Vermicomposters Unite! Official Worm Farmers Thread

Dr.D81

Dr.D81

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st0wandgrow said:
I checked with my buddy that raises rabbits. He said you want a New Zealand buck whcih go for about $50-$75 around here. Then he breeds him to Californian females because apparently the New Zealands are a little agressive and the Californians are very chill (imagine that). He feeds them some type of high protein rabbit food to fatten them up along with alfalfa/timothy hay. He has 1 male and three doe's, and he harvested about 250lbs of meat from them in the past 12-14 months from the resulting kits. He figured he spent about $450 on food during that time, so around a $1.80 per pound. I haven't bought meat in ages so I couldn't tell you if that's a good deal or not??
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Not bad meat goes $2.00 to $6.00 lb. Then you have steak and shit $ 8.00 lb and up
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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Mohican said:
Animal Cookies from the Sacramento After Harvest BBQ growing in the worm bin:



Cheers,
Mo
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that's a nice and green looking plant ya got there, did you regenerate it? or did it flower early and get confused?.. looks like it wasn't sure which way to go there.
I hate it when plants do that... one reason why I switched my veg room to 15/9 schedule, the damn ladies would flower in june..
That's a nice lookin one to the right of the plant to (our left in the pic)
Off topic.. looks like you have a pool... man I miss my old house, had a pool and a bunch of fattie plants around it... used to love to swim around and get whiffs of the plants as I swam around or messed with my girlfriend in the pool..
ahhh good times...
 
greasemonkeymann

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Mohican said:
Yes, she flowered early. I took some clones so I could give it another try.
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HATE that when it happens...
The crappy thing about running clones instead of seeds, it's not like you can start a clone outside in march...
well you could...
I want to setup a couple clones next year, and then get a couple bright ass LEDs that I could put outside on them to extend the day...
My old house had a 400w MH as a "farm" light, so in the winter/spring i'd put a big old bluedream under it, in a half wine-barrel planter.
Let that lady vege all the way through until august.
I got a friggin tree from doing that... the stalk was probably 8" in diameter.
man what a whore it was to trim and harvest that thing, it was like ten feet high, and ten feet round...
I didn't weigh it but i'm sure I got like at least 4 lbs off that beast.
In fact I found a jar of some leftover nugs of that earlier this year, and I think that plant was from 2004 or maybe 2005.
Smoked a nug, and it got me ripped as hell... tasted a lil bland and was a bit harsh and dry... but blasted me all the same..
 
Dr.D81

Dr.D81

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well i looked today mo and have worms under the rabbit pen. it has been so dry it took them a while to move in. have some going in a tote too till we find a deep freeze to put over at papapyene's
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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This is an awesome thread. Tried scrolling through all 28 pages and I did not see anyone making this suggestion: freeze organic food scraps you want feed to your worms first then thaw them out & add to your bin. Any veggie scraps or rotten fruit will break down & get all slimey VERY quickly after thawing & your worms will love it- I keep a big plastic ziplok bag in my freezer for whatever veggie/fruit scraps, eggshells, coffee grounds, etc. I want to make into worm food...I usually pull out maybe a handful of frozen scraps every week or 2 to mix with some dry cannabis leaf and/or broken down egg cartons- let it thaw for 8 hrs or so & then I add my amendments (ie kelp, gypsum, lime, alfalfa.etc.) before feeding it to the worms
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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Richard Drysift said:
This is an awesome thread. Tried scrolling through all 28 pages and I did not see anyone making this suggestion: freeze organic food scraps you want feed to your worms first then thaw them out & add to your bin. Any veggie scraps or rotten fruit will break down & get all slimey VERY quickly after thawing & your worms will love it- I keep a big plastic ziplok bag in my freezer for whatever veggie/fruit scraps, eggshells, coffee grounds, etc. I want to make into worm food...I usually pull out maybe a handful of frozen scraps every week or 2 to mix with some dry cannabis leaf and/or broken down egg cartons- let it thaw for 8 hrs or so & then I add my amendments (ie kelp, gypsum, lime, alfalfa.etc.) before feeding it to the worms
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Absolutely the ONLY way to do that!
very good advice, probably cuts the worms consuming "time" to about a third of what fresh fruit/veggies will do.
In fact I get the produce bags from the store (they are good plastic ones, not the chinsy thin ones) anyways, after freezing I put them in those plastic bags, and after thawing I mash it all up into a gross slimy puree type of thing, then I dig a hole in the wormbin, and plop that bastard in there, then cover up, and in about two hours they'll be a writhing mass of worms..
From what I can tell, worms def have favorite foods..
FRUIT... thawed and squished...
melon, pears (my favorite because the seeds are tiny), apples, grapes, mangos, tomatoes...
I quit giving them my coffee grinds about a yr ago. Those take forever for them to eat.
BUT I have found that coffee grinds are a good nitrogen input for my compost pile.
If you get to know any people that work at fruitstands or a grocery store, and you could put together some kickass wormcastings
Or you could dumpster dive..
 
Richard Drysift

Richard Drysift

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Yeah they sure love soft & sweet fruits like bananas, strawberries, plums, and Apple cores- all gone wit the quickness. My own diet has gotten healthier somewhat as a result of choosing healthy scraps for the worms.
I stopped giving them newspaper shreds- thinking maybe they don't like the ink - shit takes forever to break down. Also found out they won't eat waxed paper like from a butter package. Empty egg cartons rip up & break down easily so that's a main source of fiber I give them along with lots of old dry cannabis leaves.
 
Pattahabi

Pattahabi

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Richard Drysift said:
This is an awesome thread. Tried scrolling through all 28 pages and I did not see anyone making this suggestion: freeze organic food scraps you want feed to your worms first then thaw them out & add to your bin. Any veggie scraps or rotten fruit will break down & get all slimey VERY quickly after thawing & your worms will love it- I keep a big plastic ziplok bag in my freezer for whatever veggie/fruit scraps, eggshells, coffee grounds, etc. I want to make into worm food...I usually pull out maybe a handful of frozen scraps every week or 2 to mix with some dry cannabis leaf and/or broken down egg cartons- let it thaw for 8 hrs or so & then I add my amendments (ie kelp, gypsum, lime, alfalfa.etc.) before feeding it to the worms
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This is great advise. We do a lot of juicing and eat a lot of veggies. All scraps go in a plastic bag in the freezer even for a day or two, thaw and serve lol! I usually mix it up with a little fresh compost, maybe some coffee grounds, and the worms go crazy.

Peace!

P-
 
Mohican

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I had a box of kelp meal that got wet and was a mess. I stuck the whole thing on top of the worm bin and slow soaked it for an hour. Now the box is full of worms and the Animal Cookies is stacking like mad!








I am going to venture out in the 100 degree sun and see whether I can get a good pic of the worms.


Cheers,
Mo
 
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