Comments on: ‘Wild’ Red Wiggler Worms http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-17317 Bentley Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:58:30 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/#comment-17317 Hi Robert - sorry to hear that. How much did you add? Must have been a lot if it cause enough heating to potentially "cook" your worms. Overheating is definitely something you need to be wary of - especially with N-rich materials like manure. Did the material you used still have a manure smell? If so, it should still be considered fairly fresh. Adding cardboard is a good idea. Careful with stirring though - this adds more oxygen and can actually lead to more heating. I would remove some of the manure and also try to spread it out more (if at all possible). Add a lot more moist cardboard or other carbon-rich bedding materials to help shift the C:N ratio. B Hi Robert – sorry to hear that.
How much did you add? Must have been a lot if it cause enough heating to potentially “cook” your worms.
Overheating is definitely something you need to be wary of – especially with N-rich materials like manure.

Did the material you used still have a manure smell? If so, it should still be considered fairly fresh.

Adding cardboard is a good idea. Careful with stirring though – this adds more oxygen and can actually lead to more heating. I would remove some of the manure and also try to spread it out more (if at all possible). Add a lot more moist cardboard or other carbon-rich bedding materials to help shift the C:N ratio.

B

]]> By: Robert http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-17184 Robert Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/#comment-17184 Hi Bentley, I received some aged horse manure, added it to my compost heap and so far disappointed, my worms were raised stictly on greens, now it looks like 80% of them are cooked or disappeared, stirred the heap to cool down and also added card board prior. Your feed back would be appreciated! Robert Hi Bentley,
I received some aged horse manure, added it to my compost heap and so far disappointed, my worms were raised stictly on greens, now it looks like 80% of them are cooked or disappeared, stirred the heap to cool down and also added card board prior. Your feed back would be appreciated!
Robert

]]> By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-8686 Bentley Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:40:41 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/#comment-8686 Hi Jay, I'm always amazed by how quickly people can become interested once they see how excited I get about these little guys! It's all about perspective. :-) Hi Jay,
I’m always amazed by how quickly people can become interested once they see how excited I get about these little guys! It’s all about perspective.
:-)

]]> By: Jay http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/comment-page-1/#comment-8668 Jay Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:37:16 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worms/wild-red-wiggler-worms/#comment-8668 Talked to a nice lady with a stable about worm composting and she couldn't believe anyone would take interest in a bunch of worms, nor did she know worms even existed in her manure pile. When I arrived at her farm and dug through the pile, she got curious and I showed her the striped yellow tailed creature, and she got pretty excited. I hope I converted her somehow Talked to a nice lady with a stable about worm composting and she couldn’t believe anyone would take interest in a bunch of worms, nor did she know worms even existed in her manure pile. When I arrived at her farm and dug through the pile, she got curious and I showed her the striped yellow tailed creature, and she got pretty excited. I hope I converted her somehow

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