You guessed it. Not only have I seen
some weird little fuzzy clumps, I have seen about a dozen new workers, very
light pink and about a quarter to half-inch long. The worms are duplicating and
replicating and multiplying and ... and... well that's a good thing right? The
more worms, the more composting power, the more garbage eaten and the more
garbage eaten quicker. It's like souping up your '69 Chevelle. What's not to
like? I've been happily feeding the worms crushed egg shells and mega fiber
everyday in the hopes of getting things going. About once every two weeks, I
add a good size handful of pumice, a gritty gravely kind of pebble-like stuff
and a pinch of sand from the back yard. These things in concert, all add a
little calcium bolus to the worms which make them fertile for reproduction,
while the grit from the pumice and sand, aid in food crushing and creation of
organically rich solid worm waste. So far, so good.
Speaking of the worm waste, our
end game, we're just about ready to dump our first tray of compost from our
original tray. Just like the owners manual says, you should be able start using
compost about 6-8 weeks after you open for business. Obviously, the longer you
wait, the better the quality of the compost. So if you're antsy to start using
your unique WormFarm 360 bi-product, it's probably ready to use on your flower
garden. If you're in no hurry for it or you have some other foods and
fertilizers to use up, let the stuff simmer and bake a bit more and harvest at
90 days. It's like a fine wine.
When you're ready to start
fertilizing with the vermicompost, you start by simply mixing (1) part compost
to (4) parts soil and drop a handful or trowel full of the high test organic
additive to your plants and flowers. You can also tap your WormFarm and harness
the compost liquid bi-product that has been accumulating from moisture and
condensate called leachate. You can either mix this with your solid compost or
mix with water in a 50-50 solution. Apply this tea with a spray mist bottle to
the leaves and it delivers amazing results and clean, shiny leaves I'm told.
Stay tuned to our posts and in a
couple weeks, roughly start date plus 60, we'll be harvesting and adding worm
poop to the garden and all the flowers. In the meantime, we continue
with the weekly maintenance as previously described.
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