Comments on: Worm Bin Recovery

By: ron

ron — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:29:20 +0000

I usually freeze a few 20-32oz bottles in the freezer to lay on top of my worm inns to cool the bedding down during the warm/hot months. Allows the worms to migrate up/down with the temps as opposed to burying frozen foods with the worms.

By: Shevek

Shevek — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:32:19 +0000

Gary – I’ve been adding frozen material myself this past summer, to cool things down given the hot hot summer we’re having. I haven’t noticed any negative effects. Just in case though, i make sure to put some bedding underneath before adding the frozen material.

By: gary

gary — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:08:02 +0000

Thanks for the quick reply!

Looks like the worms will be getting frozen fruit/veggie scrap popsicles from here on out.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:07:31 +0000

Absolutely, Gary – that’s actually a great strategy for warm weather systems since it’s the double benefit of cooling + easily-processed foods (once thawed). I often like to thaw the materials out first simply because I can then chop everything up more before adding to my system(s) – and with smaller bins I’m sometimes a little more paranoid about shocking the worms with too much cold stuff (not likely a real concern unless you are using Blue Worms or African Nightcrawlers).

By: gary

gary — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:57:09 +0000

Bentley,

Is it okay to add unthawed food into the worm bin?

Like you, I freeze our little buddies’ food before feeding it to them. However, I let the food sit in a air thigh container for much longer than the thawing processing and do tend to get the ‘not so ideal worm food condition’.