My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)
Finer granules than quinoa but bigger than sea silt (raet).
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)
My question was in relevancy to porosity of container soil as the fine particles can clog the media.
Arif
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)
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.
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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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)
Your own hit and trial will be the best guide.
Good luck
Arif
Good luck
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)
3 months in and here's the result. Only a month more to go.
Before (left) and after (right)
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.
Before (left) and after (right)
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)
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)
ALAS !
we don't have any worms, lady birds, butterflies here.....
we don't have any worms, lady birds, butterflies here.....
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Re: My worm farm (for Earth Worm Castings)
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)
Looking great