A Test for the Worm Tray

Home Composter — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:13:48 +0000

Up to this point, I’ve only added small amounts every few days to my new Worm Factory 360. So today (and this week) will be a test for the worm tray, as I added probably five or six handfuls of food to the tray. Of course, my hands are pretty small, but still it’s the largest offering so far. Since things have been going so well, one might ask why I would change anything…. The answer is that I want to get the most out of it and encourage that original one pound of worms to reproduce so I can add even more food and paper waste. Some stuff is still going into the trash can and garbage disposal. I guess the only way to find out how much is too much, is by testing it. I assume that it will start to smell bad in a few days if there is too much food waste in it. I may also add some more shredded paper tomorrow as I think that getting the balance of carbon (browns) and nitrogen (greens) right is also extremely important. Besides, it turns out we have more paper waste than food waste in this house and I am hoping the worms will eventually be able to keep up with all of our junk mail as well as food waste.

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