Harvesting Worm castings, Mixing Coco Coir, Seed Bed Composting Scraps.
Collecting the soil from the bins, mixing with coco coir. Getting soil prepared for seed germination. Related comments or suggestions welcome.
10 Responses to Harvesting Worm castings, Mixing Coco Coir, Seed Bed Composting Scraps.
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w00t for CocoTek! 😀
Mike Trieu
January 30, 2014 at 4:12 am
@Pgm98387 I’m growing in containers indoors and have home made worm
castings but I’m looking for other FREE ways to make top soil from a bag
better. any suggestions?
rrey0456
January 30, 2014 at 4:38 am
I’ve been putting organic oranges only, 3-4 oranges peels per week in
there, no problem yet, all worms seem healthy. Usually cardboard or brown
paper bags in there, I’ll take the colored paper out of there. Oddly the
smell was like sweet soil. Any seeds that were in the bins sprout like
crazy. Can hardly wait to see seeds get going in trays.
Backyardsoul
January 30, 2014 at 5:25 am
I’m still learning about the worms what they like, temperature, moisture,
how they respond to different materials. Not adding too much of one thing
or too little of another, clean paper cardboard (no weird inks) Letting the
paper, cardboard age outside in the rain. Adding cut grass telephone books
(shredded than aged) What I’ve been amazed by is they EAT everything that
gets put in the bin so far. Excluding avacado seeds pistachio shells.
Backyardsoul
January 30, 2014 at 6:03 am
@Pgm98387 I’m currently working with a worm bin for castings but was
wondering how else to amend the soil for free?
rrey0456
January 30, 2014 at 6:23 am
Also they totally ate both cotton towels in the bins!
Backyardsoul
January 30, 2014 at 6:51 am
The can of drainage is poured back into the pile sometimes. Spring & summer
I’ll pour it into a capped bottle mix it with rain water and pour it on the
berry plants.
Backyardsoul
January 30, 2014 at 7:43 am
i bet the compost you get would make super tea for your garden…much
better than the horse manure tea i use
centervilletn
January 30, 2014 at 8:18 am
It depends on your location. Sandy? clay? mucky? what grows easy around
where you live? Get a ph tester kit to determine acidity.
Backyardsoul
January 30, 2014 at 8:44 am
hey pgm are you having any issue with adding orange rinds and glossy paper
to your bins? I’ve read that both those are not good for worms. besides
that it seems like a really great set up.
GATORFOOT166
January 30, 2014 at 9:36 am