Do not use a clear bin, as the sunlight will stress your worms and keep them burrowing towards the center of the bin.Īvoid feeding your earthworms anything dangerous.Further, keep indoor bins loosely covered to keep light out. If you live in a hot climate, know that you may not be able to leave a plastic worm bin outdoors year round. Be sure to keep plastic bins in a relatively cool location, out of direct sunlight.Build a shallow collection tray beneath the bin to collect the natural “tea” that drips from the bin, which makes an especially good fertilizer for your houseplants.Start with about 3 pounds of red wigglers, and know that they will reproduce until there are about 9 pounds of worms in the bin!.If the bedding consistently stays sopping wet, you can add more holes later.

These holes allow for aeration and excess water drainage. Essentially, all you need to do is drill 8 to 12 holes that are a ¼ inch in diameter on the bottom and sides of a roughly 18 gallon (68.1 L) gallon plastic storage bin. You can use a plastic storage container to build a bin for use in your garage, shed, or even in your home.

Red wigglers also make a great food item for chickens, pet turtles, lizards, and aquarium fish.īuild your own indoor vermicomposting container.One worm can produce as many as 99 offspring in 11 weeks. Red wigglers will grow to 3 inches (7.6 cm) to 4 inches (10.2 cm) inches, and can be used in either indoor or outdoor vermicomposting.Since red wigglers depend on a richer, denser feeding medium - such as organic waste - they will not leave an outdoor compost pile by burrowing into the standard soil below.As a benchmark, one pound of red wigglers will eat a half a pound of food waste per day. Plan to keep red wigglers in proportion to the amount of organic waste you produce.Buy red wigglers online or from a local bait shop, as these worms are different from the nightcrawlers that live in your backyard. In fact, in established vermicomposting beds, they can survive temperatures as low as 40 ☏ (4 ☌) and as high as 100 ☏ (38 ☌). In part, their favorability has to do with compatibility - they prefer temperatures between 55 ☏ (13 ☌) and 77 ☏ (25 ☌), which is the temperature range humans also tend to prefer. All earthworms eat organic matter and excrete high quality soil, red wigglers are simply the best choice for your home vermicomposting setup. Raise red wigglers if your main priority is vermicomposting.

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