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jaykush · 07-26-2009, 05:08 PM

thanks for taking the time and effort to test it. hearing good things and actual results are completely different. i hear miracle grow grows great nugs for example ( lmfao )

07-26-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jaykush

thanks for taking the time and effort to test it. hearing good things and actual results are completely different. i hear miracle grow grows great nugs for example ( lmfao )

LOL

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maryjohn · 07-26-2009, 06:08 PM

for the record, my test is coco reconstituted with a heavy dose of EM. I am using a worm bag, a, set of shallow plastic boxes stacked on top of each other, and a larger plastic bin. All three work, but the bins are always soggy compared to the bag, which breathes and sometimes needs water like a plant. Also the bag is "flow through" by design, so you can harvest a little at a time.

In both cases, the bins and the bag, coco is being added to an existing system as a replacement for newspaper, not used from start. So in the beginning we will be seeing coco + mechanically shredded newspaper.

jaykush · 07-26-2009, 07:01 PM

ok gotcha.

quadracer · 07-26-2009, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by maryjohn

In both cases, the bins and the bag, coco is being added to an existing system as a replacement for newspaper, not used from start. So in the beginning we will be seeing coco + mechanically shredded newspaper.

That's exactly how we got our worm bins from the "Master Composter" seminar. Coco and shredded newspaper as the bedding. It works pretty well as a bedding.

emmy75 · 07-26-2009, 07:56 PM

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That's exactly how we got our worm bins from the "Master Composter" seminar. Coco and shredded newspaper as the bedding. It works pretty well as a bedding.

thats what i was told to use and am currently using. but maybe i dont have enough worms or what but damn mine bins are working slowly. there is some compost in there, that i can smell but overall mostly still coir.

jay ill add some azomite to my bin. about how much should i put in. would a tbsp be ok?

maryjohn i gotta a ? for you too but i gotta go to work now. :(

WJS · 08-01-2009, 12:44 AM

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i just thought i throw my latest find in here,
it's a chart that helps to identify wild worms. Hope it helps someone.

(klick for bigger size)

i take no credit for the picture whatsoever, all credits belong to the original author. I found the picture here

Nice chart!

Here is for USA around the great lakes: https://greatlakeswormwatch.org/ident...ion/index.html

01-31-2010, 04:58 PM

Since I am not going to use the coco in my soil any more I now will just use it as bedding.......

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guest2012y · 01-31-2010, 05:00 PM

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Since I am not going to use the coco in my soil any more I now will just use it as bedding.......

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Curious why Von....Is it because of too much water retention?

01-31-2010, 05:06 PM

Un even water absorption.....and all of the small coco partials go to the bottom of the 100 liter containers I have like top soil run off from farm fields. The soil I have...500 liters...it will remain and I will just add compost and castings and Bio char.

I think the article size is too small. So, now it is worm food. It will still be in my soil just not in its current form. :-)

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07-26-2009, 05:08 PM	#141
jaykush dirty black hands Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the old growth forest Posts: 4,990	thanks for taking the time and effort to test it. hearing good things and actual results are completely different. i hear miracle grow grows great nugs for example ( lmfao ) __________________ “Everything is written in the book of nature. This book is always open.” sepp holzer
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07-26-2009, 07:01 PM	#144
jaykush dirty black hands Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the old growth forest Posts: 4,990	ok gotcha. __________________ “Everything is written in the book of nature. This book is always open.” sepp holzer
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07-26-2009, 06:08 PM	#143
maryjohn Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,160	for the record, my test is coco reconstituted with a heavy dose of EM. I am using a worm bag, a, set of shallow plastic boxes stacked on top of each other, and a larger plastic bin. All three work, but the bins are always soggy compared to the bag, which breathes and sometimes needs water like a plant. Also the bag is "flow through" by design, so you can harvest a little at a time. In both cases, the bins and the bag, coco is being added to an existing system as a replacement for newspaper, not used from start. So in the beginning we will be seeing coco + mechanically shredded newspaper.
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01-31-2010, 04:58 PM	#148
vonforne Guest Posts: n/a	Since I am not going to use the coco in my soil any more I now will just use it as bedding....... V
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01-31-2010, 05:06 PM	#150
vonforne Guest Posts: n/a	Un even water absorption.....and all of the small coco partials go to the bottom of the 100 liter containers I have like top soil run off from farm fields. The soil I have...500 liters...it will remain and I will just add compost and castings and Bio char. I think the article size is too small. So, now it is worm food. It will still be in my soil just not in its current form. :-) V
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