Where can I purchase compost worms in Budapest?
In a pet shop! for example in Freshnapf or Alpha Zoo.
How much compost can 2 lbs of red worms make in one month?
I was told that 2 lbs of worms will consume 1 lb of kitchen waste,
Assume that the worms also reproduce and at the same time expend energy by eating and moving .
I would think about 6Ibs
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Does anyone know where to get cheap live composting worms from?
Need them for my compost bin as it is above ground so the worms can not find it from the ground automatically. Went to Bunnings and well what can I say RIP OFF!
A horse stable always has a manure pile with a healthy population of worms. The stable’s owner is usually more than happy to let you take as much manure as you want. Horse manure isn’t likely to carry (human) diseases, and it doesn’t smell too bad either.
Keep in mind that not all above ground compost bins will be good for worms. If they can’t take refuge in the soil, they need pretty specific conditions of temperature and humidity. Many people do worm composting indoors. If you aren’t using something designed as a worm bin, a few buckets of fresh horse manure will start the compost decaying very rapidly. Just as a refrigerator slows food decomposing, biological activity generates heat to speed it up.
Just remember that while you can speed composting up, it is impossible to fail- everything rots eventually.
Does plastic affect compost worms?
I’m starting a compost bin at home. I am currently using pink earthworms and kitchen waste. I have heard that paper can be used for composting. I already have shredded paper from my office. Is it OK to use any type of paper? What if some of the shredded material contains the plastic windows in mailing envelopes? Will that affect my earthworms? I appreciate any guidance you might be able to offer.
Go to a fishing department and buy Puss worms/Manure worms. When you break one apart, it will ooze out a smelly yellow juice. They may be called Red wrigglers. They can stand the heat much higher than ordinary garden worms and Night Crawlers. If the center of your compost gets too hot they can go to the outside edge and be safe from drying out.
Don’t shred the envelopes with the plastic windows. Just dampen them down. and add it too the pile. The worms will compost everything but the windows. I’m sure you are going to use the compost for plants etc. You don’t want the shredded plastic windows mixed all up in it. You can just remove the whole plastic sheet at once’.
News papers are ideal. Like the first response (Laurie)said, avoid the hard, slick papers. The ones with bright colors used to be avoided because of the chemicals needed to make them bright. I think that’s a thing of the past. The typewriter paper should be OK.
Avoid getting it too wet. They only need it damp. Once you get worms in the paper add kitchen scraps. You can place it any where in the paper mass/ The worms will migrate towards it. No meats, bones etc. Veggies,bread and other produce made from plants is fine. You don’t want to draw mice,rodents and scavenger insects. The worms will compost everything. Except those windows. The worms won’t do so well on just paper. Add veggy scraps.
There is nothing better than worm castings for your plants. House plants and garden plants eat it up. It is quite expensive to purchase. You’ll be having your own before long. I keep a fine screen over my composting bin. It keeps out those little fly things. To wet of a mix will cause an anarobic reaction and your compost can get pretty rank smelling. Hold back on the water. Don’t get it too wet. But the worms do need to be damp all the time.
With a composting toilet, how long does it take for the human waste to compost?
Also, could you use it to grow something like a tomato plant?
Seven day’s . No.
Can you use earth worms for compost?
Also, please tell me some tips on composting ether way.
Worms? Plain ol’ ordinary earth worms? You bet your booties! There is only one finer nutrient source and is bat guano, and I’m not so sure about that.
If you are composting kitchen waste in addition to garden waste, then worms are a must as kitchen waste simply does not break down fast enough without them. Most of the time the compost pile/bin will attract worms, but whenever I find one in a spot, I toss it into the compost.
Composting is one of those things that can be as simple or complex as you want to make it. I have an enclosed binn(made by Rubbermaid about 15 years ago) that kitchen waste goes in, and then just a simple plastic trash barrel with the bottom cut off (or not), some air holes, a lid, and thats how fancy I get with clippings, weeds, dry matter, and the like.
I also plant my tomatoes around a compost ring, and I am able to get twice the number of tomatoes and twice the weight in half the space. With a compost ring I just take a ring of chicken wire and make a circle. In the middle of the circle I bury a large 3-liter soda bottle with holes punched all over it, and inside that a length of pvc pipe. I plant the tomatoes around the outside of the ring, on their sides so that their root ball is close to the bottle, but outside the wire. I water through the pvc pipe/soda bottle and I use the inside of the ring as a compost ring, throwing in garden waste, clippings, weeds — layers of dry and wet. As the tomatoes grow, I string them with nylon pantyhose to the chicken wire. The watering through the bottle and the compost ring keeps the roots evenly moist, prevents surface moisture dehydration, and is a constant supply of nutrients. Towards the end of the season, the chicken wire ring makes it a snap to toss a protective covering over on those frosty nights. It doesn’t get any simpler or lazier than that to produce enviable tomatoes!
Good luck. Decide how fancy you want to get, then go from there.
ADDED: You can attract even more worms by laying down a few old boards in out of the way and cool, damp spots. The worms will gravitate to the board (as will slugs) which makes them easy pickings for transplanting into the ground-based compost pile, and the castings easy scrapings for putting directly into potted plants.
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What happens when a composting outhouse falls behind in composting?
Thanks, Ben. Yeah, my other question did NOT deserve to be deleted. It was a legitimate question. Apparently the UTNGLs are out in force today.
I can’t believe this question was deleted
"Have you ever overflowed an outhouse?"
Dude, I wanna go camping with you, and I never tell..
And to answer your question, sounds like it’s time to lean up against a tree, or use garbage bags and 5 gallon buckets. (I have done both, on several occasions)
Throw the garbage bags on the fire. Drink some more beer………
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can axolotl be feed compost worms or just the common earthworms.?
My axolotl will only eat earthworms. As earthworms are hard to find all year round I was wondering if compost worms are ok to give them.
do not listen to the other answer. you have to at least feed it every other day. You can buy a bag of compost and set up a wormery by putting some leaves and compost in a container. you can buy worms from a fish and tackle which are bred and are perfectly fine for your axolotl. Put the worms in the container with the compost and they will breed. Try to make your axolotl take frozen bloodworm as it will save you time and money. To make it take them just put a some in and dont feed it anything until it is so hungry it will tank them. Also as you asked, if you get worms from the compost put it in the wormery for four days and you can feed it to your axolotl.
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how could composting be easier for inner city environments?
For my final project at my university I am designing a composting system for my university that involves the studens and the cafeteria’s. All compost will essentially go to our roof top garden. It would mean the world me me if you took some time to just answer that one question.
You might look into vermi composting.
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Do you need worms to make a compost pile ?
My school is very in to reduce, reuse, and recycle. And in my science class my teacher said she will give us extra credit if we make a compost pile and she will use that for her gardening club. I already started one,and I know flies are one de composer but do you really need worms to complete it ? And where can I find some worms ?
Worms do make composting a bit faster, but, the key is layering green material (like veggie scraps or plant cuttings) with brown (hay, leaves, that kind of thing).
If you simply start a pile on the ground, the worms really will find their way there, if however, you compost in a bin, adding worms can be really helpful.
Composting is a really amazing way to reduce your trash, and your garden club will be able to grow even better foods and flowers with the nutrients all that spent food provides!
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