Comments on: Breathable Bucket Bin – 12-19-14

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 03:08:00 +0000

It’s a good system, you just have to “toss” the buckets every week or so to areate the bottom portion. I just dump into an empty bucket once a week. It works really well for me.

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:30:06 +0000

I keep a bucket as an insurance plan. It is a very deep bucket – probably too deep! I keep it well stocked with bedding and only feed it a handful of vegetable scraps every month or so. The lid has many drilled holes in it for air flow. It generally gets used as an extra coffee table beside a lounge. It is the most neglected worm bin ever! However it serves its purpose. About a month ago some very hot weather (43C or 110F) killed off one of my worm bins on the deck. I opened up my emergency supply bucket to find a thriving herd of worms. Two thirds of them went in the outside bin and one third were left in the bucket. Problem solved!

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 16:15:05 +0000

I started a bucket experiment similar to yours, maybe a week or two before you wrote about this one. Starting at the bottom, I layered dry shredded paper, moistened shredded cardboard, a 30-count bucket of Euros from the bait counter, more moist shredded cardboard, a couple inches of kitchen waste, and a thick layer of dry shredded paper on top. I had several holes drilled in the bottom for drainage.

I was just intending to let it set over the winter and see how many bait worms I wind up with in the spring. But, I got my experiments mixed up and wound up tossing in a handful or two of EF infested material into this bucket at some point.

Anyways, you prompted me to dump it out and take a peek. I was pleased with how it all looks. It was more moist at the bottom, but not waterlogged. No foul odors. 90% of the food scraps were not recognizable. The worms were multiplying like crazy and were throughout the entire bucket. What amazed me was the quantity of cocoons. In each handful of material, I could see a dozen or more at a glance.

Since I compromised the original purpose of this experiment, I did start another bucket on Thanksgiving with another 30-count bucket of Euros from the bait counter. It’s early on, but it does look good so far. A hasty count gave me 32 worms and i saw several cocoons when I fluffed up everything a bit.

By: joe

joe — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:30:21 +0000

Hey Bentley, I could see how the food scraps could get pretty wet at the bottom in a bucket (YUCK). I use a bucket system with a mix of black Michigan peat and worm chow with ANC’s which works really nice.
Joe