Comments on: Some Worm Composting Photos

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:19:45 +0000

Picture 1 is my worst nightmare! I sold a bin yesterday and the new wormers emailed that the worms were escaping–strange since they seemed pretty settled in their bin at my house. I think they might have put them in a closed space without much O2–I hope it wasn’t as bad a migration as that picture!

By: Mark from Kansas

Mark from Kansas — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:42:53 +0000

Belinda
I checked my notes and come to think of it maybe it was the heat. That was one of the bins I didn’t watch well.
Mark

By: Mark from Kansas

Mark from Kansas — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:39:30 +0000

Mary,
I think I almost killed them all.

By: Belinda Charpentier

Belinda Charpentier — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:36:47 +0000

Could the escape be heat related? I have 3 tumbler hot compost bins and was taught to layer green with brown and than water to create heat and compost. A method similar to how you feed your Oscar. I have two 35 gallon worm bins and was taught to feed in a corner allowing worms plenty of escape room if things heated up which has happened occasionally.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:35:46 +0000

Wow – if that’s a mass of worms, you should figure out exactly what you did and market that as your “harvesting worms” tip of the year!!!

By: Mark from Kansas

Mark from Kansas — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:05:11 +0000

HI Belinda,
Anything that looks pink in a massive glob of worms. Anything that looks brown is finished Vermicompost.
They were so slimey and man did they smell. Luckily, I had a back up bin to put them in.
Mark

By: Belinda Charpentier

Belinda Charpentier — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:02:27 +0000

I see worms going up the sides of the bin in the tip photo. But what is that on the surface of the bed? Is it worms or some disgusting leftovers?