| Global Worming
Newsletter - November 2009 In this issue we
will cover the following subject:
- "Over-acidity in worm bins and what to do
about it?"
Dear Friend,
did you ever lift the lid of your worm bin, only
to notice that nearly your entire herd of worms is
clinging to the lid or the sides of your bin
desperately trying to escape their bedding?
This was most likely a clear indication that the
bedding in your worm bin has become to acidic for
the worms to live in. If you would push them back
into the bedding most of them would most certainly
die.
Worms are pretty hardy creatures and can tolerate
a certain amount of acidity and even eat highly
acidic materials but they will only eat around the
edges of the acidic food source and than retreat
into their safe bedding. Foods like most manures,
potato peelings, cooked potatoes, poultry mash and
carrots to name just a few are excellent worm foods
but if they remain uneaten for a period of time they
might turn sour and force the worms to retreat.
If this is not possible the worms will leave the
worm bin or die.... (continued below)
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.....Although not cast in stone a Ph reading of
around 7 when testing your bedding is probably the
best for your worms. A reading slightly below will
still be fine, but a Ph reading below 6 is not
desirable.
So what can we do to keep the Ph stable and
protect our worms?
- Avoid overfeeding especially if feeding the
above mentioned types or other acidic food.
- Regularly treat your worm bin with powdered
limestone "Calcium Carbonate" (purchase at
Animal feed stores only) it is recommended to
use 50 grams of limestone per 1 meter square of
surface area in your worm bin. Just sprinkle it
lightly over the surface just before you add a
fresh layer of food. Once a month or every
second month should be sufficient..
Should the acidity in your worm bin rise to the
point where your worms are endangered, there are 2
immediate steps you can take to improve the
situation and hopefully rescue your herd.
- Treat the bedding with powdered limestone.
- Dig up the bedding and form it into rough
piles to allow as much air as possible to
penetrate the bedding. Keep the bedding
reasonably wet during this process. Give the
limestone some time to do its work. It is slow
reacting. Than place your bedding again into
your bin and give it 2 to 3 days rest, without
feeding. Should the worms look happy after this
time continue with your normal worm bin
maintenance.
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We wish you continued success with your worm
farming projects and hope this Newsletter was
helpful.
Kind regards
Stephan Kloppert
Editor
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