Webinar: Vermicomposting, June 2021

WORMS and my compost. Vermicomposting is the practice of utilizing worms to compost. This small, yet effective practice allows homeowners to create worm castings for their gardens with their normal food and garden waste.
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[@goccogrrl]

Very thorough overview of worm farming for the home gardener.

[@Jennyzhenghauser]

Omg!! I have seen those cocoons in my garden! Yay :)

[@zacklee-of3te]

Ok one pound of wrigglers isn’t about 500 maybe anc are. Also he made a claim I read all over but I haven’t seen any proof of it and that’s wrigglers aren’t good outside in Florida. Mine are fine outside and others I know also are fine. I’m.baffled why this claim is always said yet I never ever seen this as true personal experience. It’s almost like saying distilled water leaches minerals out of the body. Well no leaching here and I drink a gallon a day yet it’s said all over the net don’t drink it makes your bones lack minerals. Lol

[@elizabethmauer4797]

So in a horizontal container you only harvest half of the bin? And does vegetable matter need to be cut to a small size? Like banana peels, celery stalk bases, etc.?

[@zacklee-of3te]

That depends on how you feed your bin. Do you feed it by horizontal layers or make vertical ones? I personally don’t do either I feed by digging a hole and filling back up with the vermicompost and harvest whenever I need or if the bin is getting to filled