My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)

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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)

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Finer granules than quinoa but bigger than sea silt (raet).
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Thank you
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My question was in relevancy to porosity of container soil as the fine particles can clog the media.
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Yes that makes sense. I will have to be careful with the quantities as it may clog up the mix and/or make it muddy.

I've read that the store bought quality EWC you get abroad would in fact help aeration, but this is homemade.
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Your own hit and trial will be the best guide.
Good luck
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)

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3 months in and here's the result. Only a month more to go.

Before (left) and after (right)
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Currently setting up my second, and much larger, worm bin. My compost pits are also being filled.

Lemme know what you guys think.

Fun times.
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)

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Here's how i received my new batch of worms (around a 1000 worms in there). All of them collected by nursery attendants, for 500 Rs.
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)

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ALAS !

we don't have any worms, lady birds, butterflies here..... :cry:
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)

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The difficult task in worm composting is to separate the compost and worms ... lets see how it is done in this case. Good and nice info sharing post.
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)

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Looking great
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