Compost organic waste with Red Wigglers, A.K.A. composting worms! Add composting worms to any compost pile to speed up the process, reduce frequency of turning the compost pile and to aerate the composting material. Worms used in the worm bin or worm bed should be special "Composting Worms" (red worms).Yep, composting worms are different from your native garden worms. Composting worms are worms that do not live directly in the soil, but rather live in organic matter (food source). Composting worms are the ideal addition to your home compost heap. They will help produce the best and fastest compost. Simply put, the fastest way to compost is by using worms.
The two most common home and commercial composting worms are the Red Wiggler, E. Foetida and the new arrival on the vermicompost scene, the European Nightcrawler or Belgian Leaf Worm, E. hortensis. Vermi-composting (worm composting), not only helps to improve the environment (and the compost), but can be used as a tremendous educational tool in schools. Composting worms are one of nature's most efficient recyclers, preferring an environment which is rich in organic matter, instead of soil. Composting worms, such as the species Eisenia foetida, are recognized as a powerful resource in waste mitigation both commercially and on the home front. Red worms are ideal to add to your home compost pile.
Red worms for Composting
Red wiggler worms, Eisenia foetida, red worms, manure worms, brown nose worms, tiger worms, or brandling worms as they are more commonly known, are important recyclers and make excellent worms for vermicomposting. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, is the accelerated decomposition of organic waste by using red worms in the process. In the worm bin, composting worms work as a group to break down organic matter into vermicast (that's worm poop). The hungry little critters will eat anything that was once alive, assuming that they can get their toothless mouth around or through it. Red worms, Eisenia foetida, are quite easy to keep in captivity. These composting worms are top feeders and tend to concentrate near the surface of the compost and/or organic matter in the bin.
Composting worms do not like living in the dirt. They make their living eating organic waste principally above ground moving to the bedding layers of the worm bin for rest or to get away from bad conditions in the food. A worm bin is a container used to hold the composting worms, worm bedding and food waste which the worms turn into rich compost. Indoor composting is dependent on red worms. They, when properly fed, will work overtime to transform your kitchen waste into rich black humus. Worm bins are designed for composting food wastes using red worms (Eisenia Foetida).The composting worms are prolific breeders, which can easily sustain large populations you can use to produce that wonderful organic fertilizer called worm castings (black gold).
Worms grown for commercial composting and waste processing are typically E. foetida because they are a tuff breed that tolerates poor conditions well. It is red worms that make composting indoors feasible because they are very efficient processors of organic waste. This earthworm species can consume half to all of their own weight every day when in a confined area like a vermicomposter (worm bin). Red worms have no eyes, but are able to sense vibrations, and blue or white light and many other relevant environmental conditions.
Indoor composting is dependent on red worms, which, properly fed, will work 24/7 to transform your kitchen waste into rich black loam (humus). Worm bins are designed for composting food wastes using red worms (Eisenia Foetida) whether indoors or out. Home composting with worms may lead some folks to become more involved with worm production, resulting in a move toward vermiculture. Vermiculture (worm farming) is a simple, natural way to produce your own red worms. Remember the prolific breeding part? Well that's how it happens, one worm bin becomes 2 worm bins and then, well, the rest is history and you have become a vermiculturist.
Worm composting requires a shady, cool place for your worms to live. When doing your outdoor bed or pile, putting it under a nice shady tree is a good idea. Protection from critters that like to eat worms is a must because the composting worms are top feeders; they tend to concentrate near the surface of the bedding, making them vulnerable to predation. Whether it's a bin inside or a bed or compost pile outside, a lid is a good thing. Don't forget what the early bird gets!
Worm Compost and Worm Castings
Worm composting is using worms to recycle food scraps and other organic material into a valuable soil amendment called vermicompost, worm compost or castings. Some things that are needed to make good worm compost are; a bin, bedding, worms, and worm food. Worms compost quickly: they can eat up to half their own body weight in waste material every day. Your worms actually consume the bedding as well as the food, so you may need to add more bedding as worm castings begin to fill the bottom layer. The wonderful thing about that is, what goes into the worms comes out as castings and harvesting worm castings is what worm composting is all about. Harvesting the castings means to empty the worm castings out of your worm bins (leave the worms). As the worms finish digesting they will migrate upward into the food above leaving rich castings behind and the cycle is repeated.
