Comments on: Worm Composting and Brewery Waste http://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/worm-composting-and-brewery-waste/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/worm-composting-and-brewery-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-23369 Bentley Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:21:40 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1306#comment-23369 Hi John, Thanks for sharing that - very interesting! Sounds like brewery waste could be a great material to add to a winter worm bed (kinda sounds like you've had similar thoughts yourself)! Will definitely be interested to hear how everything is looking come spring time! Thanks again 8) Hi John,
Thanks for sharing that – very interesting!
Sounds like brewery waste could be a great material to add to a winter worm bed (kinda sounds like you’ve had similar thoughts yourself)!

Will definitely be interested to hear how everything is looking come spring time!

Thanks again
8)

]]> By: John http://www.redwormcomposting.com/reader-questions/worm-composting-and-brewery-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-23360 John Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:11:29 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1306#comment-23360 I've mentioned before that I tried to add spent brew mash to my worm bin but that it overheated. Fortunately, I limited the amount I put in and after the hot-spot cooled, the worms seemed to enjoy it. I've had better success putting in my compost pile. I'll add six gallons of the grain to the hot side of my pile (roughly a 4' cube) and the temperature will go from 100-110 F to 140-160 F in just a few days. Lately, I have been incorporating the "Bently Trench" (8^D) method, limited to grains, in my wintering garden. I dig out the topsoil, loosen the subsoil, pour in the grain and cover it with the topsoil. After about two months, the grain area is loaded with fat earthworms which, I assume, are tunneling through the soil and subsoil, carrying nutrients far and wide. I haven't planted in these areas yet but will in the spring and I am eager to see the results. John in Huntington Beach, CA I’ve mentioned before that I tried to add spent brew mash to my worm bin but that it overheated. Fortunately, I limited the amount I put in and after the hot-spot cooled, the worms seemed to enjoy it.

I’ve had better success putting in my compost pile. I’ll add six gallons of the grain to the hot side of my pile (roughly a 4′ cube) and the temperature will go from 100-110 F to 140-160 F in just a few days.

Lately, I have been incorporating the “Bently Trench” (8^D) method, limited to grains, in my wintering garden. I dig out the topsoil, loosen the subsoil, pour in the grain and cover it with the topsoil. After about two months, the grain area is loaded with fat earthworms which, I assume, are tunneling through the soil and subsoil, carrying nutrients far and wide. I haven’t planted in these areas yet but will in the spring and I am eager to see the results.

John in Huntington Beach, CA

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