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Subject: Re: worm address
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From: dbchc@aol.com (DBCHC)
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Date: 7 Dec 1994 00:00:44 -0500
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Article: 48937 of rec.gardens
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In article <jdurkinD08oo5.7IJ@netcom.com>, jdurkin@netcom.com (Jim Durkin)
writes:
WORM SUPPLIERS
Avant Garden Vermicomposting Systems
PO Box 1303
Ross, CA 94957
(415) 488-1642
Rainbow Worm Farm
24700 County Road 95
Davis, CA 95616
(916) 758-9906
Cape Cod Worm Farm
30 Center Avenue
Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
(508) 759-5664
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From: kelly@cco.caltech.edu (Kelly F.)
Newsgroups: rec.gardens
Subject: Re: worm composting
Date: 10 Feb 1993 18:55:33 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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In article <1CE00001.psqtv5@tbomb.ice.com> time@ice.com (Tim Endres) writes:
>Also can anyone tell me how many worms one needs to eat a gallon
>pail of kitchen scraps a day and how much space they need?
>Karen
>karen@ice.com
The following is advice from the book Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary
Appelhof...
To determine what size of worm bin is best for your household, you
need to figure how many pounds of garbage you produce per day. So
go ahead and weigh out how much you have at the end of the week, and
divide by 7. So if I have 7 pounds of garbage at the end of the week,
that is about a pound of garbage per day, average.
Mary recommends a ratio of 2:1 for worms:average-garbage-produced-per-day,
so if about 1 pound of garbage is produced per day, you'll need 2 pounds
of worms. She says there are about 2000 bedrun size redworms in a pound.
(Bedrun worms are worms of all sizes, while 'breeders' are large worms
that are handpicked for fishing purposes. Mary recommends the bedruns
since they are cheaper (don't need to be handpicked) and reproduce and
ship as well as the breeders in the long run. She doesn't feel a bin
gets started any quicker if you chose the breeder size worms.)
[That 2:1 ratio means the *total* worms you'll need, not the amount of
worms you'll need to add per day :) ]
Since redworms are surface feeders you'll want a bin with a large
surface area, for the pound of garbage produced per day, a large bin
with about 7 square feet is recommended, or one with dimensions of
about 1' deep by 2' wide by 3' long. Most commercial bins I have seen
advertised are about 24"x20"x12", which just means you'd need two of
them for a large household with lots of trash. I like using multiple
smaller bins, since they are lighter, easier to move when/if full, and
if I accidentally overfeed one, not all my bins are ruined.
Kelly
kelly@cco.caltech.edu