Unlimited Black Gold Fetilizer!!! Under 50$? DIY

DIYguy

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i wanna see some worm pics!!

DIYguy did you abort mission?
Endur0xX, when / how do you harvest your castings? (why is this all in bold now? FML)
I ventured outta DWC land tonight, this isnt really my thing but FREE SHIT is :D

and so, this never smells at all?
Hey man, thanks for checking me out!

I would invite you to sniff the bin but take it from me, it smells like dirt. Dirt in a good way! ;)

If it smells it means you messed something up. To much food, to much water or not enough air flow.

-DIYguy
 

Afka

Active Member
The liquid is not processed compost, nor a special "worm juice" it's simply the water that was contained in the vegetables etc. you put in the bin.

By processing, I mean it has to be further composted, or disposed of. It CAN be used as a source of organic matter, but at that stage it could contain plenty of pathogens who could infect your plants. Composting outdoors in a traditional pile of 3 feet in height/diameter minimum sterilizes the compost by going through phases of heat where it can easily heat up to 60-70 degrees celcius.

In a worm bin the principle is a little different. In aerobic conditions (in presence of oxygen) aerobic bacteria, fungi, etc. easily dominate over their harmful anaerobic cousins. Pathogens can not grow and procreate as easily therefore are controlled. I would NOT advise putting known diseased plants in a worm compost as it does not have enough mass to go through a sterilization phase, nor should it because compost worms naturally appear after the heating phase of an outdoor compost is over, to finish the work off.
 

DIYguy

Member
The liquid is not processed compost, nor a special "worm juice" it's simply the water that was contained in the vegetables etc. you put in the bin.

By processing, I mean it has to be further composted, or disposed of. It CAN be used as a source of organic matter, but at that stage it could contain plenty of pathogens who could infect your plants. Composting outdoors in a traditional pile of 3 feet in height/diameter minimum sterilizes the compost by going through phases of heat where it can easily heat up to 60-70 degrees celcius.

In a worm bin the principle is a little different. In aerobic conditions (in presence of oxygen) aerobic bacteria, fungi, etc. easily dominate over their harmful anaerobic cousins. Pathogens can not grow and procreate as easily therefore are controlled. I would NOT advise putting known diseased plants in a worm compost as it does not have enough mass to go through a sterilization phase, nor should it because compost worms naturally appear after the heating phase of an outdoor compost is over, to finish the work off.
Thanks again Afka! Very informative.

-DIYguy
 

DIYguy

Member
Hello One and All, Their are many types of worm beds from large to small. I have been doing reserch on this for a couple of month. Their are many good sits out their the one I like most is Red Worm Composting it is free to join and lots of info what is nice is this guy will answer all questions and he also sells worms.
www.[B]redwormcomposting[/B].com/ is the ish! Awesome resource for anything vermiculite!

Please check it out all!

Thanks Green Dragon 2011!

-DIYguy
 
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