Go Green with Worm Farming by Robert Sessions

Worm farming can be a fantastic strategy to enhance your garden and cease throwing out yourkitchen garbage. That's right, your used coffee grounds, watermelon rinds and banana peels can assist your tomatoes, peppers and eggplants grow faster, stronger and larger. When your kitchen's garbage is eaten and digested by worms, they turn it into an organic and potent plant supplement identified as worm castings. Start a worm compost bin today and you will produce a steady supply of rich, brown fertilizer high in nutrients and free of damaging chemicals. Your flower and vegetable gardens will thrive and you will save dollars.

The very first thing you will need to begin worm farming is really a bin. It is possible to make your own worm bin from one of those plastic or rubber storage bins. This how my wife started out her vermiculture hobby. She had me drill a few holes on the side of the bin so her worms get lots of air. It is possible to cover those holes with small pieces of window screen, fine mesh cheese cloth or something similar to keep the fruit flies out. I just used a 1/64 inch drill and that was tiny enough. I did drill lots of holes. Drill 1/4 inch holes inside the bottom of your worm farming bin so it can drain and prevent the castings from getting so wet that your worms drown.

The home produced bin worked fine and you possibly can get away with that if you choosewant. This Christmas, however, I bought my wife a commercial worm farming bin. It didn't truly cost a lot and it works very much better. It's developed to keep out fruit flies and has a spigot at the bottom to drain the worm tea. Worm tea will be the super nutrient rich liquid produced by the worms. Put a cup or two of this nutritious, organic fertilizer into your watering can, fill the can with water and water as usual.

Prior to putting your worms in the bin you'll want some bedding. Shredded newspapers function excellent. The bedding must be moist but not soggy. Use a spray bottle to keep the bedding just perfect for the worms. Newspapers are readily available and you possibly have a stack of them in your house already.

Place some dirt in the bin as well. It doesn't take a good deal but worms don't have teeth. They need some grit to aid in grinding up their food and digesting it. You can also use rock dust or powdered limestone, but regular dirt out of your yard will do the job great.

Have we forgotten anything? Worms! You won't get far worm farming without having worms. Earthworms from your garden won't do the job. Earth worms need to stay in soil. Worm composting or vermiculture worms are known as red wigglers. They will love the surroundings that you've produced inside your worm bin. How many have to you get? That depends on the size of one's bin. The worm to garbage ratio is commonly 2:1. That means that if you're going to put a half pound of garbage into the bin on a everyday basis, then you definitely have to begin with a pound of worms.

Peek into your bin everyday at when you first start to make certain you get off to a very good start. Keep the bedding moist and the bin ought to stay in a spot that's about 60 to 70 degrees. Quite a few worm farmers place their bin in the garage or the basement, even the kitchen when it's too cold. Fortunately, we dwell in Southern California and are able to leave our worms outside during the winter. When the weather is warm, maintain your worm bin in the shade as the summer sun may cook all of the worms. Your worm bin must not smell. If it does, then you definitely most likely need some more bedding.