I just started a vermicompost bin…?
i have a ton of questions, i have it set up with 1/8 inch holes in the top and on the top part of the sides, i have shredded news paper,dirt,then more shredded news paper, i got red wigglers yesterday (like a box of them from a bait store) but i have a really big bin, so how do i feed them, i’ve just been burying veggie scraps in the soil, but how will the worms know where to come? should i spray the bin every day? how much do i feed them? and what is the right method of how to feed them? Thanks. 
First thing is stop feeding them. Your bin could go "sour". It sounds like you have enough food for a while. The bedding should be like a well rung out sponge.
One guide line is 1/2 pound of food a week for every pound of worms.
It sounds like you have enough carbon based foods or "browns" , the news paper and enough nitrogen based foods "greens". It is the balance of these two things that will make a happy home for your worms.
Mark from Kansas
Can I use vermicompost as an Aquarium fertilizer, If yes then how to use it?
Hi,
I am reading the chemical and biological properties of vermicompost, and found that it contains all macro and micro nutrients. So can I use vermicompost as a Aquarium fertilizer? If yes, then how to use it. The chemical and biological composition of vermicompost is as follows
Chemical composition –
pH 6.5-7.5
Organic Carbon % 20.43 – 30.31
Nitrogen % 1.80 – 2.05
Phosphorus % 1.32 – 1.93
Potassium % 1.28 – 1.50
Carbon : Nitrogen 14-15 : 1
Calcium % 3.0 – 4.5
Magnesium % 0.4 – 0.7
Sodium % 0.02 – 0.30
Sulphur % Traces to 0.40
Iron % 0.3 – 0.7
Zinc % 0.028 – 0.036
Manganese % Traces to 0.40
Copper % 0.0027 – 0.0123
Boron % 0.0034 – 0.0075
Aluminium % Traces to 0.071
Cobalt, Molybdenum Present in available form
Biological composition –
Total bacter count of 2.5 ´ 106 comprising of Azotobacter, PGPR, PSB, Actinomycetes. Also contains Gibberalline, Auxins & Cyctokinine in sufficient quantities.
That would be fine, just make sure you have a layer of either sand or gravel covering it– this will ensure that your tank doesn’t turn into a cesspool of mulch, nutrients, and other things you don’t necessarily want jammed in your filter. If you could find a fertilizer lower in nitrogen and phosphorus, it would be better, but the current stuff will work fine. I currently have essentially the same setup in my 10 gallon tank, and the plants love it!
EDIT: You can get potting soil like the kind the asker mentioned for about $5 and have enough to cover a 55 gallon tank, while it would cost upwards of $40 to do the same with something like Eco Complete or Florite, which aren’t even that easy to find and are poor choices for plants with delicate root systems (like Cryptocorynes).
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What is vermicompost?
Vermicomposting is simply composting with earthworms. Earthworms speed up the composting process, aerate the organic material in the bin, and enhance the finished compost with nutrients and enzymes from their digestive tracts.
Millions of tons of food waste are buried or burned each year at considerable financial and environmental cost. Instead of discarding your food scraps, you can recycle them with the help of worms. Vermicomposting turns many types of kitchen waste into a nutritious soil for plants. When worm compost is added to soil, it boosts the nutrients available to plants and enhances soil structure and drainage.
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sir,i am opening a new firm of vermicompost fertilizer please suggest the name like sun,wormy,humus organics?
sugesst the name like sun orgnics,wormy organics,humus organics
a few names like:
(1) Organopure
(2) Vermipost
(3) Growmore
how can I sell vermicompost.?
I am producing vermicompost at village Majra distt. Sirmour H.P. INDIA.I want to sell it.
It depends on how you’re selling it. Is it loose, or are you packaging it? In any case, you can probably advertise in a local newspaper or on the Internet to get yourself started.
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i live in dallas texas and want to do a vermicompost. will the worms survive the heat? has anyone had success?
You will need to provide your worms with a lot of shade and make sure their bedding is deep enough and moist enough to give them a cool, moist place to hide from the heat.
