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Great! Any idea where to get replacements? Are they just aquarium filters?They are flexible and you can pull them out. (There are two filters in the lid.)
Great! Any idea where to get replacements? Are they just aquarium filters?They are flexible and you can pull them out. (There are two filters in the lid.)
Not sure. Ours came with an extra set of filters but we haven't used them yet.Great! Any idea where to get replacements? Are they just aquarium filters?
Those compost bins work great though. I've raised the lid on mine and almost gagged at the smell, but with the cover on not a scent. Definitely makes the family more accepting of frank's lunch pail.Not sure. Ours came with an extra set of filters but we haven't used them yet.
I took it apart just because I'm weird like that...
If you don't have a terrible amount of aeration I find it's "clumpy" enough that harvesting is as simple as putting a bucket or pan underneath, and opening up/digging out what you need. No special procedures here. I'll water it with a gallon every other week or so. Sometimes it's dry, sometimes it's wet. Slightly more work than my stacker I suppose, but virtually zero chance of it ever becoming anaerobic from my experience. I've put 5+ lbs of fruit and veggie waste in at once with no smell issues. YMMVI was just wondering the other day how the hell you harvest those bags, without all the VC falling out?!
It has an opening in the bottom, right? How does that work?
Cheers!
i dont full y understand youre post i get the frezzing part doas the food u put in have to be dry and it will braekdown quicker i thought it would breakdown quicker if it was wetter i also like 2 add amendments tho do u think u can add rock dusts i put some food in a blender left over rock mellons and potato peels and a spoon full of rock dust iv been very curios about adding different stuff like humic acid and stuff my goal is to make it closer to humus verses just comost thanks for posting its good to know im not the only one thinking about stuff sutch as thisI haven't seen this spoken of, so I'd like to address something here. Most seem to be finding fruit/vegetable scraps unappealing/unusable for their worm bins, considering they're upwards of 90% water content. I'm not saying this is the best input seeing how manure/compost/dry carbon sources are likely to be more stable, but if you're like me and hate wasting/want to get it there anyway try this:
freeze your scraps - I'm using over 5lbs at a time
remove and place in a large bowl/anything you can mix well in
add ground oats/MBP/any grain really - it's going to wick the moisture from your scraps (make sure it's coating all of the scraps
add a small handful of amendments - usually kelp and a pinch of neem for myself
I finish up with a pinch of lime spread evenly across the mix - when adding this quantity it's a measure to prevent acidic pockets
I'll generally only feed every two weeks, or when I remember/the freezer gets full.This has all been done in the Worm Inn Mega flow-through design. If you're unsure about such a hot addition to your bin, another method I use is a simple "pre compost" where I have some lightly amended bedding in another tote, and I'll add the scraps to that for a week or so and let them get turning. Much of the initial composting heat will be finished, the water content will be lower, and the scraps will be breaking down enough for your worms to get into immediately. I highly recommend this extra step if you want to try feeding more than you have been.
do think the second pic i posted looks finnished its pretty darkI haven't seen this spoken of, so I'd like to address something here. Most seem to be finding fruit/vegetable scraps unappealing/unusable for their worm bins, considering they're upwards of 90% water content. I'm not saying this is the best input seeing how manure/compost/dry carbon sources are likely to be more stable, but if you're like me and hate wasting/want to get it there anyway try this:
freeze your scraps - I'm using over 5lbs at a time
remove and place in a large bowl/anything you can mix well in
add ground oats/MBP/any grain really - it's going to wick the moisture from your scraps (make sure it's coating all of the scraps
add a small handful of amendments - usually kelp and a pinch of neem for myself
I finish up with a pinch of lime spread evenly across the mix - when adding this quantity it's a measure to prevent acidic pockets
I'll generally only feed every two weeks, or when I remember/the freezer gets full.This has all been done in the Worm Inn Mega flow-through design. If you're unsure about such a hot addition to your bin, another method I use is a simple "pre compost" where I have some lightly amended bedding in another tote, and I'll add the scraps to that for a week or so and let them get turning. Much of the initial composting heat will be finished, the water content will be lower, and the scraps will be breaking down enough for your worms to get into immediately. I highly recommend this extra step if you want to try feeding more than you have been.
i put like a kilo witch i think is 6 cups once i got those little white worms lol still those csstings i cant waight 2 use emI just add manures and vegetable matter along with cardboard etc for mine. I would hesitate to add too many meals or dusts. The worms will get plenty from the compost. You can add the rock dust and meals to your soil.
Is that English?i put like a kilo witch i think is 6 cups once i got those little white worms lol still those csstings i cant waight 2 use em
im guessing it would be better composting amendments then but im not able 2 get all the amendments i dont wanna fuck around with ratios n shit id rather just get a good soil and have a good castingscastings are used to give living microorganisms to your soil not necessarily nutrients. I don't know that soil testing would do much.
After freezing the fruit/veg scraps will more or less turn to a mush - very soggy. The ground grains are only to absorb some of the moisture so it's not a soaking wet anaerobic pocket when adding larger amounts - I second being careful with amendments, a little seems to go a long way. I've added rock dusts and never seen a problem, but I also don't know if it's much of a benefit. Kelp will mineralize just fine on its own. I know the worms need grit, and I added dusts as a way to achieve that, but sand would be a much cheaper addition. In my experience humic doesn't need to be added to the bin - they'll produce plenty on their own over time. Now if I'm adding coco as bedding I do like to hit that with a humic soak 1x after I hydrate it - idea being to pump microbiology and life in the inert media. AACT works great for this.i dont full y understand youre post i get the frezzing part doas the food u put in have to be dry and it will braekdown quicker i thought it would breakdown quicker if it was wetter i also like 2 add amendments tho do u think u can add rock dusts i put some food in a blender left over rock mellons and potato peels and a spoon full of rock dust iv been very curios about adding different stuff like humic acid and stuff my goal is to make it closer to humus verses just comost thanks for posting its good to know im not the only one thinking about stuff sutch as this