Preventing a bin from drying up
When the air humidity is low, especially in winter time, the lowest tray of the bin tends to dry up.
It is possible to use a piece of plastic bag to reduce the airflow from
below. Simply cover the bottom stand with it.
The perforated bags used for banana packaging are particularly good.
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Tray diary - 5
The usual manipulation to shift one tray down is:
1. Separate 4 upper trays and the lower one
2. Empty the lowest tray and put it on the top.
Now Tray #1 became actually #2 and the next update will not come very soon...
1. Separate 4 upper trays and the lower one
2. Empty the lowest tray and put it on the top.
Now Tray #1 became actually #2 and the next update will not come very soon...
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Tray diary - 4
Here came the day for the last pound for this tray.
The material in the tray is slightly tightened - as worms like.
This also will allow a good contact with the content of a next tray above to let the worms migrate up when they need.
Next time the lowest tray will be emptied and installed on the top of tray #1.
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Tray diary - 3
Another pound mixed with soil and dead leaves was added to tray.
It seems like the next one will be the last.
Decomposition speed depends on temperature.
The current temperature is around 16C (60.8F). On higher temperatures worms work faster and require less additional bedding. So the same tray could accept 6 - 7 pounds of scrap before getting completely full.
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Worms in Flower Pot
Since I started to use vermicompost for my flowers I find worms in flower pots. But it's the first time I have so massive 'invasion' as in this particular pot. Probably the worms found some food to support them.
Those are Red Worms - the kind demanding less food and more soil to prosper.
In any case it seems like the both worms and plants enjoy this co-existence.
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