The result of their work in your bin, even a small bin, will be pounds of the glorious stuff and in the process; you recycle your kitchen scraps, help the environment, feed your plants and become the envy of the neighborhood.
The worms love it, you'll love it, and your plants will love it!
The two most common home and commercial composting worms are the Red Wiggler, E. Foetida and the new arrival on the vermicompost scene, the European Nightcrawler or Belgian Leaf Worm, E. hortensis. Vermi-composting (worm composting), not only helps to improve the environment (and the compost), but can be used as a tremendous educational tool in schools. Composting worms are one of nature's most efficient recyclers, preferring an environment which is rich in organic matter, instead of soil. Composting worms, such as the species Eisenia foetida, are recognized as a powerful resource in waste mitigation both commercially and on the home front. Red worms are ideal to add to your home compost pile.
Red worms for Composting
Red wiggler worms, Eisenia foetida, red worms, manure worms, brown nose worms, tiger worms, or brandling worms as they are more commonly known, are important recyclers and make excellent worms for vermicomposting. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, is the accelerated decomposition of organic waste by using red worms in the process. In the worm bin, composting worms work as a group to break down organic matter into vermicast (that's worm poop). The hungry little critters will eat anything that was once alive, assuming that they can get their toothless mouth around or through it. Red worms, Eisenia foetida, are quite easy to keep in captivity. These composting worms are top feeders and tend to concentrate near the surface of the compost and/or organic matter in the bin.
Composting worms do not like living in the dirt. They make their living eating organic waste principally above ground moving to the bedding layers of the worm bin for rest or to get away from bad conditions in the food. A worm bin is a container used to hold the composting worms, worm bedding and food waste which the worms turn into rich compost. Indoor composting is dependent on red worms. They, when properly fed, will work overtime to transform your kitchen waste into rich black humus. Worm bins are designed for composting food wastes using red worms (Eisenia Foetida).The composting worms are prolific breeders, which can easily sustain large populations you can use to produce that wonderful organic fertilizer called worm castings (black gold).
Worms grown for commercial composting and waste processing are typically E. foetida because they are a tuff breed that tolerates poor conditions well. It is red worms that make composting indoors feasible because they are very efficient processors of organic waste. This earthworm species can consume half to all of their own weight every day when in a confined area like a vermicomposter (worm bin). Red worms have no eyes, but are able to sense vibrations, and blue or white light and many other relevant environmental conditions.
Indoor composting is dependent on red worms, which, properly fed, will work 24/7 to transform your kitchen waste into rich black loam (humus). Worm bins are designed for composting food wastes using red worms (Eisenia Foetida) whether indoors or out. Home composting with worms may lead some folks to become more involved with worm production, resulting in a move toward vermiculture. Vermiculture (worm farming) is a simple, natural way to produce your own red worms. Remember the prolific breeding part? Well that's how it happens, one worm bin becomes 2 worm bins and then, well, the rest is history and you have become a vermiculturist.
Worm composting requires a shady, cool place for your worms to live. When doing your outdoor bed or pile, putting it under a nice shady tree is a good idea. Protection from critters that like to eat worms is a must because the composting worms are top feeders; they tend to concentrate near the surface of the bedding, making them vulnerable to predation. Whether it's a bin inside or a bed or compost pile outside, a lid is a good thing. Don't forget what the early bird gets!
Worm Compost and Worm Castings
Worm composting is using worms to recycle food scraps and other organic material into a valuable soil amendment called vermicompost, worm compost or castings. Some things that are needed to make good worm compost are; a bin, bedding, worms, and worm food. Worms compost quickly: they can eat up to half their own body weight in waste material every day. Your worms actually consume the bedding as well as the food, so you may need to add more bedding as worm castings begin to fill the bottom layer. The wonderful thing about that is, what goes into the worms comes out as castings and harvesting worm castings is what worm composting is all about. Harvesting the castings means to empty the worm castings out of your worm bins (leave the worms). As the worms finish digesting they will migrate upward into the food above leaving rich castings behind and the cycle is repeated.
The result of their work in your bin, even a small bin, will be pounds of the glorious stuff and in the process; you recycle your kitchen scraps, help the environment, feed your plants and become the envy of the neighborhood.
The worms love it, you'll love it, and your plants will love it!
By: Rea Blossom
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