Comments on: Indoor Composting with Earthworms or Red Wrigglers – How easy is it? http://www.kitchencomposterblog.com/worm-composting-bin/indoor-composting-with-earthworms-or-red-wrigglers-how-easy-is-it Kitchen Composter Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:26:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeff Kurtz http://www.kitchencomposterblog.com/worm-composting-bin/indoor-composting-with-earthworms-or-red-wrigglers-how-easy-is-it/comment-page-1#comment-1487 Jeff Kurtz Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:08:29 +0000 http://www.kitchencomposterblog.com/worm-composting-bin/indoor-composting-with-earthworms-or-red-wrigglers-how-easy-is-it#comment-1487 There's a lot to cover in the questions you posted! Let me come up with a couple 'short form' answers. What to feed them? Almost anything organic. Favorite things which convert quickly to worm castings: fruit, wet leaves, cardboard, kitchen scraps, wet leaves. Few things to avoid (mostly because they can attract unwanted pests) Avoid meat, cheese, dog or cat poop. Size of bin? you can raise about 1,000 worms in 1 cubic foot of bedding. I have done composting experiments in shoe box size containers, rubbermaid type totes, garbage cans, etc. Be sure that there are holes in the bottom for drainage and some holes in the sides for ventilation will help. The stacking tray style bins are pretty easy to use, and they sell for $50+. How long does it take? A shoe box experiment with leaves was completely converted to castings in about one month. Ditto using rabbit poop. Some things take longer than others. A 5 gallon bucket of compost and worms could take 2 months. It seems painfully slow at times, but when it's done the resulting worm castings are marvelous to mix with your potting soil and garden beds. There are some videos at my website compostcritter.com There’s a lot to cover in the questions you posted! Let me come up with a couple ’short form’ answers.

What to feed them? Almost anything organic. Favorite things which convert quickly to worm castings: fruit, wet leaves, cardboard, kitchen scraps, wet leaves. Few things to avoid (mostly because they can attract unwanted pests) Avoid meat, cheese, dog or cat poop.

Size of bin? you can raise about 1,000 worms in 1 cubic foot of bedding. I have done composting experiments in shoe box size containers, rubbermaid type totes, garbage cans, etc. Be sure that there are holes in the bottom for drainage and some holes in the sides for ventilation will help.

The stacking tray style bins are pretty easy to use, and they sell for $50+.

How long does it take? A shoe box experiment with leaves was completely converted to castings in about one month. Ditto using rabbit poop. Some things take longer than others. A 5 gallon bucket of compost and worms could take 2 months. It seems painfully slow at times, but when it’s done the resulting worm castings are marvelous to mix with your potting soil and garden beds.

There are some videos at my website compostcritter.com

]]> By: Texperson http://www.kitchencomposterblog.com/worm-composting-bin/indoor-composting-with-earthworms-or-red-wrigglers-how-easy-is-it/comment-page-1#comment-1469 Texperson Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:52:59 +0000 http://www.kitchencomposterblog.com/worm-composting-bin/indoor-composting-with-earthworms-or-red-wrigglers-how-easy-is-it#comment-1469 Check out the link. I got my son that set up, the three bin model. He's been using it for about 6 weeks and the whole bottom bin is full. Just in time for spring planting. He says he's moving them up to bin #2 soon. Real nice guy at the phone number at the link, he gave me lots of good info.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.allthingsorganic.com/Products/worm-factory.asp Check out the link. I got my son that set up, the three bin model. He's been using it for about 6 weeks and the whole bottom bin is full. Just in time for spring planting. He says he's moving them up to bin #2 soon.

Real nice guy at the phone number at the link, he gave me lots of good info.
References :
http://www.allthingsorganic.com/Products/worm-factory.asp

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