Comments on: My New Stacking Worm Bin https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-new-stacking-worm-bin WAY Too Much Fun With Worms! Thu, 16 Aug 2018 02:19:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Valerie https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-42860 Mon, 05 May 2014 01:23:50 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-42860 I have been home worm composting for 6 years and had a major worm die off discovered today. I switched from using my rubbermaid bins to a worm condo last fall. I kept adding layers over the winter and it looks like things started to rot and I didn’t realize. I think the oxygen was impeded and when the worms started dying the food started rotting and creating more moisture which drowned more worms and/or poisoned them.

In future I could watch the layers more carefully and take out lower ones when they’re done instead of just keeping on stacking. I could also go to a new layer when there is less material because the stacking seems to compact everything.

Is a condo just a bad idea since surface area is important? I definitely won’t stack 5 layers again – maybe 3 at most.

Any feedback about condos? I have the plastic one.

]]> By: Will https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-33787 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:29:03 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-33787 I looked at some of the pictures and it looks like the trays are only held together by a few screws, so it doesn’t look very robust. I’m wondering what that mesh is made of ? because something’s got to hold those trays rigid, besides two screws at each wood joint. It just looks like weak & flimsy joinery and I wonder how the trays would cope under a full load of damp compost over time.

]]> By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-22508 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:58:36 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-22508 Hi Deborah,
You start with the bottom tray and work up. The other trays get added one at a time as each tray below becomes full!
8)

]]> By: Deborah https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-22502 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:56:51 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-22502 Do you start on the bottom tray and work up, or on the top tray and work down? Thanks! My worm farm will arrive soon (identical to yours, I think).

]]> By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-19537 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:29:51 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-19537 Hi Laetitia,
The trays fit together pretty well. The plastic receptacle basically sits on the ground beneath the lowest tray. The wood is not distorted or damaged now. All in all I am happy with the system – but have not used it enough.

Bentley

]]> By: Laetitia https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-19515 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:58:46 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-19515 Hi Bentley !

I’m very happy to have found a blog which speaks about wood worm farms! Thanks for making share your experience! I’m french and I search a Wooden Worm Bin. In France, there is Worm Bin but they’re plastic, it’s less cute! 🙂
I want to order the same that you on the site “wood worm farms”. But I’ve several questions :
– Do trays fit together well? Do they fit into each other?
– Does the black plastic receptacle settle underneath the tray?
– Is wood distorted or damaged now?
Sorry, I don’t know if I find correct words ! ^^’

Finally are you happy with this worm farms?

Thanks for your help if you have the time to answer me! :p
Laetitia

]]> By: Shawn https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-10675 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:41:32 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-10675 Thanks for your reply on these bins. Gnats and fruit flies are something I worry about. I’ve just about persuaded my wife to agree to get a worm bin (we live in an smallish apartment), but don’t think she’d be too thrilled if we ended up with gnats and flies in addition to castings.

Something I’ve thought of is draping a mosquito net over it, but I may just need to look for something a little more insect-proof.

]]> By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-10538 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:35:42 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-10538 Hi Shawn,
Thanks for stopping by. I actually hadn’t done all that much with my wooden stacking system. I’ve had the lower level operating ever since I set it up last winter, but haven’t added enough to it in order to add another level – well, at least not until very recently. I actually have been adding quite a bit of well-aged horse manure and am now up into the second tray. So far so good, the worms definitely seem to be moving upwards to feed on the freshly added material. Part of the problem I’ve found with the system is that is very prone to invasion from fruit flies and fungus gnats, but now that I have this manure compost that shouldn’t be an issue at all – I’m sure I could even bury food waste with the compost (since it covers in much more effectively than shredded paper etc).

I’m definitely interested to see how the castings in the bottom tray look by the time I reach the top of my 5th tray!

B

]]> By: Shawn https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-10529 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:38:06 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-10529 Stumbled upon your site today while researching worm composting, and think it’s great for a newbie like me. Thanks for all your advice! I’m particularly interested in these wooden bins, but was unable to find any follow-up posts describing how they were doing. Have they been working well?

]]> By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/comment-page-1/#comment-9966 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:05:08 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-bins/my-new-stacking-worm-bin/#comment-9966 Hi Ralph,
If you are referring to composting worms, you’ll find loads of info on this website. You can buy them from any number of different suppliers (including ourselves). ‘Wood Worm Farms’ is simply a business name and a description of the product they sell (wooden worm farms).

B

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