Comments on: Crazy Q&A Podcasts – Session #6

By: GA

GA — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:53:09 +0000

Agree with you on grit, by the way – but was surprised you didn’t note that coffee grinds probably have more than enough grit for the little fellers!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:06:47 +0000

I recently got a box of vegetable “trimmings” from my grocery store to feed my worms. Included were several old jalapeños. Are these ok to feed to worms, I.e. can worms handle spicy vegetables? Sorry if you have already answered this previously!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:23:31 +0000

NOMAR – generally when I’m referring to “breaking up fungal growth”, it is the fluffy mycelial stage I am referring to. That said my caution in the podcast was intended mostly for those with a sensitivity to spores. For many, mixing up material that already has fungal fruiting bodies growing on it, won’t be a major deal – and everything will get buried pretty quickly.
Good question, though!
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GA – that’s actually a pretty “old” term (it can be found in my free vermicomposting guide, and perhaps even some older blog posts) – haha – but yeah, I should make mention of that a bit more often. You are right about combining bedding materials – I should have put more emphasis on that. Corrugated cardboard plus other materials is often better than just corrugated cardboard. And really – the “best” is all relative and a subjective label to a certain degree.

By: GA

GA — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:22:38 +0000

Bentley, good podcast. I liked your new term ‘secondary bedding’ – I think it’s a good way to put it. I agree that corrugated cardboard makes probably the best base or primary bedding, but adding other kinds and in combination won’t hurt and will probably help, even if they’re not ‘the best.’

By: Nomar

Nomar — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:16:09 +0000

If I do get mold in one of my bins (I do actually, my very small one that only has a dozen worms in it because I dumped the rest of the initial pound of worms in a bigger, more aerated bin) Would it be bad for my health even if I’m not allergic to the spores? I think you’ve mentioned in some other post, to mix things up to break up some of the mold. But in this podcast you mentioned that mold spores might be bad… so wouldn’t that mean that I’m releasing spores by mixing things up? hah it’s confusing..