Worm Bin

[treegal1]

Originally Posted by Song Bird

You can put citrus in just in moderation!
My worms love all sorts of citrus stuff. They really love grapefruite. I do make sure I add a little extra calcium when add the citrus stuff.
Everything should be put in, in moderation!
I once put to much tomato stuff in. We were processing tomato's to make tomato sause and I put a lot of seeds and more into the worm bin. I did add extra calcium but it was till to much tomato stuff. What a mess. So things should go in, in moderation!

Dairy products are not a good idea to add at all.
No poo from dogs, cats or humans.
No glass, metal, or plastic (unless it is corn based plastic that will break down in water).
Most say do not put meat or bones in either.

what I put all that in there and the farm camode is a worm bin with a seat, what!!! oh yes and it meets health department regs.........

one of my customers has a tree worm bin to dump the cat waste and litter(grain based) from 30 cats.....

glass metal and plastic is easily cleaned with standard tools like a screener for the casts, or just use a tea bag and wash the casts off the other stuff for ease

[treegal1]

Originally Posted by dKoester

With the high level of organic waste to feed that amount of worms where do you get it and what does it consist of?

mostly tree waste and manure but any thing organic wil compost, last month i turned out about 90 tons down from 150 the month before

[dKoester]

You heard it! Straight from the Wisdom Tree. Thanks Treegal1.

[ICT Bill]

Originally Posted by DeepGreenLawn

DISCLAIMER! Don't follow what I say with out confirmation from the "elders". These are just my thoughts. Elders is not used here to mean old...

Cow dung! WOO HOO! Got a big dairy farm up the street... thats my thinking anyways, and then move on to the horse farms possibly? How do the worms do with shavings? Grass clippings from the MILLIONS of lawn care companies that are dieing for a place to put them, I know I was, and the list goes on and on and on and on and on...

DISCLAIMER! I may be wrong on a few of these, just my thoughts.

Be careful with grass clippings they will have pesticides in them most likely, especially this time of year. It could wipe them all out
some of the cides even make it through the composting cycle

[Kiril]

poop.........

[treegal1]

Originally Posted by ICT Bill

Be careful with grass clippings they will have pesticides in them most likely, especially this time of year. It could wipe them all out
some of the cides even make it through the composting cycle

its not pollution depending on the dilution

[Barefoot James]

I just found this site. tree sign up today!
www.findworms.com

[44DCNF]

Originally Posted by treegal1

maybe this fall i will try some bee's wax that lasts for years in a toilet gasket...........

Have you considered glueing melamine sheet panels (formica, wilsonart, pionite) to your plywood?

[treegal1]

ok so a step by step bin w/pics is on tap soon.....