| Global Worming
Newsletter - September 2009 In this issue we
will cover the following subjects:
- Worm farming Blog for YOU!
- How can we maximize the production of our
worm bin?
Dear Friend,
it has been a while since our last newsletter and
I hope you are well and your worms have survived the
challenges of the cold winter period.
I am busy with a few projects: one of them was to
set up a " Vermiculture Blog" on our web site that
will help you find some answers to your questions,
without having to wait for our newsletter.
We want to offer this "blog" as a platform where
all the friends of worm composting can exchange
ideas, experiences and find answers to their
concerns and questions related to Vermiculture. It
is finally on line now and we believe that it can be
a helpful tool for everyone who is interested in the
field of recycling of organic waste. it is
absolutely free, so please make use of it and share
your experiences with us. You will find the link to
the Blog in the index of www.globalworming.co.za.
Productivity of worm bins
Is your worm bin working at full capacity? Here
in Cape Town many are enjoying the sunny spring and
its carpets of Cape wildflowers. For worm farmers,
large scale or enthusiastic home farmers, the change
of weather will also bring a change in the behavior
of our worms.
As the temperature climbs the worms will become
more active and increase their breeding activity. We
all want to have more worms that can recycle loads
of organic waste. So what can we do to maximize the
production of our worm bins? (continued below)
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Productivity of worm bins (continued)
There are a few simple ways you can grow your
worm herd and with it increase the amount of
recycling in your worm bin. So what is needed to
shift the worms into the next gear and make them
happy breeders and fertilizer producers?
- Try keeping your worm bin in a stable
environment. Studies have shown that worms kept
in environments with little to no temperature
changes produce more cocoons than those who are
kept outdoors with significant temperature
changes during the seasons as well as between
day and night. So if possible place your worm
bin in a store room, a garage or even an
underground cellar.
- If possible, do not disturb your worms.
Worms produce favorable conditions inside their
worm bin through their constant digging. Their
tunnels aerate their environment and encourage
them to produce more offspring.
- Maintain a healthy moisture level inside
your worm bin. A handful of bedding softly
squeezed should produce a few drops of moisture.
A little more or less will still be fine. If
your worm bin seems to be too dry just pour 1 to
2 liters of water over the surface of your bin
and the bedding will absorb the necessary
moisture! Let the water stand in an open bucket
for a day to allow for the chlorine to
evaporate. Remember that it is important for the
excess water to drain out of your bin onto the
ground or into a container below where you can
catch it and use it as fertilizer for your
plants.
- If you have the time shred or tear up your
worm food to make it easier for your worms to
eat. They don't have teeth and are actually
sucking on the soft decomposing parts of their
food to eat.
- Worms will stop breeding when they feel that
their bin is overpopulated or the conditions are
not right. In order to get more worms to live
and eat in your worm bin add another bin to your
"worm tower system" or just start a second worm
bin (this can be even a simple bucket or any
other suitable container. Once the worms in this
bin have multiplied take surplus worms from this
container to add to your worm bin. In this way
you can stock more worms in your worm bin than
it would produce naturally.
- If your worm bin is outdoors and there is
rain in the air, remember to place a worm trap
underneath your worm farm to catch worms that
might migrate at night.
- To stop worms from leaving your worm farm
place a light over the worm bin at all times.
Worms avoid light at all costs!
Try some or all of these simple steps and you
should increase the production capacity of your worm
bin considerably!
We love your input
Please send us your questions concerning worm
farming and we will try to answer it in one of our
next newsletters. Just send your question to info@globalworming.co.za
.
Read more about the do's and don'ts of worm
farming on our web site as www.globalworming.co.za
Please pass this Newsletter on to anyone you know
who might benefit from it. They can subscribe for
free at www.globalworming.co.za
We wish you continued success with your worm
farming projects and hope this newsletter was
helpful.
Kind regards and happy worming
Stephan Kloppert
Editor
Global Worming News |
