What do you feed your worms?! whats your preferred bedding for them?!

[jcmjrt]

Nice site. Now if i can jus find some of those plants. lol

Dried - http://www.mountainroseherbs.com

 

[Maphyr]

Dried - http://www.mountainroseherbs.com

I know I'm bringing up an old thread, but just wanted to say thank you for posting that link to Mountain Rose Herbs - great website. Lots of useful items for sale there, great for those of us that don't have a local source for these types of products.

 

[VTMi'kmaq]

Well, for bedding, what i typically do is go to walmart and get some cheap compost. Its usually like 3 bucks a bag. Ive never used cardboard or newspaper. They seem to like it. And then when i take some out of the bin to put into a pot. I dont have to worry about separating anything, cause its just all mixed into the compost.

I put EVERYTHING into my bin, minus oils, meats, or fat. I even put flat beer in there, and they love it.

Agreed I have my neighbor run the red wigglers, wet cakes of plant food! We do put egg shells (that have been boiled to kill off salmonella of course) to give the castings some kick!

 

[Maphyr]

Agreed I have my neighbor run the red wigglers, wet cakes of plant food! View attachment 2848154View attachment 2848155View attachment 2848156View attachment 2848157 We do put egg shells (that have been boiled to kill off salmonella of course) to give the castings some kick!

Blocks of poop. I thought vermi-compost was supposed to look more like soil, black fluffly like soil.

That stuff in the photos looks like human shit/mud pressed into blocks.

I'm genuinely curious if this is what vermi-compost is supposed to look like, I'm getting into making my own so I really don't know - only what I've read. I'm not talking shit about your shit. Ha.

 

[PeaceLoveCannabis]

I personally use peat moss as a bedding for my worms. I tried to use compost before but the worms tried to escape. Since then i've had great success with vermi-composting. I also find that watermelon works really well to feed the baby worms because it doesn't really dry out like some other types of food. There are sometimes hundreds of pale white worms on the watermelon lol. I also put kelp meal and ground up barley seeds, coffee grounds, alfalfa meal. Honestly you can feed your worms most things try to avoid spicy, and to acidic. (i.e jalapenos and oranges would probably not be best, but will still decompose. )

 

[hyroot]

Blocks of poop. I thought vermi-compost was supposed to look more like soil, black fluffly like soil.

That stuff in the photos looks like human shit/mud pressed into blocks.

I'm genuinely curious if this is what vermi-compost is supposed to look like, I'm getting into making my own so I really don't know - only what I've read. I'm not talking shit about your shit. Ha.

when its fresh its medium to dark brown. Turns black as it oxidizing. Looks like any other compost with some fine grains mixes in. Castings alone look like black or brown coffee grounds but soft and damp.

 

[SpicySativa]

Tell your neighbor he should use more bedding, keep his bins drier, and harvest them before they compact into mud. That'll produce nice light, fluffy/crumbly/spongy, black castings instead of dense muddy pucks. I'm sure the plants will be stoked either way.

 

[turnip brain]

I personally use peat moss as a bedding for my worms. I tried to use compost before but the worms tried to escape. Since then i've had great success with vermi-composting. I also find that watermelon works really well to feed the baby worms because it doesn't really dry out like some other types of food. There are sometimes hundreds of pale white worms on the watermelon lol. I also put kelp meal and ground up barley seeds, coffee grounds, alfalfa meal. Honestly you can feed your worms most things try to avoid spicy, and to acidic. (i.e jalapenos and oranges would probably not be best, but will still decompose. )

Your white worms are most likely pot worms, not wigglers. Baby wigglers are pink. Pot worms can reproduce in alarming numbers. Not harmful as far as I can tell, but not the species you intend. Just part of the ecosystem. I have them too. They tend to take over new food several days to a week before the wigglers move in.