Starting A Worm Farm?

Worm composting is using worms to transform table scraps and kitchen leavings to a valuable soil amendment called vericompost or castings or vericast.

In all honesty, getting started on a worm farm isn't very complicated all it takes is a bit of passion for recycling and a little bit of worm trivia so here's a bit of worm trivia that could help to motivate and inspire youmore with your worm farm venture. How much will the worms eat?Mature worms capable of eating up or over three times their own body weight on daily basis and those who are just getting their feet wet in the great worm farming world and what to know how to make the worms consume more to be more productive.

The answer is easy - shred, mash or blend food scraps since these will make the food more digestible and is not hard for the worms to eat. also make sure you keep their bed?temperature at around 23-25 degrees Celsius, since it's at these temperatures that worms feel their best, avoid acidic foods, as it will screw up their digestive system. The following are a few things you'll want avoid feeding your worms period manure, onions, citrus fruits or peelings, garlic, garden waste sprayed with insecticides, dairy products like milk and cheese or meat.

Keeping the farm moist will enhance the production of liquid fertilizer, but avoid adding too much water into it or the worms will die. Remember that food wastes are actually eighty percent water content and that is released as the worms begin to break it down. So, if you happen to pour water atop the system every couple to few weeks make sure that you add just enough water to make sure that the bed stays damp, as well as cool and you will easily have a constant supply of this fertilizer.
?br />You won't actually be able to harvest the worms because they regulate themselves within any given or available space and food administered to them. The following are some additional questions that you could find yourself inquiring.

Why do works like to gather on the lid of the farm when it is raining? It is a normal response for worms to behave like this during rainy seasons to keep from dying. Simply move the worm farm bins or boxes to a place where it does not get exposed to a lot of rain and drop the worms back on their bedding.

Why don't the worms go to the top of the tray? It may be because you have added new food before the worms got to complete the earlier batch. Worms instinctively to consume leftover food and will not search and new food source until it consumes what was already left. Therefore, before you add new trays, cause feeding them for around five days to ensure all existing food has been eaten and be sure that the levels in the working tray needs to be placed high enough for the worms to simply pass up a tray.

Can worms bearhigh temperatures? worms are able to stand a temperature range between 10-30 degrees Celsius so if it gets get hotter than their tolerable levels, move the farm into a shady, cool place where it can regulate the moisture and humidity of the boxes. In colder tempscover the box with rags blankets and wool shavings to sustain the warm temperature. It is also best to feed about a quarter more than you should, since digesting more food for the worms allows for more heat being generated in their bodies. So pay attention to these ideas and you can be on your way to getting started on a worm farm with confidence.