on internet. read bentley's website throughly. good luck.
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