Getting started on a worm farm is not that complicated, all it takes is a love for recycling and a little bit of worm trivia so here's a bit of worm trivia that might help motivate and inspire youwith your new venture. How much will the worms eat?Mature worms capable of eating up to three times their own body weight on daily basis and for those that are just starting in the world of worms and would like to know how to make worms eat more and have a lot more productivity.
The answer is obvious - shred, mash or blend food scraps since these will make the food more digestible and is very easily eaten by the worms. also make sure you keep their bed somewhere around 23-25 degrees Celsius since it's at these temperatures that worms enjoy it the most, but don't feed your worms foods high in acid content since it messes up the worms' digestive system. Here are some things you'll want to not feeding your worms period manure, onions, citrus fruits or peelings, garlic, garden waste sprayed with insecticides, dairy products like milk and cheese or meat.
Watering the farm will enhance the production of the fertilizer but avoid adding too much water into it or it could drown the worms. Keep in mind that food wastes are nearly eighty percent water and that is released as the worms break it down. So, if you happen to pour water over the system every couple to few weeks be sure to just add sufficient water to ensure the worm bed remains damp and cool, and you will easily have a constant supply of fertilizer. You can't harvest the worms because they regulate themselves within any given or available space and the amount of food made available to them. Here are a few other questions that you might end up asking.
Why is it common for worms to congregate on the lid of the farm when it is raining? It is a normal response for worms to react this way during the rainy season to avoid getting drowned.to avoid drowning. Just take the farm bins or boxes to a place where it's not exposed to a lot of rain and drop the worms back on their bedding.
Why don't the worms just relocate to the top level of the tray? It may be because you having added some new food before the worms got to complete the previous feeding batch. Worms instinctively to stay with leftover food and won't go out of their way and new food source until it's done with what was already left. As a result, before adding additional trays, halt the feeding of the worms for at least five days so that you're certain the original food is gone and make sure that the levels in the working tray needs to be at the right height for the worms to be able to go up to the next tray.
Do worms have the ability endure extremely high temperatures? Worms can tolerate a temperature ranging between ten to thirty degrees Celsius. so when the temp hotter than they can stand, move the farm into a shady, cool location where it can regulate the moisture and humidity of the boxes. In cold temperatures, make sure to cover the box with old clothes, blankets and wool shavings to keep it warm. It's also good to feed the worms at least a quarter that recommended since more food digested by the worms gives way for more heat to be generated within their bodies. So use these ideas and you'll be well on your way to creating a working worm farm.
The answer is obvious - shred, mash or blend food scraps since these will make the food more digestible and is very easily eaten by the worms. also make sure you keep their bed somewhere around 23-25 degrees Celsius since it's at these temperatures that worms enjoy it the most, but don't feed your worms foods high in acid content since it messes up the worms' digestive system. Here are some things you'll want to not feeding your worms period manure, onions, citrus fruits or peelings, garlic, garden waste sprayed with insecticides, dairy products like milk and cheese or meat.
Watering the farm will enhance the production of the fertilizer but avoid adding too much water into it or it could drown the worms. Keep in mind that food wastes are nearly eighty percent water and that is released as the worms break it down. So, if you happen to pour water over the system every couple to few weeks be sure to just add sufficient water to ensure the worm bed remains damp and cool, and you will easily have a constant supply of fertilizer. You can't harvest the worms because they regulate themselves within any given or available space and the amount of food made available to them. Here are a few other questions that you might end up asking.
Why is it common for worms to congregate on the lid of the farm when it is raining? It is a normal response for worms to react this way during the rainy season to avoid getting drowned.to avoid drowning. Just take the farm bins or boxes to a place where it's not exposed to a lot of rain and drop the worms back on their bedding.
Why don't the worms just relocate to the top level of the tray? It may be because you having added some new food before the worms got to complete the previous feeding batch. Worms instinctively to stay with leftover food and won't go out of their way and new food source until it's done with what was already left. As a result, before adding additional trays, halt the feeding of the worms for at least five days so that you're certain the original food is gone and make sure that the levels in the working tray needs to be at the right height for the worms to be able to go up to the next tray.
Do worms have the ability endure extremely high temperatures? Worms can tolerate a temperature ranging between ten to thirty degrees Celsius. so when the temp hotter than they can stand, move the farm into a shady, cool location where it can regulate the moisture and humidity of the boxes. In cold temperatures, make sure to cover the box with old clothes, blankets and wool shavings to keep it warm. It's also good to feed the worms at least a quarter that recommended since more food digested by the worms gives way for more heat to be generated within their bodies. So use these ideas and you'll be well on your way to creating a working worm farm.
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