October 16, 2015
How Do You Know What’s Worm Castings and What’s Bedding?
Interesting question from Robin:
How do you know the difference between the worm castings and the bedding. It all looks dark brown to me. Please help!
Hi Robin,
In a typical home system receiving lots of paper-waste bedding (eg shredded newsprint or cardboard) and regular feedings of kitchen scraps, it should be relatively easy to distinguish between bedding and castings. The latter will tend to be a lot darker – more like “soil”, while everything else should stand out as obviously unprocessed.
Where it gets tricky is when you are using smaller-particle bedding materials that (more…)
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