Comments on: Turbo Vermicompost http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/ nice of you to drop by. tea? Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding By: Anna http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-179991 Anna Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:38:04 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-179991 Linda, How did you manage with the infestation by ants? Mine it's terrible, and I'm worried for my worms... Linda,
How did you manage with the infestation by ants?
Mine it’s terrible, and I’m worried for my worms…

]]> By: Joel http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-132378 Joel Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:48:26 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-132378 To Linda, you don't need to sterilise it, it is heaving with beneficial bacteria, funghi and protozoa so you want all of that in there. Generally food would be largely free of pesticide residues or at least present in very low concentrations so there shouldn't be a huge problem but I guess there is always a risk of the skins and peelings from vegetables containing heavy metals from the soil as well as other undesirable chemicals. I wouldn't worry about it :) - life's too short To Linda,
you don’t need to sterilise it, it is heaving with beneficial bacteria, funghi and protozoa so you want all of that in there.
Generally food would be largely free of pesticide residues or at least present in very low concentrations so there shouldn’t be a huge problem but I guess there is always a risk of the skins and peelings from vegetables containing heavy metals from the soil as well as other undesirable chemicals.
I wouldn’t worry about it :) - life’s too short

]]> By: Rich http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-70911 Rich Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:50:47 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-70911 Hi dehdashti banafshe, what are you hoping to learn? Hi dehdashti banafshe,
what are you hoping to learn?

]]> By: dehdashti banafshe http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-70866 dehdashti banafshe Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:08:30 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-70866 hi I am master student in ferdosy univercity of mashhad in iran i need consultation of vermicompost and vermiwash ,becasue my project about this and it name is my project : effect of vermicompost in different levele in tamato,pepper and eggplant seedling. if youe consultation me i will thanck so much of you. Thancks so much of your cosultation dehdashti .banafshe hi
I am master student in ferdosy univercity of mashhad in iran
i need consultation of vermicompost and vermiwash ,becasue my
project about this and it name is my project :
effect of vermicompost in different levele in tamato,pepper and
eggplant seedling.
if youe consultation me i will thanck so much of you.
Thancks so much of your cosultation
dehdashti .banafshe

]]> By: Linda http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-27724 Linda Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:59:35 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-27724 Hello there With a bit of trial and quite a lot of error (fruit flies and dramatic infestation by ants!) I have managed to produce some worm compost from my Can O Worms. So far so good, but I now need to know if it should be sterilised before use in a part of my seed compost as proprietory compost is sterilised. I am concerned that the compost msy contain organisms that will infect my seeds. Also, I try to use organic food as much as possible to feed the little fellas but sometimes the food is not organic, does this mean the compost will contain chemicals from the non organic food? Linda Hello there

With a bit of trial and quite a lot of error (fruit flies and dramatic infestation by ants!) I have managed to produce some worm compost from my Can O Worms. So far so good, but I now need to know if it should be sterilised before use in a part of my seed compost as proprietory compost is sterilised. I am concerned that the compost msy contain organisms that will infect my seeds. Also, I try to use organic food as much as possible to feed the little fellas but sometimes the food is not organic, does this mean the compost will contain chemicals from the non organic food?

Linda

]]> By: Rich http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-13310 Rich Wed, 31 May 2006 14:29:58 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-13310 Thanks Lynne! I tried their website before but found nothing... and tried again today and also drew a blank (even with the search); so I went all lo-tech and called them. Armed with a bit more information (a.k.a. the catalogue number) I was able to find the extra trays by performing <a href="http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/shop/foundoption.lasso?findit=P0425" rel="nofollow">this search</a>. WW's recommended that you can run an extra two layers without any worry (if on a flat and stable surface), but beyond that it may get a bit too heavy for the plastic legs. Thanks Lynne! I tried their website before but found nothing… and tried again today and also drew a blank (even with the search); so I went all lo-tech and called them.

Armed with a bit more information (a.k.a. the catalogue number) I was able to find the extra trays by performing this search.

WW’s recommended that you can run an extra two layers without any worry (if on a flat and stable surface), but beyond that it may get a bit too heavy for the plastic legs.

]]> By: Lynne http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-13300 Lynne Wed, 31 May 2006 11:15:50 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-13300 I am also running out of room in my Can of Worms and was looking to buy another tray or two. I noticed that they are available at www.wigglywigglers.co.uk at £15 each. Hope this helps. Lynne I am also running out of room in my Can of Worms and was looking to buy another tray or two. I noticed that they are available at http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk at £15 each.

Hope this helps.
Lynne

]]> By: Faye http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost/#comment-6822 Faye Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:53:53 +0000 http://boakes.org/turbo-vermicompost#comment-6822 If you want to speed up your worm bin, try putting the scraps through a blender or food processor before adding to the bin. This provides more surface area for decomposition, the worms don't have to work as hard, and there will be more room, physically, in the bin for the next days food scraps. If you want to speed up your worm bin, try putting the scraps through a blender or food processor before adding to the bin. This provides more surface area for decomposition, the worms don’t have to work as hard, and there will be more room, physically, in the bin for the next days food scraps.

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