Has anyone used the ‘Worm Factory’ compost bin?
I’m thinking about buying it, but I’d like to know if it’s easy enough for beginners to start with. What is the maintenance like? Is it hard to keep the worms alive?
Thanks so much!!
Haven’t tried that but have been raising worms in a plastic storage bin. If the bin you are looking at is expensive, I don’t think it would be worth it. It is not hard to do yourself if you have a drill. The bin needs plenty of air holes and plenty of shredded newspaper, some shredded leaves and some kitchen waste chopped into small pieces. You need to start with very moist but not soggy paper and leaves in the bin. Add the veggie/fruit bits. Let it compost like that for a couple of weeks and then put the worms down in under some of the bedding. That is about it. Just don’t keep them too wet or too dry or put in too much food at one time so that they can’t handle it. From time to time you add more paper and more food for them. They also like wet shredded cardboard. There are a number of sites you can find where they describe how to make your own worm bin. Have fun with your worms!
My Worm Factory 360 is scheduled to arrive tomorrow and I’m brand-new to composting. I’ve been reading a lot and am somewhat confident that this will go well. Good luck.
ewww, a worm factory sounds so gross! lol.
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Haven’t tried that but have been raising worms in a plastic storage bin. If the bin you are looking at is expensive, I don’t think it would be worth it. It is not hard to do yourself if you have a drill. The bin needs plenty of air holes and plenty of shredded newspaper, some shredded leaves and some kitchen waste chopped into small pieces. You need to start with very moist but not soggy paper and leaves in the bin. Add the veggie/fruit bits. Let it compost like that for a couple of weeks and then put the worms down in under some of the bedding. That is about it. Just don’t keep them too wet or too dry or put in too much food at one time so that they can’t handle it. From time to time you add more paper and more food for them. They also like wet shredded cardboard. There are a number of sites you can find where they describe how to make your own worm bin. Have fun with your worms!
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I have a wormery consisting of 4 round plastic trays, forget what its called, but it is easy to use and we put all our food scraps into it. We drain off the liquid and use it diluted for watering plants and the compost is great quality, everybody should have one. Got mine from a company called wriggly wrigglers, they are on the net.
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