Here’s a link to a power point presentation created by a vermiculture expert in North Carolina, which is a place that also has very hot weather.
http://www.bluehorizonfarm.com/small-hobby-farm/
When you go to the link, click on the "Vermicompost (Worm Composting) Presentation" link, which is under the "soil science" heading.
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how much quantity of waste in a vermicompost pot of 2cubic meter volume?
relation between quantity of waste and volume of vermicompost pot?
Unless I am missing something here, it would be 2 cubic meters.
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I need articles and texts about vermicompost, please guide me?
With the explosion in organic farming/production and consumer awareness of organic products, there is a wealth of information available on the subject of producing compost with worms. I have included several links that should provide you with with comprehensive information on the subject.
As a side note, this a convenient, natural way produce compost at home, whether for the garden or if you live in an urban environment, flower pots on your balcony. It is easy & odorless, and you can compost right under your kitchen sink!
http://search.ncat.org/texis/search/?dropXSL=&pr=ATTRAv2&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=500&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&sufs=0&query=vermicompost&submit=Search
http://www.css.cornell.edu/compost/worms/basics.html
http://www.nofa.org/store/product.php?StoreID=1&ProdID=HDBKCOMPOST
http://www.magicworms.com/resources.htm
http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_h/h-164.pdf
http://www.nyworms.com
http://www.compostingcouncil.org/section.cfm?id=10
is it to hot in florida to vermicompost? i have read the worms might not like hot temps well at all?
No, it’s not too hot to compost with worms in Florida. No matter where in the world vermicomposting is practiced, the worms need to be damp, dark and well fed. Keep your bin in the shade and the worms will flourish. The fact of the matter, Florida is a great place to compost with or without worms. Our warm temperatures and graciously plentiful humidity make things grow fast including plants, worms and all the other flora and fauna found in compost piles. Compost happens fast in Florida.
Great sites for info on composting and vermicomposting whether in Florida or not are include;
The Adventures of Wonder Worm, Composting Crusader – http://www.learn2grow.com/projects/forchildren/indoors/AdventuresOfWonderWorm.aspx
Florida’s Online Composting Center – http://www.compostinfo.com/ (the section on vermicomposting is at http://www.compostinfo.com/tutorial/Worms.htm )
Small-Scale Vermicomposting – http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/HG-45.pdf
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is there any difference between vermicompost & manure?
Yes . There is a difference.
1 ) Vermicompost == Vermicompost (also called worm compost, vermicast, worm castings, worm humus or worm manure) is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by some species of earthworm.
Vermicompost is a nutrient-rich, natural fertilizer and soil conditioner.
The process of producing vermicompost is called vermicomposting .
The earthworm species (or composting worms) most often used are Red Wigglers (Eisenia foetida) or Red Earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus).
These species are only rarely found in soil and are adapted to the special conditions in rotting vegetation, compost and manure piles.
Composting worms are available from nursery mail-order suppliers or angling shops where they are sold as bait. Small-scale vermicomposting is well suited to turn kitchen waste into high-quality soil, where space is limited.
In addition to worms, a healthy vermicomposting system hosts many other organisms such as insects, mold, and bacteria.
Though these all play a role in the composting process, the earthworm is the major catalyst for the composting process.
2 ) Manure ====Manure is ANY organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture.
Manures contribute to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen that is trapped by bacteria in the soil.
Higher organisms then feed on the fungi and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web.
There are two main classes of manures in soil management:
Green manures and animal manures. Compost is distinguished from manure in that it is the decomposed remnants of organic materials (which may, nevertheless, include manure).
Most animal manure is feces — excrement (variously called "droppings" or "crap" etc) of plant-eating mammals (herbivores) and poultry — or plant material (often straw) which has been used as bedding for animals and thus is heavily contaminated with their feces and urine.
Green manures are crops grown for the express purpose of plowing them under. In so doing, fertility is increased through the nutrients and organic matter that are returned to the soil. Leguminous crops, such as clover, also "fix" nitrogen through rhizobia bacteria in specialized nodes in the root structure.
Other types of plant matter used as manure or fertilizer include: the contents of the rumens of slaughtered ruminants; spent hops left over from making beer.
