How to Vermicompost With Red Wiggler Worms

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Location is an important factor in vermicomposting. Red worms need a specific temperature range in order to stay alive and productive. For best results keep your worm compost bin temperature between 55° to 77°F.

The most popular indoor locations are the kitchen, pantry, bathroom, mudroom, laundry room, or basement. If you want to keep your worm compost bin outside, make sure to put it in the shade during the hot summer months. Also remember to shelter it from the cold in winter months by placing it in a garage or carport, or alternatively you can put hay bales around the bin to allow air to circulate around the bin while protecting it from flooding. Worms like to be moist, but having too much water can drown them.

If you want to use newspapers, fold a section in half and tear off long, half-inch to inch wide strips. Soak the newspaper in water for a few minutes, then wring it out like a sponge and fluff it up as you add the newspaper to your worm compost bin. You want the worm bedding to be very damp, but not soaking wet; only two to three drops of water should come out when you squeeze the bedding material.

Spread the bedding evenly until it fills about three-quarters of the worm compost bin. Sprinkle a couple of handfuls of soil, from outside or use potting soil, into the bedding. Soil will introduce beneficial microorganisms and aid the red worms' digestive process. Fluff up the bedding about once a week so the worms can get plenty of air and freedom of movement.

Gently place your worms on top of the bedding. Worms don't like light, so if you leave the bin lid off for a while they will burrow into the bedding and start working. To prevent the worms from trying to crawl out after you put the lid on, make sure there is a light source above the worm compost bin.

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Once the worms have settled into their new home, add food scraps that you have been collecting in a leak-proof container. Dig a hole in the bedding, or pull the bedding aside, place the food scraps in the hole, and cover it with at least an inch of bedding.

After the initial feeding wait a week before adding more food. Leave your worms alone at this point so they can adapt to their new surroundings. Each time you bury the food scraps be sure to use different areas of the worm compost bin.

Worms may be fed any time of the day. Do not worry if you can't be around your worm compost bin for a few days, as the worms can be fed as seldom as once a week.

Don't be surprised to see other critters in your worm compost bin. They will help break down the organic material along side the worms. Most of the organisms will be too small to see, however you may see white worms, springtails, pill bugs, molds, and mites.

Voilà! Now you can just sit back and let the worms do all the work for you!