Starting a Worm Farm
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I feed oat meal and bread crumbs. Use bakery bread, regular sandwich bread has a lot of preservatives , some worms won't even eat it (I had some bread that didn't get moldy after 4 weeks).
I used a refrigerator laid on it's back for a box and vented the door (top). Critters couldn't get in it
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I also tilled the soil mix once a month and added more mix when necessary.
I had a problem with mold / mildew here (that's Fla for you), rather hard to balance it out.
And used a spray bottle with de-chlor'd water to moisten things.
But after seeing all your posts about this you made, I don't think you'll have the patience to raise worms
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Dr Joe
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I used a refrigerator laid on it's back for a box and vented the door (top). Critters couldn't get in it
. I also tilled the soil mix once a month and added more mix when necessary.
I had a problem with mold / mildew here (that's Fla for you), rather hard to balance it out.
And used a spray bottle with de-chlor'd water to moisten things.
But after seeing all your posts about this you made, I don't think you'll have the patience to raise worms
.Dr Joe
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cant you buy those worm farm things from like handyman store... or u cant make one with styro boxes....
I did that once. Got a 28 gal. rubbermaid container, drilled holes in the bottom, put a layer of screen in there, filled with compost, and added 500 redworms. Fed them poultry mash that's made for young chicks. Cost $6.00 for 25lbs. It was fine. Problem was, I had so many fish, that I was using them faster than they could reproduce and grow out. When I ran out, I gave up, and never did get any more.
hillbilly;1050783; said:I did that once. Got a 28 gal. rubbermaid container, drilled holes in the bottom, put a layer of screen in there, filled with compost, and added 500 redworms. Fed them poultry mash that's made for young chicks. Cost $6.00 for 25lbs. It was fine. Problem was, I had so many fish, that I was using them faster than they could reproduce and grow out. When I ran out, I gave up, and never did get any more.
You must have a WHOLE LOTTA fish. Wow!
Greenaveli;1044990; said:
New threads sometimes take a while to be found. There are several worm farms out there keeping many fish happy.
Here's mine (had to make a new thread):
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1052842#post1052842
