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I'm in Santa Monica and have a 32gal flow through bin and a COW system. My wife thinks I'm crazy so it's good to know all of you are on my side.
Vermicomposters from California and/or surrounding areas to exchanges questions, ideas, and helpful hints to fellow vermicomposters in similar climate and geographical conditions!
Vermicomposters from California and/or surrounding areas to exchanges questions, ideas, and helpful hints to fellow vermicomposters in similar climate and geographical conditions!
Hello, I lead vermicomposting workshops in the central valley (at CSUF), we have had a bad experience with our worm suppliers. So I am looking for someone else to buy worms from in CA. will need about 5-10 lbs. email me with your price per pound a...
Vermicomposters from California and/or surrounding areas to exchanges questions, ideas, and helpful hints to fellow vermicomposters in similar climate and geographical conditions!
Vermicomposters from California and/or surrounding areas to exchanges questions, ideas, and helpful hints to fellow vermicomposters in similar climate and geographical conditions!
Thanks Beth & Dave,
I think I really do need to start another bin or harvest some of what I have. I want to try a stackable bin next to see the difference.
Jessica,
We live nearby in Antioch. Feel free to stop by and see our operation or check out our website. We have some useful info on it.
Beth
Renee,
Definitely start another bin. You could use some of the worms from your first bin. If you end up with more vermicompost than you can use, there are a lot of community gardens around or friends and neighbors that would love to have it.
Beth
Hello! I'm actually in Modesto, CA. I don't have any bins yet, but plan to make a couple Rubbermaid ones.
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I'm in the Sacramento area and have a rubbermade worm bin outside that I started in June. The worms seem to be happy! I wonder if I need another bin? I could add food scraps at least everyweek or more but don't for fear of overfeeding. Enjoying th...
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Hi Melody,
Good luck with your worm bin. We live in Antioch and run a worm business out of our garage. If you ever want to stop by or if you have any questions just send us a message.
Beth
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- When did you start composting with worms?
- January 1, 2009
- How were you introduced to vermicomposting?
- Teacher at school
- What do your worms like to eat?
- Kitchen scraps
- What kinds of worms do you have?
- Jumbo Red Worms
- What worm bins do you use?
- Rubbermaid Plastic Bins
- How many pounds of garbage do your worms recycle each week?
- 5ish
- About Me:
- 24 y/o college student trying to start a vermiculture business.
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Hello All!
Thank you for taking the time to read and suggest advice to me, I am extremely grateful and appreciative for all who respond, I am eager to learn from your experience!
First, What is the best place to get bulk composting worms?
Red worms better than Night Crawlers?
How many worms are necessary?
(per certain amount of space, i.e. 1 lb worms per cubic foot or yard)
Any reccomendations for DIY construction plans for a LARGE worm farm
I have… Continue
Thank you for taking the time to read and suggest advice to me, I am extremely grateful and appreciative for all who respond, I am eager to learn from your experience!
First, What is the best place to get bulk composting worms?
Red worms better than Night Crawlers?
How many worms are necessary?
(per certain amount of space, i.e. 1 lb worms per cubic foot or yard)
Any reccomendations for DIY construction plans for a LARGE worm farm
I have… Continue
Posted on February 11, 2009 at 6:12pm — 1 Comment
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- At 7:38am on May 17, 2009,
ellyo said… - sorry i never awnswered your question on getting worms to do massive reproduction you use newspaper and bufalo manure any manure wil work horse cow chicken rabbit ect. but buffalo i the best then add it to the surface and you've just made magic love potion for your worms and exellent food to
- At 5:51pm on May 13, 2009,
Beth & Dave said…
- Hi Stephen,
How is the bathtub worm bin doing? Is there only drainage through the drain hole? I don't know if your worms will go down to the bottom. The red wigglers usually don't go very deep. Have you seen them at the bottom? We'd love to hear how it's going.
As for the castings, when they are brown and crumbly and unrecognizable, that's when we remove them.
Beth & Dave
- At 7:56pm on May 6, 2009,
Beth & Dave said…
- Hi Stephen,
We'll send a better reply later. We've been really swamped lately. Could you tell us though....how deep is all the stuff in the bathtub. We're concerned that it might not get enough airflow. Does it only have the small drain hole at the bottom or is the whole bottom open and covered with a screen?
Beth & Dave
- At 8:13pm on May 3, 2009,
Beth & Dave said…
- Hi Stephen, We responded back to your message about the bathtubs and 8 lbs. of worms. Just curious since we didn't hear back from you. Was our information useful? Beth & Dave
- At 12:06pm on April 26, 2009,
Brent Anderson said… - Hey Stephen-
I've been traveling for a while. Sorry to take so long to get back. There are many worm fattening products, but corn meal seems to work just fine. Not to mention that it is cheap.
- At 10:14pm on March 27, 2009,
Eve said… - I found this thread with a recipe for worm fattening mix.
http://www.thegardenforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=19059&sid=600ec98418f14ab90097de7ee8ddde98
- At 8:01am on March 25, 2009,
ellyo said…
- well i dont raile worms for bait so i cant realy help you with a worm fattening recipe but i have expirimented with mixing corn meal with bakers yeast it dus fatten them okay but you can search the internet for better fattening recipes
- At 8:27am on March 24, 2009,
ellyo said…
- if it is bought at walmart then it is proboly precomposted butt there is a posibility that the animals that produced the manure could have had a deworm medication i heard from some guy that you should just poot the manure in 1 side of the bin to see what happens
- At 5:44am on March 24, 2009,
Eve said…
- I haven't tried any fating recipes. I don't added much of anything in the way of grains unless you count bit of bread and cat food. Its what i get is what they get.
Mass reproduction: I have read that adding cardboard helps stimulate reproduction. For me that is good i have a pile of boxes. Also, i hear that most natural bedding will help, leaves, manure if you can get them.
- At 8:10pm on March 23, 2009,
ellyo said…
- manure peat moss composted garden soil
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