How Gross is Your Compost ?

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St. Phatty

Active member

• Jun 8, 2020

• #1

Banana Peels
Orange Peels
Coffee
Cannabis Buds
Redworms
Earthworms

The cardboard had a bunch of worms on it, so I just threw the cardboard in the box.

The gnarly brown mix in the plastic bin is about 1/2 way there, looks like worm castings & soil.

The Birds eat most of the food scraps, so this is for composting food scraps they can't each. And actually they eat most of the food scraps.

I have another picture of the 4 cans this is being prepared for.

I dug out about 1/2 the soil to make room for a new batch of soil on the top.

Oh man I can't wait till the worms multiply a few more generations !

 

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troutman

Seed Whore

• Jun 8, 2020

• #2

Don't use orange peels. Citrus fruits are bad. They attract fruit flies.

https://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/citrus-vermicomposting/

 

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TakenByTheSky

• Jun 8, 2020

• #3

It looks a little muddy like it's not getting enough air flow.

 

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St. Phatty

Active member

• Jun 8, 2020

• #4

TakenByTheSky said:

It looks a little muddy like it's not getting enough air flow.

Click to expand...

it was until recently.

i drilled some holes in the bottom because it needed it.

 

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DannyDuncan69

New member

• Jun 15, 2020

• #5

looks delicious breakfast anyone?

 

aridbud

automeister

ICMag Donor

Veteran

• Jun 15, 2020

• #6

Nah, not sloppy or stinky....just egg shells, dried leaves, clipped green grass (no fertilizer), coffee grounds and pulled weeds covered with last years soil....them earth worms know where to find the goodies! ;o)

 

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low_and_slow

Member

• Jun 15, 2020

• #7

Check out bokashi grains for sloppy mess composting, otherwise enjoy your anaerobic bacterial trash soup.

 

Energenetics

Member

• Jun 15, 2020

• #8

You need to have a good ratio of carbon to nitrogen for the worms to be happy. I add food to mine once a week in layers. First the scraps then a mix of sand, clay, and peatmoss over the top just enough to lightly cover the scraps. Then add a 2 in layer of dry grass clippings or dry leaves on top. Cover with a fine mesh screan to keep out bugs and birds. Here is a link to my full blog on vermicomposting.
http://www.EnergeneticsOldWorldFarm.com/worm-farm/