Comments on: Squash Vermicomposting http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting Begin a kitchen compost program Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:58:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: guest2424 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6400 guest2424 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:18 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6400 <b>How many worms are ...</b> <br> How many worms are in that bin? I think I am going to use a huge bin this time with lots of no-see-um gnat screens covered holes. The food wasn't buried for demonstration purposes. Normally you bury the food because it decomposes faster. They feed from the bottom first, avoiding living in their own waste, and leave their waste on the surface and work their way to the top as their food runs out. In the top 2", fungus gnats and fruit flies can breed and survive on non-paper waste. Bury deep. How many worms are …
How many worms are in that bin? I think I am going to use a huge bin this time with lots of no-see-um gnat screens covered holes.

The food wasn’t buried for demonstration purposes. Normally you bury the food because it decomposes faster. They feed from the bottom first, avoiding living in their own waste, and leave their waste on the surface and work their way to the top as their food runs out.

In the top 2″, fungus gnats and fruit flies can breed and survive on non-paper waste. Bury deep.

]]> By: kurydebarcelona http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6398 kurydebarcelona Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:17 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6398 <b>grate! vermagic!</b> <br> grate! vermagic! grate! vermagic!
grate! vermagic!

]]> By: TheCompostGuy http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6399 TheCompostGuy Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:17 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6399 <b>Not 100% sure how ...</b> <br> Not 100% sure how many worms were in there - I let the population grow from a small size. There seemed to be quite a few though. You are correct - I left the squash on top of the cardboard, and did not add/remove anything throughout the experiment for demonstration purposes. I don't always bury my wastes, but generally I would at least add some new bedding in over top. Not 100% sure how …
Not 100% sure how many worms were in there – I let the population grow from a small size. There seemed to be quite a few though.

You are correct – I left the squash on top of the cardboard, and did not add/remove anything throughout the experiment for demonstration purposes. I don’t always bury my wastes, but generally I would at least add some new bedding in over top.

]]> By: takadi http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6397 takadi Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:16 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6397 <b>I love time lapse ...</b> <br> I love time lapse movies, you should do more I love time lapse …
I love time lapse movies, you should do more

]]> By: vvrvladd http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6396 vvrvladd Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:15 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6396 <b>and i tell you why ...</b> <br> and i tell you why European Nightcrawlers is the best and i tell you why …
and i tell you why European Nightcrawlers is the best

]]> By: rileannas http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6395 rileannas Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:14 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6395 <b>In my first few ...</b> <br> In my first few weeks of vermicomposting I put the entire remains of a squash in there - skin as well as all the seeds - and the seeds started sprouting and I was picking out little sprouts for MONTHS afterward. In my first few …
In my first few weeks of vermicomposting I put the entire remains of a squash in there – skin as well as all the seeds – and the seeds started sprouting and I was picking out little sprouts for MONTHS afterward.

]]> By: jihadacadien http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6394 jihadacadien Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:13 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6394 <b>47 days! awsome!</b> <br> 47 days! awsome! 47 days! awsome!
47 days! awsome!

]]> By: rileannas http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6392 rileannas Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:12 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6392 <b>They tend to only ...</b> <br> They tend to only eat dead stuff that's already slightly decomposed by microbes, etc. They tend to only …
They tend to only eat dead stuff that’s already slightly decomposed by microbes, etc.

]]> By: mkjredemption http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting/comment-page-1#comment-6393 mkjredemption Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:25:12 +0000 http://www.kitchencompost.info/vermicompost/squash-vermicomposting#comment-6393 <b>Thats odd you would ...</b> <br> Thats odd you would think the worms would have broken down the sprouts and seeds as well Thats odd you would …
Thats odd you would think the worms would have broken down the sprouts and seeds as well

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