I am new to vermicomposting and new to this group. I have started with 1 lb of worms for my bin. According to all the facts I've read online and in books,...
I'm not sure if I'm the appropriate person to answer this as I'm rather new myself (started in June) but I just check on them and see if there's food and if...
Don, the numbers you ahev read are correct, trust me. Sometimes it takes a bit to get them used to their new food supply. Are you sure you got the correct...
Okay, so I haven't started yet, but thanks to Rayanne & her fabulous videos that I have been watching over and over about how to start my own apartment...
Congratulations on your new “family” being in the mail :-) We have about the same 18 gallon set up here. I ordered 2000 worms as well and received them...
Cathleen did a good job answering you, but ill add my two cents. ... blending is just for the hard core. worms can eat any size food, but the smaller the...
Do most of you have little tiny bugs crawling around your composters? I've got them all over the place. They look like fleas but bigger. Don't seem to be a...
I have little mites crawling around. They are a brownish, red color. I read they are caused a from too wet conditions. I've also read they help in the...
There are lots of bugs that you find normally in a bin, springtails, mites, pill bugs. The only "bad ones" I'm aware of are fruit flies and fungus gnats and...
Oh I forgot about ants and some of the many legged bugs (milli or centi pedes, can't remember which can cause a problem). Dawn ... -- Do you recognize me? ...
We've had these little bugs as well as those tiny white pot worms and everything was fine. As long as the worms are still chompin, you're ok. Ryanne ... ...
Hi Dave, I have little bugs that are a little smaller than fruit flies, they do look like fleas sort of. They mate like crazy and they won't go away. They...
Okay, I have a couple of questions...I just got my wormys yesterday, and they look pretty happy and content! :) 1) Is it okay to feed every day, or should I...
Use your judgement on feeding. Worms will take a month to feel comfortable on their new home. Keep an eye on the bin getting too wet or too dry. Just stick a...
I am so sorry to keep bothering the group, but what else is it for, but to help each other? After being pretty cautious about feeding, watering, etc...my...
... like Dave said, sounds like vermicompost. it's like soil...but stickier. Take a photo/video and post it here. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790...
Hey everyone... So my bin has been trucking along since April, with only one ecological collapse. Now it's full of fat, happy worms... but I don't have much...
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:26 PM, broadwaybaby0226 ... here's a direct link here: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/vermicomposting/photos/browse/261d Worms...
... its fine to mix worms. What you might try is finding a local person with a worm bin (like one of us).. Most people would give you a handful of worms for...
... Yeah, I just dump out the worms onto a plastic sheet. then grab handfuls...taking out the worms fro each one. its easy, and shouldnt smell if its a healthy...
Hi, All! I'm new to this group, live in San Diego. I've had worms about 6 months now and enjoying the process. I have a tupperware tub outside in a cool,...
hey there you said the ones crawling up the sides are the tiny white ones? those are little complementary worms that also help compost things but are not...