Comments on: Worm Inn Journal – 10-06-09 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-inn/worm-inn-journal-10-06-09/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-inn/worm-inn-journal-10-06-09/comment-page-1/#comment-22601 Andrew Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:17:24 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1330#comment-22601 Thanks, Don. Next time I'll have to remember to put a space before the ")". Thanks, Don. Next time I’ll have to remember to put a space before the “)”.

]]> By: don http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-inn/worm-inn-journal-10-06-09/comment-page-1/#comment-22600 don Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:08:16 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1330#comment-22600 FYI: http://vermicomposters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/flow-through-bin-variation is the correct URL for Andrew's post. Remove the trailing ")" character. FYI:

http://vermicomposters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/flow-through-bin-variation is the correct URL for Andrew’s post. Remove the trailing “)” character.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-inn/worm-inn-journal-10-06-09/comment-page-1/#comment-22590 Andrew Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:04:47 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1330#comment-22590 "I will now continue to add lots of food scraps, likely on a daily basis." Ok, Bentley, you've inspired me to ramp up feeding to my new DIY flow through bin. (described here: http://vermicomposters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/flow-through-bin-variation) One major difference is that my FT was populated with "wild" worms (1500-2000?) from my regular compost bin. They're probably descendants of red worms from an old wormery years ago, but that's just a guess. Even though I'm probably starting out with more worms, I'm going to play it safer and only feed half the bin each day. The surface area is 22" x 14", so I'll feed a 1-1.5" layer of pre-composted food every day on a 11" x 14" section. That's about a gallon ice cream container's worth of material. Just to get things jump started, I added a sprinkling of steer manure with today's batch. BTW, what is the capacity of the Worm Inn Pro? 40 gal? It dwarfs the bin you have below it, but I can't read the label on the bin. Is it an 18 gal. bin? “I will now continue to add lots of food scraps, likely on a daily basis.”

Ok, Bentley, you’ve inspired me to ramp up feeding to my new DIY flow through bin. (described here: http://vermicomposters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/flow-through-bin-variation) One major difference is that my FT was populated with “wild” worms (1500-2000?) from my regular compost bin. They’re probably descendants of red worms from an old wormery years ago, but that’s just a guess. Even though I’m probably starting out with more worms, I’m going to play it safer and only feed half the bin each day. The surface area is 22″ x 14″, so I’ll feed a 1-1.5″ layer of pre-composted food every day on a 11″ x 14″ section. That’s about a gallon ice cream container’s worth of material. Just to get things jump started, I added a sprinkling of steer manure with today’s batch.

BTW, what is the capacity of the Worm Inn Pro? 40 gal? It dwarfs the bin you have below it, but I can’t read the label on the bin. Is it an 18 gal. bin?

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