Vermicomposters Unite! Official Worm Farmers Thread

"vermicompost cinder block bed experience" No, but I am curious. :0)

Its highlighted in the Rodale Book of Composting but looks like a lot of (unnecessary) work! (for me anyway)

DonTesla said:

Its highlighted in the Rodale Book of Composting but looks like a lot of (unnecessary) work! (for me anyway)

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Dear DonTesla,
I did not read this book. Would you care to elaborate?

Curiously yours,
M

Hey y’all, I have a tote of worm castings from this past winter that completely dried out. Should I just assume the bacteria have all died off and throw it in the compost bin? Or can I rehydrate and use it?

DynamiteBob said:

Hey y’all, I have a tote of worm castings from this past winter that completely dried out. Should I just assume the bacteria have all died off and throw it in the compost bin? Or can I rehydrate and use it?

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The bacteria don't die off, just go dormant. When you rehydrate they wake up and get back to work. You're GTG.

Rehydrate it and use it.

Wet

Get it wet and go on! As above.

Harvesting the first of two ready trays. Thought this would be messy and complicated but it is a breeze! Great fertilizer faster than I can use it inside. My castings which I only roughly sift cause explosive foaming and incredible fresh smells to my teas, more than anything else in my house.

I have an established 13 cubic foot compost pile that I've thrown in some amendments:
kelp
alfalfa
fish bone meal
oyster shell flour
langbeinite
glacial rock dust
green sand
blood meal
neem meal
gypsum
crab shell meal
turned it all together and gave it a compost tea sprinkling

It's also made up from
grass clippings
Leaves
vegetable and fruit scraps
coffee grounds
egg shells ground up
could I introduce red wigglers into this concoction and just use that soil in my grows, I live in Chicago and was also wondering what I'd have to do to keep them alive during the winter time.

PopTop said:

I have an established 13 cubic foot compost pile that I've thrown in some amendments:
kelp
alfalfa
fish bone meal
oyster shell flour
langbeinite
glacial rock dust
green sand
blood meal
neem meal
gypsum
crab shell meal
turned it all together and gave it a compost tea sprinkling

It's also made up from
grass clippings
Leaves
vegetable and fruit scraps
coffee grounds
egg shells ground up
could I introduce red wigglers into this concoction and just use that soil in my grows, I live in Chicago and was also wondering what I'd have to do to keep them alive during the winter time.

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The heat from your compost should keep them alive if not the eggs will hatch again when it becomes warm outside... haven't kept worms outside

Good Day

Everyone i am new to growing and i would like to do everything organic, is worm tea and everything from a worm farm enough to do organic growing or are there other stuff needed to grow organic, or will the worm tea and all things worm be enough to grow organic?

Thanks

I would say skip the worm tea and instead of buying a bubbler buy some all purpose fert or down to earth bio live half cup per cubic foot mixed with sunshine 4 and 10% castings would be the easiest imo.

Thai_Lights said:

I would say skip the worm tea and instead of buying a bubbler buy some all purpose fert or down to earth bio live half cup per cubic foot mixed with sunshine 4 and 10% castings would be the easiest imo.

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Thank you for the info, but does not look like i can get down to earth in south africa, and will have to import , and importing will cost to much

Buy any organic all purpose

Check the cool worm farm bin/ flower pot thingy at 2:30

Wait til I get these bins rockin.... can’t wait to show y’all the 40lb (40,000) Of (free) red wrigglers that will be crushing 20lbs of waste a day!

4 bins
10lbs each (10,000 worms)
Gonna experiment with each bin...

Gonna make some serious rocket fuel for my outdoor veg garden, my lawn, my cannabis and some extra $$$, it’ll be easy to sell these castings where I live.

Worm on!

How big are your bins?

Thai_Lights said:

How big are your bins?

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55 gallon blue drums, cut in half.

Thai_Lights said:

How big are your bins?

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I’m going to build a wood frame for them all tomorrow- two on top two on bottom, with a tray underneath. I’ve drilled a few holes in the bottom of the barrels. Going to keep a cheap strip of lights on the frame above the barrels to keep them down in the dirt to stop from running.

And how are you planning to harvest the VC?