Your worm bin should be as a moist a wrung out sponge. A great way to find out if the moisture is just right is to do a squeeze test. Grab a handful of the castings in your bin. If water drips, your bin is too wet. If the castings do not stick much to [...]
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“Rotline” Question of the Week: How moist should my worm bin be?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged castings, Composting, moisture, vermicomposting, worm bins, worms on September 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Worm Tea – Spigot to Garden
Posted in How to, tagged castings, compost, compost bin, fertilizer, healthy soil, vermicomposting, vermiculture, vermiwash, worm bin, worm tea, worms, Wriggly Wranch Worm Bin on September 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Do you own a Wriggly Wranch Worm Bin or a worm bin in general and wonder what the liquid that forms in the bottom tray is? It is worm tea, sometimes it is also called “worm castings” or “vermiwash.” You may not be aware but there are numerous benefits of using worm tea in your [...]
Del Mar Fairgrounds Worm Bin Harvest!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged castings, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Master Composter, vermicomposting, VermiTech, worm bin, worm bin harvest, worms on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Del Mar Fairgrounds Worm Bin Harvest! Thursday, January 14th, 2010 9:45am The Del Mar Fair Grounds has a commercial size VermiTech worm bin that is going to be harvested for the first time in several years! Please meet in the Fairgrounds West Parking Lot near the Grandstands Infield Tunnel entrance and the group will head [...]
“Rotline” Question of the Week: How can I tell if my worm bin is too dry?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged castings, compost, Composting, Solana Center, too dry, too wet, vermicomposting, worm tea, worms on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Moisture content is very important when composting with worms. This is because your red wigglers breathe through their skin and need appropriate moisture to do so. Often times the materials you add will give your bin moisture, but you will find that you will need to add water to obtain appropriate moisture content (especially with [...]
“Rotline” Question of the Week: Why do my worm castings look different than commercial castings?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged "Rotline" Question of the Week, castings, commercial composting, compost, gardening, harvesting, Solana Center, vermicomposting, windrows, worms on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Problem: My castings are very wet and when left to dry out they solidify into cement hard pellets. Why aren’t my castings dry and fluffy like commercial castings? Answer: Commercial worm castings are coming mainly from windrow operations which are usually being feed manure. There is a certain amount of fiber in the manure that [...]
“Rotline” Question of the Week: Do I need to add worms to my compost bin?
Posted in "Rotline" Question of the Week, tagged "Rotline", castings, compost, compost bins, decomposition, Heat, humus, optimum conditions, organic material, Solana Center, thermophilic bacteria, worm bins, worms on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Worms are generally used in closed-system compost bins. Worm bins are used to house the worms, which will digest your materials and create castings. When using a worm bin, you will need to add worms to the bin. Compost bins are generally open-bottom bins and do not require worms. In a compost bin microbes called [...]
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