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Reducing Acidity
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Reducing Acidity
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Reducing Acidity
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Calcium carbonate. The rate it dissolves depends on the surrounding ph levels. I used it in my aquariums to promote & maintain optimum shells of my pomacea bridgesii.
Moisture content; worms prefer moisture content between 75 - 90%. Provided you have some form of drainage it will prevent the moisture exceeding the 100%. By using drain holes excess water will always flow to the bottom by gravity and this allows ...
Well, as an update, my pot worm population is lower. Yes, they're still there, but I don't expect that I'll ever fully be rid of them. I don't mind them, and I think it's taught me that if the population explodes again, that the conditions in the ...
Paper is good. I have ventilation holes on the lid in my bin. Someone suggested that my bin may need to air out, so I put a screen on it for a while. This didn't dry out the bin too much, but it did seem to help some. Obviously, I didn't want it c...
Hi Julian,
I agree with Kristie and Eve. Solid sheets of paper will hold in moisture and not allow airflow. You could try dry shredded newspaper or burlap on top. I would also mix in some of the dry shredded newspaper. This will help to dry and "f...
You can use agricultural lime (calcium carbonate) as a substitute for egg shells.
Agricultural lime is powdered natural calcium sources, it could be any of these; bones, sea shells, eggshells, limestone, chalk, or marble. If you have chalk in the...
I will try this. The full sheets of newspaper rotating did not start until after the pot worm invasion. I don't mind having those little guys around, but I also don't want to kill off the few worms that I have left, either! :) I'll try leaving it ...
When I had a potworm problem, I found the best approach was to reduce the moisture in the bin, not the acidity. I wonder about the full sheets of newspaper on top. I used to keep the top of my bin covered with a piece of cardboard, but the potworm...
I've had a recent infestation of pot worms in my bin. While these are supposed to be totally harmless, I've read somewhere that it's a sign of too much moisture and acidity in the bin. My worm population is also much lower than it started, but I h...
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