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Putting worms in Outside Tumbler Composters
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Started this discussion. Last reply by catherine daly Oct 28.
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In general, if a tumbler is turned regularly (like daily or every couple of days which is needed for initial heating phase)- the worms will move out. Not only will the heat drive them away (or kill them)- their instinct tells them that this is gro...
But does the tumbler with worms perform better than without? Never tried it but it stands to reason that it should. I'd agree with you in that I don't see the benefit of the tumblers myself, a plastic bin left alone seems to do a pretty good job.
I have two outdoor tumblers (converted plastic 55-gal drums) and have been less-than-pleased with them. While I have no problems maintaining good heat in my regular compost piles, I can never get these things to heat up at all---regardless of my p...
There is the issue of having that magic combination of C + N plus water + tumble around for aeration and starting the heating process to the extent that it becomes unfavorable and the worms try to escape or die. This generally needs a higher volum...
Many of my customers have inquired about adding red wigglers to their tumbler composter. I have had success setting up outside bins and barrels with shredded newspaper bedding like an inside worm box with red wigglers. They have even survived the ...
Horse manure is called the perfect worm food, the best balance of greens and browns. If the manure you are adding is fresh you do have to be careful and make sure the horses haven't been wormed recently. If they have you will need to let the manur...
Recently I put in the leftovers from a cooked spaghetti squash in my African Nightcrawler box. They ate it quickly, but left the outermost skin. I will be interested to see if they eventually finish it off. Grinding up my garbage with a meat grind...
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- At 9:07am on August 3, 2008,
Dwayne said… - Woo. My worms like cantaloupe and I found out the babies like cucumber as of yesterday. Say, I went to your website. I know this is a worm forum but MAN those are some nice stripers and that shad you are holding is a monster! We love to fish here in Florida and get stripers and shad but have focused more on tarpon and redfish recently. OH, back to worms...they seem to love horse manure too.... Dwayne
- At 9:37am on May 13, 2008,
Steven Chow said… - Thanks for letting me know about the problem with the video upload. I just tried myself, it is finicky with avi's. Although, I had better luck with "windows media" files (i.e. .wmv) Are you on a Windows computer? If so you can use "Windows Movie Maker".. which comes free with windows.. to convert it to wmv. Or else, I can try to convert it for you so you can upload it.
- At 9:15pm on May 12, 2008,
Toby Adams said… - Thanks Woo, I visited the site that Steve told me to go to and I learned that different worms go to different depths in the soil. This information will be very helpfull.
I didn't know that the European night crawler was more heat resistant than red wigglers but I always liked how big they were. This is definately good info to know.
I have a friend named Steve who had a beautiful garden. When my friend Joyce and I would go to visit and if he wasn't home we would just go in his garden and work. He had the biggest worms I had ever seen and every time I would find one I would hold it up for Joyce to see (forgetting that she was afraid of worms). Boy, she had the funniest yell. I couldn't help but show her every worm I found.
I enjoyed your pictures you posted. What kind of worms do you presently have?
Thanks again for the info.
Toby Adams
- At 4:36am on May 12, 2008,
Woo said…
- My thanks to Steven for starting this very enjoyable site.....Woo
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- When did you start composting with worms?
- March 1, 1985
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