Looking for new vermicomposting ideas and methods... thoughts?

joespit

joespit

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greasemonkeymann said:
ahh, romaine lettuce eh? I have a customer that has a Mexican restaurant, and sometimes they have these gigantic sealed bags of salad mixes that get a lil "soft" so he brings them by and I throw the salad mix in a 5 gallon bucket with a layer of soil on top to keep the flies away, and a week later its nice and mushy for them to eat up, makes the fastest EWC, I've seen so far, but one thing I haven't done yet is get a food processer or a coffee grinder for their food, I want one, but don't look forward to cleaning it... seems like a funky job... But I know it makes the food more 'edible" so to speak
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Yeah I know what you mean. I haven't grown anything with my compost yet but I've been cultivating it for about two years in a 30 gal Rubbermaid. I used to have a rooftop garden but my land lord made me take it down because my roof wasn't "structurally sound" but I just couldn't stand the thought of wasting all those precious nutrients. So I've just been making a lot of compost though it's not a traditional EWC because I'm pretty sure most my worms died because my mix was almost all old veg/fruit making it an acidic anaerobic mess. For the past few months I've been adding a lot more brown material to counter act this. Probably thrown in a a batch of worms soon see how they fair. Can't wait to get to the point where I can use it in a grow...

Does anyone use compost in indoor grows? I feel Im Asking for pests but outdoor is not an option
 
hyroot

hyroot

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joespit said:
Yeah I know what you mean. I haven't grown anything with my compost yet but I've been cultivating it for about two years in a 30 gal Rubbermaid. I used to have a rooftop garden but my land lord made me take it down because my roof wasn't "structurally sound" but I just couldn't stand the thought of wasting all those precious nutrients. So I've just been making a lot of compost though it's not a traditional EWC because I'm pretty sure most my worms died because my mix was almost all old veg/fruit making it an acidic anaerobic mess. For the past few months I've been adding a lot more brown material to counter act this. Probably thrown in a a batch of worms soon see how they fair. Can't wait to get to the point where I can use it in a grow...

Does anyone use compost in indoor grows? I feel Im Asking for pests but outdoor is not an option
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we all use compost and ewc indoors. If you have pests in your compost. Its probably very anaerobic. Should be turned every few days. Let dry some what. Probably some uncomposted material that hasn't broken down yet in there too.
 
joespit

joespit

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hyroot said:
we all use compost and ewc indoors. If you have pests in your compost. Its probably very anaerobic. Should be turned every few days. Let dry some what. Probably some uncomposted material that hasn't broken down yet in there too.
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I see. Well great news then! I read this book and basically it said there's no wrong way to compost.. I sure showed that book! Well I'll start rummaging around in there with a stick a few days a week ;p
 
Damnecro

Damnecro

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Rabbit/bat guanos Nettles, comfrey, oak leaves every fall. Fruits veggies shells from kitchen scraps. Nematodes, innoculant of kelpforless origin to git it rolling good and then couple ol pots of soil with some yogurt bacteria
 
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