Comments on: Awesome Vermicomposting System!

By: Pauly

Pauly — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:42:24 +0000

Hi Mary,

Worms depend on microbes to break down the food first so that the worms can slurp up the microbes. Freezing bursts the cell walls of the plant speeding up the decaying process. Just like in nature during the winter freeze and spring thaw. This spawns much decay in spring for the growth microbes, worms and plant life.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:17:25 +0000

Why does Pauly freeze his juicing pulp?

By: John in Huntington Beach

John in Huntington Beach — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:45:43 +0000

What caught my eye is a processing cycle of less than a week! At that flow-through rate, a relatively small unit can process a huge amount of waste on site. Huntington Beach is looking for ways to make a serious dent in what goes into landfill. All California cities are but I live in HB and so feel their efforts more directly. Our downtown area has a lot of restaurants in a small area and a unit along the lines of W-FARM could serve the area very effectively. If W-FARM could reduce acceptable waste by 95% in under a week, that would be fantastic. I think the students and teachers at SVSU should be congratulated and encouraged. They would like some more “likes” on their facebook page. What say we Bentley-fans give them a boost??

https://www.facebook.com/greencardinalinitiative

By: Pauly

Pauly — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:41:16 +0000

I have something like this at home home. It's Called "Jack Lalanne's Power Juicer" I feed all the pulp to the worms. They gobble it up in less than 14 days Bentley. It's contains just the right amount of moisture. I freeze it first of course. Also, Getting a little tired of people calling leechate "Worm Tea".

By: Ruth Ann (from PA)

Ruth Ann (from PA) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:43:28 +0000

This idea is already used (without worms) in Europe. Check out the link for this composter that can be used on a large scale.
http://www.joraform.com/

Would the composting happen without the worms? It doesn’t appear that they have discovered anything new.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:05:27 +0000

Haha – good questions guys!
I’d be surprised if the worms were constantly tumbled – but you never know. Whatever the case may be, they seem to be having success with it!

DON – while I agree that the vermicomposting process works well with a K.I.S.S. approach, I definitely see some value in more of an optimized approach like this, especially for larger scale applications. Grinding up the material like that is an excellent way to really improve the efficiency of the system (and thus speed up the process).

Anyway – looking forward to learning more about this project as it develops!
8)

By: Don

Don — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:31:29 +0000

I’m glad Patrick said that 😉 all I could think was that this was a worm bin with a grinder front end. This is just way over-complicating a simple process.

Are the worms are in the tumbler, being constantly tumbled? It seems to indicate so, but man, they would seriously disrupt the worms. I guess it may be turning only when grinding or on a timer.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:32:15 +0000

This looks like an oversized food processor. Where do the worms go?