Show me your worm bins and compost

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Achillesactual said:
It's best to go slow to start with feeding. The worms are farmers of their own right. They farm microbes and bacteria that aid them in the processing of the food wastes you add to your bin.

The misconception is that the worms are eating the food. In fact they are consuming the wastes of the microbes and bacteria and in the process helping bolster the numbers of both! As your bin matures and develops a stronger colony of microbiology It will be capable of processing food faster!

Additionally, worry not about fungus gnats or any other pests. Within 3 or 4 months you will have a mite population move in that's main job is cleaning up worms after they pass away, they will eat their larvae and they will disappear for good!
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Hes right i noticed a few little white mites running around.


Its the red mites you gotta watch for. I think ? Im new too haha

Or if any population gets way out of control, you can put a honey dew melon rind or bread on top, theyll all run onto it in a few hrs. Thgoe out the melon with them on it.

Keeping populations in check if they go nuts.
Ive seen pics of some mite over running the bins, but for the most part the bin will balence itself.
 
stoned-monkey

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outliergenetix said:
i figure this be the best place to ask. i was about to buy a worm bin or build one. don't feel like diy atm as i got other projects going, so are the amazon vermihuts and what not decent? it's for indoor two ppls organic whole food waste, which is how i eat.
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i have a vermihut. its pretty nice and looks good so the wife doesn't mind it in our kitchen. the biggest issue i have with it is it stacks so tall that the bottom bins tend to get pretty soggy and the worms dont go down there (red wigglers are not deep dwelling as is), so what i do is every few weeks i will fluff the bottom few bins, also consolidate the bottom bins together if they lost enough volume. after this the worms move back in and continue doing there job.

as far as feeding worms remember they eat bedding (microbes on the bedding at least) too and can go without better then too much.

mites, like mentioned already i found they love certain foods more then others and then you can throw the item out or simply rinse off and put back. i found melon rinds, strawberry tops, and so far my mites (brown/red) favorite is avocado. White mites went away when i slowed down the feeding.

tricks i learned are no news paper, cause it mats up. worms love leaves as bedding, and i place a piece of cardboard on the top (yes even though it has a lid) cause it gives the worms a good place to get out of the bedding/food if needed/wanted. the cardboard is sliced on the bottom side so it only goes though half the sheet to provide airflow and breakdown faster. i then soak it to moisten it up and sprinkle my powdered egg shells all over it. get ready for worm orgy.
 
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stoned-monkey said:
i have a vermihut. its pretty nice and looks good so the wife doesn't mind it in our kitchen. the biggest issue i have with it is it stacks so tall that the bottom bins tend to get pretty soggy and the worms dont go down there (red wigglers are not deep dwelling as is), so what i do is every few weeks i will fluff the bottom few bins, also consolidate the bottom bins together if they lost enough volume. after this the worms move back in and continue doing there job.

as far as feeding worms remember they eat bedding (microbes on the bedding at least) too and can go without better then too much.

mites, like mentioned already i found they love certain foods more then others and then you can throw the item out of simply rinse off and put back. i found melon rinds, strawberry tops, and so far my mites (brown/red) favorite is avocado. White mites went away when i slowed down the feeding.

tricks i learned are no news paper, cause it mats up. worms love leaves as bedding, and i place a piece of cardboard on the top (yes even though it has a lid) cause it gives the worms a good place to get out of the bedding/food if needed/wanted. the cardboard it sliced on the bottom side so it only goes though half the sheet to provide airflow and breakdown faster. i then soak it to moisten it up and sprinkle my powdered egg shells all over it. get ready for worm orgy.
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The red mites , have you identified them?

Are they preditory or pest?

I wander if their bad, will they move into your plants when you use the castings?
 
stoned-monkey

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projectinfo said:
The red mites , have you identified them?

Are they preditory or pest?

I wander if their bad, will they move into your plants when you use the castings?
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i too was worried when they popped up. however MY brown/red mites do NOT bother the worms, they even avoid walking on the worms. white mites didn't seem to care about the worms but would walk across them. both seem to be composters as they are drawn to the food scraps. the white mites did transfer when i added vermi-tea to the plants (eggs maybe) they where all over the mulch but never on the plant. removed the mulch and hit with some essential oils (Dr. Earth Final Stop Vegetable Garden Organic Insect Killer) , reapplied microbes to soil, re mulched. this very well could have been my mulch to blame as it just didn't work well for me indoors, held to much moisture and fungus gnats loved it (coco bean hulls), switched to perlite.
 
stoned-monkey

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So feed my worms something a little different a few days ago and they love it. Pumpkin, apple, little bit powder egg shell and baked bud yes bud. Its fall aka harvest season and some of the outdoor buds had bugs or mold so i baked it at 200 for about 20 minutes (assuming i am killing any bugs or mold). Blended these things up well and few days later i have a massive wormball above and below the slop pile not to mention the worms around the sides of the pile.

Added just some of the ground bud to see if that was what they liked, will do straight pumpkin next feeding.
 
raggyb

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projectinfo said:
Worms love eat mycelium buddy.

I add bokashi to their bin as well as feed them bokashi compost and imos.
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Every time I turn around on here there's something else I have to learn! Now it's bokashi and imos! I got some leftover myko then I'm going to throw it in next feeding :weed:
 
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raggyb said:
Every time I turn around on here there's something else I have to learn! Now it's bokashi and imos! I got some leftover myko then I'm going to throw it in next feeding :weed:
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Mmm i dunno . Your mykos have to hit roots to colonize And they dont make crazy big white mycelium like other stuff does that dont need roots .

Lookup bokashi Man . Il see if i can get a pic of my bin one sec
 
raggyb

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projectinfo said:
Mmm i dunno . Your mykos have to hit roots to colonize And they dont make crazy big white mycelium like other stuff does that dont need roots .

Lookup bokashi Man . Il see if i can get a pic of my bin one sec
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I was reading up a little. Got to get a bamboo box to bury with rice outside now. Coincidentally I was just feeding bok choy. It's a sign I'll have to do this.
 
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giglewigle

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projectinfo said:
Kashi.

People are making companys and trademarking a word befor it.

Bokashi
Grokashi
Brokashi broooo

Kashi just means fermented organic meterial . Its easy to make your own too!
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I’d like to make my own whatever gro cashi is bin n all that here’s my compost n a fungus I found owner what it is what youse rekon is it looking good if any one noes what that fungus is or what it is cool happy composting everyone A2DB53A1-4914-4AE7-A9A1-4D78FA95D4A4.jpegA9A23E88-5776-422E-B776-8349C5AFF622.jpeg
 
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