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How are coffee grounds dry? A real bitch to remoisten dry grounds. It really helps to put the used grounds in an empty coffee jug to keep them moist. Adding a chunk of over ripe fruit also helps to get the mold going while the jug is filling up. Black banana's, brown apples, soft grapes, you get...

I totally agree! Once they are well established in 1gal, they go right to whatever the final size container, from 5gal to 17gal. Wet

What I've found to work well, is to simply put the mix (fresh or reamended), into the containers you're going to be using and just let it cook in there. Usually, it's 10-15 5gal buckets with drainage holes and saves a LOT of effort trying to keep that much aerated. I only like to do shovel work...

It all depends on "mesh size", that is, how finely they are ground. Same deal with limestone or oyster shells. You can make buildings and stuff out of limestone. There are oyster shell mounds in Fl that are estimated to be thousands of years old, etc., etc. But grind it up to the consistancy of...

If you got the Bocking 14 sterile variety, it's not invasive, just never run it over with a rototiller.:o It only spreads from root chunks. The invasive stuff spreads by seeds. But, every time I've moved a Bocking, no matter how carefully I dug it up, it eventually popped up again in that spot...

I quit using eggshells some years ago when the wife complained, plus found 'crunched' shell bits 3 years later in the bins. I always add some active bedding back to a fresh bin when I harvest. Put some in a bucket to put the seperated out worms in till the fresh bedding is in the harvested bin...

Not quite as cold as MI, but it overwinters nicely here (zone 7A). What I do is, make the last harvest before the first frost and then let the first killing freeze knock down whatever growth to benefit the plant. When it's killed to ground level, I'll apply alfalfa, or manure, or, whatever's...

Treat the pro mix as soil. Pretty much, ANY bagged or peat based mix is soiless since it contains no actual soil (like from the backyard). We still call it soil because of the organic material it contains, like peat, or coir, compost ect. Hydro 'soiless' is usually inert stuff like...

I'm beering. Wet

No, he's over at GC organics forum with his *fizzy soil* and a fresh meltdown. Wet

Get a water report from your local water system. Easy to google (your city, water system), and see just what you have. I've been using tap water, treated with chloramine for 10 years with zero negative effects. If your tap water tastes good, that's a decent indicator. But the online water...

That's what I use in my own mix. I have no experience with any bagged mixes. However, a young lady I know uses VermiFire with over 40% perlite. The plants looked fantastic and I was very impressed with the vermifire as a mix and properly aerated. But, 40% perlite should do you just fine. Wet

Almost certainly, yes. To boost the bottom line, only enough of anything is added just to make it work, but usually far less than "ideal". "Ideal" for me is right around 40% perlite. Think you would do better saving the worm castings for top dressing later in the grow. I have my own bins and...

An old thread, I know, but relevant with all the comfrey interest as of late. Plus, now I know for certain just how old my comfrey bed is. Be 6 years this coming May. Never did do the FPE. Just too easy to feed it to the worms and then use the VC. Wet

DO NOT GET SEED!! The 'wild' comfrey is extremely invasive and all comfrey is next to impossible to kill. What you want is Bocking 14, a sterile variety that stays put, but extremely easy to propagate. You buy either crowns or chunks of roots and plant in a permanent location. They don't do...

That's pretty much it, the original LITFA animals. Be sure to add a bit of liming stuff and some play sand for grit. Oyster shell flour should cover for both since I thought you said you had some. Don't think they are particular about grit as long as they can swallow it. Wet

Would really like to kick whomever touted kale squarely in the balls. That stuff is the WORST! The ONLY way it was halfway edible was braised in bacon grease and even then, my wife and I decided it was a waste of good bacon grease. We do love our collard greens though and have them at least...

Congrats! Now, just don't kill them. LOL Just because you have all kinds of stuff doesn't mean it all belongs in the bin (pumice?!?). With worms, simplicity in bedding and food will win out over diversity every time, at least till the bin gets established in 4 or 5 months. Then is the time to...

Wonder if they would like fizzy slime?o_O:wink: Wet

Just to be clear for the newer worm wranglers and such, worms don't "EAT" anything. They have no teeth or jaws and very tiny mouths. What they do is slurp up the bacterial slime from decomposing material. Fungal slime also, but anything solid is beyond them. Personally, I don't bury food...