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Mike Long wrote:Hello everyone. I am a Montana Master Gardener. I love raising Red Wigglers. This is my first post mostly just to say hello. Here are a few pics though.
I have created a different type of flow through bin system that can be heated in the winter. I feed my worms rabbit manure from a couple hundred rabbits. A custom built casting saw must be made, its not that hard. Just follow the instructions at http://kferg9804.wix.com/aharabbits#!worms/igit7. I also feed a lot of card board see the diy grinder I built at http://kferg9804.wix.com/aharabbits#!nestbox-info/c21wrTys Sniffen wrote:
Right now, I'm succeeding with 3 rubbermaid bins (2 stacked, 1 by itself) with happy worms, breeding well. (there's enough in there that they make noise moving when I pull off the cardboard cover) but they don't seem to be moving UP like they say, and they don't seem to be processing as much, as fast, as I'd like.
I'm thinking about a really big flow through sort of system, but I'm not sure if I have enough compost to keep it going. I'm thinking of building something like:
http://www.wormfarmingrevealed.com/flowthrough-outdoor-vermicompost-system.html
two bins, with 1/4 inch screen between them. fill one up, then, as the worms work through it, fill the second one, and they migrate. Once they're in the second one, dig out the first.
concerns:
- it'd quickly become too deep, and the red wigglers wouldn't go process the stuff down low. am I right?
- they'd not move, and I'd kill bunches trying to get stuff out
- it'd take so long it's not worth all this building effort.
- my one household may not make enough interesting compost (especially as some stuff goes to the chickens already) and I don't want to go collecting, as I don't go by other places often enough.
Advice?