Comments on: Bagged Manure-05-30-31

By: iJohn

iJohn — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:36:19 +0000

I bought some composted Lamb manure… Is there much of difference between composted Lamb manure and composted Sheep manure… Is one better then the other…
Thank

By: Mark Reed

Mark Reed — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:00:18 +0000

Oh! Salt, I was unaware of the possibility when I set up my totes 3-4 months ago. Oops, I guess buying composted steer manure is like shooting craps. Which I have unsuccessfully tried also. LOL I’ll test it and use a smaller percentage of composted manure to my mix next time AND I’ll try to find composted sheep manure, but, I haven’t found a source yet. For me, I love the option of the bagged manure. It’s easily available, ready to go, it doesn’t smell, you don’t need a truck to haul it. I’m glad you’re experimenting with it. I’d love to see/hear something about rotating moisture levels to promote cocoon production but I realize that vermicomposting is the main focus of your business. Great site for the home vermicomposter and/or worm grower!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:52:25 +0000

ADAM – Sounds great! You should end up with loads of new worms!
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MARK – Very interesting – thanks for sharing. Steer manure is the one I might be a bit more cautious about since I’ve read it can be high in salts. Glad you’ve had good success with it (for those reading this, my recommendation would STILL be to test using a small amount, since not every bagged manure will be the same).
Table craps? Are you a gambler?? lol
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ANN – Have you tried it? The worms like it? My guess is that it’s pretty similar to other bagged cow manure composts.

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:52:03 +0000

Black Kow works too if run out of “real” aged manures.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:25:33 +0000

oops,,,,,, could you please add an “s” to “table craps”….. should be table scraps….. I save the crap with my junk and it’s all in the garage…. LOL
Thanks for the wonderful website! Mark

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:18:03 +0000

I’m new to raising worms. I started my 8 14 gallon totes with a 50/50 mix of peat moss and bagged steer manure from Home Depot. In summary of the last 3 months: The euros have done quite well. I’ve found that they breed more frequently with more water in the soil than is recommended. They eat way less table craps than I expected. Just a 1/4 cup of layer chicken feed crumbles seems to be plenty of food for a week for a pound of worms. The consumption of paper and cardboard that I’ve added is low. I suspect that there is so much food in the bagged steer manure that the worms seem to eat very little of what I add with the exception of watermelon. LOL Watermelon rind seems to be a treat for my fishing bait. LOL

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:30:28 +0000

I’m still waiting for the free horse manure that I picked up to age a bit more, but I have about 36 ft cubed of it waiting. Can’t wait to get the 5 pounds coming my way to speed up their reproduction and processing speeds.