Dear DonTesla,Its highlighted in the Rodale Book of Composting but looks like a lot of (unnecessary) work! (for me anyway)
The bacteria don't die off, just go dormant. When you rehydrate they wake up and get back to work. You're GTG.Hey y’all, I have a tote of worm castings from this past winter that completely dried out. Should I just assume the bacteria have all died off and throw it in the compost bin? Or can I rehydrate and use it?
The heat from your compost should keep them alive if not the eggs will hatch again when it becomes warm outside... haven't kept worms outsideI have an established 13 cubic foot compost pile that I've thrown in some amendments:
kelp
alfalfa
fish bone meal
oyster shell flour
langbeinite
glacial rock dust
green sand
blood meal
neem meal
gypsum
crab shell meal
turned it all together and gave it a compost tea sprinkling
It's also made up from
grass clippings
Leaves
vegetable and fruit scraps
coffee grounds
egg shells ground up
could I introduce red wigglers into this concoction and just use that soil in my grows, I live in Chicago and was also wondering what I'd have to do to keep them alive during the winter time.
Thank you for the info, but does not look like i can get down to earth in south africa, and will have to import , and importing will cost to muchI would say skip the worm tea and instead of buying a bubbler buy some all purpose fert or down to earth bio live half cup per cubic foot mixed with sunshine 4 and 10% castings would be the easiest imo.
55 gallon blue drums, cut in half.How big are your bins?
I’m going to build a wood frame for them all tomorrow- two on top two on bottom, with a tray underneath. I’ve drilled a few holes in the bottom of the barrels. Going to keep a cheap strip of lights on the frame above the barrels to keep them down in the dirt to stop from running.How big are your bins?