wat is the point of having a compost pile and also having compost worms?why not have only 1 or the other?
The worms will help break down the compost material much faster…because a compost pile us just a pile of rotting vegetation depending on what you throw on/in it…
DIY Worms, Vermi Compost Part 2
Sydney Blackmore and worm master Travis Ahearn show you how to make soil from organic waste with the help of worms.
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Roloff Compost & Worms
Peggy & Ron Roloff share their composting methods… tried and true.
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How to Make Your Own Worm Bin
Watch this step by step video on setting up an indoor worm bin for your kitchen scraps. You will be able to raise worms, keep your kitchen scraps out of the landfill, and have rich compost for you plants. This is an easy project you can do with the kids. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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I am thinking of starting my first compost "heap" and am going to use red worms. any suggestions?
Great idea, as our garden waste is full of nutrients that our plants have taken from our soil, plus compost adds humous to the soil, which helps with water retention etc, thus helping your plants.
I haven't used composting worms yet, though do get garden worms in mine, and they all rapidly aid with the decomposition of your material.
Just use good composting sense, and chop material into small components, as this increases the surface area for decomposition to work on. Mix your materials too -avoiding large clumps of 1 type of stuff.
Compost material is generally mixed into green and brown types, with green being leafy material, including grass cuttings, and brown being more mature material, such as autumn/fall leaves – for this reason, I save leaves from the previous year, and mix in with my green matter the following summer. This really helps balance the compost, and speed its decay.
You'll find suppliers often selling worms with ready made eating material, which are more expensive than those purchased just as worms. If you've already started with your composting, you'll probably be fine with the worms alone.
Keep your compost heap sited somewhere warm, as this increases the rate of breakdown. Winter time can be sluggish, due to the cold, but you can shelter and insulate during the winter, to help with its speed.
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob
How many worms do you need to make a compost pile?
you really don't need any. you could add some i guess if you want to help speed up the process. If you want to try worm composting start off with about 500 worms.
How should I do my project, about worms, compost, and the effects of it on plants?
I am doing a science project. I don't know much about worms, or compost. I have been doing some research, but I really don't know exactly what to do. Could I find what a difference there might be between different brands or amounts of vermicompost on plants' soil? How do I find different companies that sell vermicompost? Please help, any information will be welcomed. Thank you!
Or maybe even comparing vermicompost to a different kind of compost altogether? where could i get different compost?
would a month and a half be enough time to make my own compost, and do the experiment too?
vermicompost is the word for worm-made compost
What is vermic compost?
If you want to compare different brands of commercial compost, then you need to go out and buy a bag of the different brands from your equivalent of the hardware store, or garden centre/nursery, and/of feedstore.
Then you plant the same plant in different brands of compost/mix and treat each plant the same and see what happens.
If you want to learn about worms and composting, just collect all your household vege scaps and lightly bury them in the garden. Put a scrap of old carpet over the top as worms will come to the top if it is dark. Carpet will also let rain into the soil.
Hint, soak the old carpet in a bucket of water, each day for a week. Some carpets have insecticides impregnated in them and this will kill the worms.
Take a digital camera, and each day, peel back the carpet and take a photograph of what happens.
Good luck
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Where can I buy red wiggler composting worms in Dallas, TX?
I want to add some to my garden. Will I have to send away for them?
some garden supply houses sell them but they bare expensive. I know "charlies greenhouse" in WA state does and I believe they get around $49 a lb. I haven't seen any of mine in the compost pile yet but it may be to cold. I have been using the mulch though and its gr-east stuff. Worms may have moved to the manure pile though as I think where I had them is about out. They could be shipped to your area if you cant find any some place else.
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what foods can you put in a worm compost?
i am making a worm compost and i was wondering what kind of food i could put in such as banana peels and used tea bags. thanks!
Anything veg or fruit exsept the onion family and citris fruit as they will kill the worms.Sea weed,grass,leafs,weeds,flowers.Nothing woody.No meat or fish as they attracked flies and rats.Cardboard,but i wouldnt recamend it.No dairy products as they draw O2 out of the compost,killing the worms.The best worms to use are tiger worms,you can get them in any fishing tackel shop.Do not put animal dung into it,as it will kill the worms.Seaweed keeps the compost smelling sweet and is also the best fertilizer you can get,once its broken down.If you cant get to the sea yourself.do a trade with a fisherman or woman.worms for seaweed.the worms will reproduce in their 1000s in the bin.The veg and flowers you get from the compost is incredable.Good luck.
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Urine and worms in compost?
I already set up a compost container in my backyard. I read somewhere that it's good to add urine to compost, as it provides nitrogen to the compost. However, I'm thinking of buying and adding worms to the compost. My question is, will the acid in urine be harmful in any way to the worms?
Deer pee in my yard, yet there are still worms there. I don't think it will matter too much. If the compost begins to smell, you'll probably quit adding nitrogen, so there will be a built in limiting factor to how acidic it gets.
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