Comments on: Composting Dryer Lint – Update #1

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:25:02 +0000

Rich – that is a really interesting idea. I think it could become an unholy mess though. Pumpkins (and squash in general) seem to just liquidate after a certain amount of time, so it might get ugly. If the entire thing was somehow housed in another container FULL of dry, shredded cardboard/paper perhaps that would help. The other thing I would worry about is fruit flies – if they laid eggs in that pumpkin – LOOKOUT!
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Gary – it’s true, hair is very resistant, but given the right conditions (moisture, warmth, lots of microbes) it will certainly decompose. Should be interesting to see what happens.

The worm is a Red (Wiggler) Worm (Eisenia fetida)

By: gary

gary — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:54:29 +0000

looks like there was alot of hair in your lent ball which will probably never break down. what species is the worm in the pic?

By: Rich A.

Rich A. — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:38:05 +0000

This is a little off topic, although it relates to your penchant for experimentation. Have you ever tried cutting the top off a pumpkin and adding some material from a worm bin (including of course worms)? I am wondering if it would make a good temporary bin with the worms eating their own bin along the way. (As you can guess, I have a few large pumpkins that I would like to compost but are too much for the worms to handle all at once.)