Collecting worm castings - 2024 07 19

 


I am now operating 10 medium mortar mixing trays for my worm bins. Last week I extracted 5 - 2 gal buckets of worm castings. 


I gave one bucket away yesterday, and today I collected another 4 - 2 gal buckets of castings.

All the buckets of worm castings have been consolidated in a separate bin because I was running out of 2 gal buckets. 

Today all the bins were re-mixed and fed. Last week I used soaked cardboard for 'lids' to keep the bins from drying out. We are in a heat wave here. The worms LOVED that wet cardboard. They were already breaking it down on the dirt side, even as the topside dried out due to evaporation.

Next each bin will receive a light sprinkling of alfalfa pellets, compost soil and coffee chaff before being closed up again with the soaked cardboard. I'm not going to add in any moisture to the bin soil. They have maintained a good moisture level this week.

My estimation is that I have approximately 20 gal of worm castings on hand.

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