crimsonecho
Self-Proclaimed Don Quixote
Hi everyone,
I have lately decided to produce my own castings. The setup i’m using is a pretty cheap one. Basically was free since i owned everything but it would be very cheap to recreate also.
What i had was couple of old fermentation buckets, for brewing beer or any kind of fermentation. Kimchi. I wanted to utilise them and being an organic grower what i do relies highly on the natural decomposition processes. Plus there are shit ton of leaves stems and much plant matter around the house. You know, you need to complete the cycle.
So i drilled holes in the sides and the underside of one bucket and covered it with cheese cloth to keep the worms inside. I placed it on top of another bucket with a hole in the lid to isolate and collect leachate if that occurs. Which didn’t happen. I also drilled bottom bucket to allow better airflow.
Now after all this effort. I did kinda run into problems but this is my first time with worms indoors. It did go anaerobic because the slurry was too thick. It went very hot once. Like 32-33C in a 18C environment. Worms were happy tho. And i’m sure there will be many more mistakes in the future.
Just wanted to document the ride and try to contribute to the collective human knowledge.
The sole purpose of this thread will be about creating a sustainable indoor worm bin where i can compost my food wastes so this organic stuff can return back to soil. My soil
And i want to do it without any smells, mites or any other less than desired aspects and to create high quality worm castings. So much so that i want to do whole grows with nothing more than my wormcastings from this tiny system. Will try that too.
This is leaf compost i started in another bucket. Gonna use this as bedding from now on.
Their next feeding which i’m gonna use it to lure them away from the bin so i can harvest my first castings.
In there;
-oats
-aloe vera
Will add;
-carrots
-tea
-coffee
-DE
-ABV
-grapefruit peel
Its gonna be fun!
I have lately decided to produce my own castings. The setup i’m using is a pretty cheap one. Basically was free since i owned everything but it would be very cheap to recreate also.
What i had was couple of old fermentation buckets, for brewing beer or any kind of fermentation. Kimchi. I wanted to utilise them and being an organic grower what i do relies highly on the natural decomposition processes. Plus there are shit ton of leaves stems and much plant matter around the house. You know, you need to complete the cycle.
So i drilled holes in the sides and the underside of one bucket and covered it with cheese cloth to keep the worms inside. I placed it on top of another bucket with a hole in the lid to isolate and collect leachate if that occurs. Which didn’t happen. I also drilled bottom bucket to allow better airflow.
Now after all this effort. I did kinda run into problems but this is my first time with worms indoors. It did go anaerobic because the slurry was too thick. It went very hot once. Like 32-33C in a 18C environment. Worms were happy tho. And i’m sure there will be many more mistakes in the future.
Just wanted to document the ride and try to contribute to the collective human knowledge.
The sole purpose of this thread will be about creating a sustainable indoor worm bin where i can compost my food wastes so this organic stuff can return back to soil. My soil
And i want to do it without any smells, mites or any other less than desired aspects and to create high quality worm castings. So much so that i want to do whole grows with nothing more than my wormcastings from this tiny system. Will try that too.This is leaf compost i started in another bucket. Gonna use this as bedding from now on.
Their next feeding which i’m gonna use it to lure them away from the bin so i can harvest my first castings.
In there;
-oats
-aloe vera
Will add;
-carrots
-tea
-coffee
-DE
-ABV
-grapefruit peel
Its gonna be fun!
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