Earthworm castings

GroBud

GroBud

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Popop said:
I do, that was the reason behind the question....I want one but it's a hard sell :D
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That's how close the bin is to one of her little desks. She can literally sit right beside them without noticing. She was appalled at first as well, once she took that room over. Now she may ask if the worms need anything when she makes a grocery list. Not always but atleast she's thinking about them instead of hating them working in close quarters hope that helps persuade the outlook to the worms favor. It's worth it to simply save money if you use worm casting like I do anyways again they wont burn plants but add a multitude of benefits from nutrients to microbial life
 

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Rozgreenburn

Rozgreenburn

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FredH said:
I feed my worms powdered alfalfa made from pellets they sell to feed horses with. Not sure if this actually adds much nitrogen but the worms are very happy.
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Agreed, alfalfa is a great source of N. Be careful not to put it on too thick. It would generate heat as it breaks down.
 
myke

myke

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Look in your local buy and sell,always fresh available,full of life.Theres no life in any store bought bags.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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myke said:
One plus is bagged has a less chance of gnats,I turned down my first private purchase because of gnats.

Friggen gnats!
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The Wiggle Worm had fungus gnats, but they were more like food for the hypoaspis miles. The predator mites numbers increased massively inside the bag in my basement. Just top dressing with that got rid of gnats for over 3 years. But I added compost recently, so I've gotta bump up my predator mites numbers now.
 
GenericEnigma

GenericEnigma

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myke said:
One plus is bagged has a less chance of gnats,I turned down my first private purchase because of gnats.

Friggen gnats!
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You know, myke, I thought about your arch-nemesis the other day (gnats) when I was poking around in my worm bin. The bin is outside with the lid open. It has probably hundreds of fungus gnats flying around.

I thought about how to get rid of the gnats before winter. I could bag the EWC, put a screen over it maybe. I will try to save some worms and keep a small bin inside my shop (so I don't have to buy worms again) - but most will freeze in situ.

I turned over a back corner and several worms spilled out. Dozens of hypoapsis miles darted around like ravenous monsters and I realized - the quantity of miles are only there because the gnat larvae are.

Then I officially decided I would be covering the soil surface of my SIPS with something to break the gnat mating cycle - because if I want to use my beautiful EWC with miles and cucumeris and chitin and all the other awesome stuff, I will be adding gnat larvae/eggs as well.

Leads me to wonder what I should store my EWC in, and how long it will stay "active" thereafter.
 
myke

myke

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GenericEnigma said:
You know, myke, I thought about your arch-nemesis the other day (gnats) when I was poking around in my worm bin. The bin is outside with the lid open. It has probably hundreds of fungus gnats flying around.

I thought about how to get rid of the gnats before winter. I could bag the EWC, put a screen over it maybe. I will try to save some worms and keep a small bin inside my shop (so I don't have to buy worms again) - but most will freeze in situ.

I turned over a back corner and several worms spilled out. Dozens of hypoapsis miles darted around like ravenous monsters and I realized - the quantity of miles are only there because the gnat larvae are.

Then I officially decided I would be covering the soil surface of my SIPS with something to break the gnat mating cycle - because if I want to use my beautiful EWC with miles and cucumeris and chitin and all the other awesome stuff, I will be adding gnat larvae/eggs as well.

Leads me to wonder what I should store my EWC in, and how long it will stay "active" thereafter.
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Im happy to say Ive been gnat free for the last 3 months,sand over top has finally beat them.
I just dumped my worm bin into my soil, so no worm farm anymore.Will see in the fall if there still alive.
 
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