Vermicasting

[Skunky Dunk Farms]

Ok, so again yesterday I spent $168.00 with tax for 180lbs. of earthworm castings.
My thinkin is I could use one of these 30lb bags as a "starter" plug of soil to inoculate with wigglers and add food stuffs and fiber to that to get a faster start at a colony.
Thoughts?

 

[Rozgreenburn]

I always add about a gallon of EWC to new worm bins. It seems to reduce their desire to escape the bin. After a week they should settle right in!

 

[Gweedo's Growroom]

I'm running 2 insulated 17 gallon totes they have 3/4 in blue foam board cut to fit they were old dwc totes lol but work great for keeping temp swings downnin the bins, I run closed bottom no leachate at all systems, I just control the moisture level via feed and bedding additions, mostly coco paper towels paper plates all the green kitchen scraps and all my rootballs and de foliation materials, and a handful or 2 of sprouted oats from some mycology fails I just top dress with handfuls of the stuff straight out of the bins, you get worms castings predatory mites and some tiny little centipede looking things, I've been told them and the mites are eating my worms but the populations are healthy so I'm not worried I'll also occasionally toss in some oyster shell powder, egg shells, kelp and alfalfa when I'm mixing soil just to keep the nutrients up in the castings not that they are lacking but I'm sure it doesn't hurt

 

[Turpman]

Just some advice.
Fruit flys and nats love the compost so if you dont want them in there, cover your container with an old towel or sheet. They do need air so no lids unless you drill some holes and glue a fly filter over them. Just someethimg fine enough to keep the nats out but let air in.
They will tolerate real wet but if you want them to prolferate moist is best.
They like to be warm. Root celler would be fine to over winter but may be on the cool side for propagation/full time.
Worms like grit for their gut. I've started grinding my egshells into bite size peices in an old blender.
I use 25gall. Toats and usually have 4 to 6 going. I like to give the composr a flip once a month or so. Dump into a differnt container. It areates to compost and you can have a look at how the worms are doing and keeps it aerobic.

 

[BH]