Comments on: Gerry’s Winter VermBin96 https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerrys-winter-vermbin96 WAY Too Much Fun With Worms! Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:51:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Molly https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-1047777 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:51:58 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-1047777 Are there schematics available for building this?
I will soon be moving up to Rochester, NY and the winters get well below freezing there. My plan is to build out a VB96 in our garage with this heating system. I’ve never built anything like this before so I would deeply appreciate any guidance. Thank you.
-Molly

]]> By: Gerry https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-41231 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:06:11 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-41231 Ben I will do my best to keep apprised with my progress when I get started

]]> By: Ben https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-41229 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:42:58 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-41229 Can’t wait to see the photo log. I’d love to work something like this into my next bin so I don’t have mess around with a soil heating cable!

]]> By: Gerry https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-41228 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:08:22 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-41228 Hi Ben
Well we have seen a more severe winter here than we have in a few years. Lots of days well below freezing. The bin has done very well, in fact I have a bit of a fruit fly invasion which started back in mid February so I think if they are happy the conditions in the bin are favorable to the worms which are also doing very well. I am looking forward to spring arriving and it is looking like it is very close. The pvc grid seems to have stood up very good and I am planning to maybe build a 2nd bin and will keep a photo log of the process as it takes shape.
Thanks for your interest
Gerry

]]> By: Ben https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-41212 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:55:01 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-41212 Hey Gerry, if you’re still following the comments, I’d love to hear how it’s gone for you through the long dark period of the winter. I’m far south of you, in Oregon, so I opted for a soil heating cable and it seems to work fine. It’s rarely below 32° F here, and when it was for a few weeks it still seemed to keep things in the upper 60s.

I’d love to have a solar/water heating setup at some point, so I’d be interested in seeing how the pvc grid went for you. It sounds a lot more efficient, and a lot less likely to sink/tangle in the bin over time!

]]> By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-41060 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:48:26 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-41060 That’s great, Gerry! Thanks for the update!
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]]> By: Gerry https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-41053 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:16:37 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-41053 A quick update
We recently went through about a week long deep freeze here and the bin stayed at a comfortable 70 degrees F. The worms seem happy, lots squirming around on top. Even have a bit of a fruit fly (I think) explosion happening as well as other crawlers moving around. I was not sure going into this adventure if it would stand up to the temperatures we saw recently but it appears all is good.
Gerry

]]> By: Gerry https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-40905 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:54:51 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-40905 Thanks Mark. The solar panels are on the roof of the house, wiring runs to the shed and feed through a charge controller to the batteries. The shorter days now don’t provide enough to quite do the job so about every two weeks I hook up a battery charger overnight to top them up.

]]> By: Mark from Kansas https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-40900 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:16:45 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-40900 Gerry your setup is pure genius! Can you expand a little on how your solar kit works?
Those have always been a mystery to me.

]]> By: Marty https://www.redwormcomposting.com/vermbins/gerrys-winter-vermbin96/comment-page-1/#comment-40899 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:22:34 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=7359#comment-40899 Great setup, really like the use of the PVC piping verse tubing to heat. I have and aquarium pump that I’m thinking to reroute the water to keep the worms warm. ant to make sure the pump is strong enough to continue circulating the water, that would keep the tank and worms happy.

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