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Seperating the little guys from their mix.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Anna Rich Jun 1.
Liquid at the end is bad.
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Liquid at the end is bad.
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I'll remember that (I hope).
I'm sure leachate is the type of thing that's often fine, but can be deadly. I put my few tablespoons of leachate directly in my potted tomato plant far away from the base of the plant (which was really off center), without diluting it and didn't no…
I had leachate at one time not long after set-up and I used it on my indoor plants diluted 10X. My Bird of Paradise produced new leaves not long after that. I'm not sure if the new leaves were on their way anyway or energized by the leacate. Haven't…
I wonder what the acidity of leachate is. I mean it will fluctuate from bin to bin depending on what is fed.. but just curious. I am also curious what the nitrogen levels are in it.
I use rubbermaid bins with no drainage holes... only ventiliation…
Well this may be a cynical way to look at it but the spigots on these systems are one of the only things that differentiate them from simpler home-made worm bins. Not that spigots are all that exotic but it's a potential selling point so why let tru…
I find it amazing that so many professional vermicomposting sites actually call leachate 'worm tea' or 'compost tea' and advise using it as fertilizer liquid.
Here is yet another example, and this written by the worm bin manufacturers themselves i b…
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- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- 1987, A past friend and I were thinking of starting a bait shop across from the air base we were stationed at. Never happened though :-{[
- What do your worms like to eat?
- nothing yet
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- none atm
- What worm bins do you use?
- I will make mine more then likely
- How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
- Hmmm...depends on how big it gets and how much the city of Tucson wants to give up...hehe
- About Me:
- I'm a displaced automotive industry worker from the state of Michigan, for the vendor side. I used to make/build the tooling or rather the assembly lines the cars and trucks are built on. 20 Yrs exp. And behind that I have 5 Yrs in the Carbide industry and 10 Yrs in the USMC (Semper Fi Brothers), the air wing side...swing with the wing. :-}] And Ive been wanting to start a worm business for so very long now...gonna start it REAL slow and let it grow. Gotta start now though...I only have another good 20 Yrs left...and then thats it ... ya right. But come this January I am going to start back in school...Aircraft Mech/Aircraft Structural Mech.
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- At 10:30pm on November 7, 2008,
Bentley Christie said… - Hey Kurt,
Thanks for stopping by. Were you looking for part II of the Peter Bogdanov interview? The link you provided is actually the archive for all blog posts from last January (so technically multiple articles).
Anyway, I glad you've stumbled upon the wonderful world of worms! You'll be an addict like the rest of us in no time! ;-)
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