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Buckado
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 Commercial Worm Bedding? - 2009/03/19 11:40 Hello all, I was curious to see if any of you have had experience with any of the commercial worm bedding out there. Here are a few links to the ones I've seen:
Magic Worm Bedding
Frabill® Super Gro™ Worm Bedding

Anyone know what is in these products? Can they sustain a healthy worm bed?

I live in an apartment, and really don't have the resources or the time to put together a good healthy bedding. Manure is a long way from me, and I'm not about to haul it up the elevator into my apartment! I want to reduce the landfill's waste just like everyone else and it seems like paying 5-13 bucks a month for bedding would be a good way for me to keep healthy worms while I add the occasional table scraps.

You guys keep up the good work. Thanks for all the help,
Ed
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lkittle
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 Re:Commercial Worm Bedding? - 2009/03/19 13:47 Hi Buckado; I am keeping some Large bait nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris)Dew worms,Canadian or North American Nightcrawler in a brand called Buss-Bedding it can be ordered from Magic Worm.com or is sometimes at the local WalMart in the sporting depatrment.

Some of the beddings have some food mixed in as a matter of fact both the ones you posted do. The Buss-Bedding is paper put through a hammer mill and is only fine paper. The Buss will last longer.

News Print shreds are very good as well as office shreds the .25" wide strips is best IMHO. larry
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ArkieGold
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 Re:Commercial Worm Bedding? - 2009/04/08 21:08 About 25 years ago I spent $20 to learn the secret of "Soiless Worm Bedding"

Shredded Cardboard was the reply. Well at least they didn't lie. Cellulose fiber with a flour/water glue for binder. Worms will do well in it as a lone bedding material. No need to get fancy.

I have a few ways to git er done. One is a shredder for lawn and garden stuff. Another is running over it with the lawn mower with grass catcher attached. Another is in a food processor mixed with water and squeezing out the excess water afterwards and rubbing it between the hands to break it up into little pieces. The worms will go right in and will have it all loosed up in short order.

I have tried newsprint and to me it seems they prefer cardboard, maybe because of the glue? Arkie's Vermiculture
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 Re:Commercial Worm Bedding? - 2009/04/08 23:53 What about cardboard that has the wax coating on it? Like the produce boxes. Will the worm eat it?
Thanks, Liz aka BigTexWorms
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ArkieGold
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 Re:Commercial Worm Bedding? - 2009/04/09 06:35 Hmmm. Honestly don't know. Never gave it any thought nor have I tried it. It would seem to not hurt them given it is put on boxes meant to hold food for humans but even food grade parrafin is petroleum based and the breaking down of it could possibly release something, but again, I don't know for sure. Arkie's Vermiculture
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 Re:Commercial Worm Bedding? - 2011/02/14 13:25 For worm bedding you need good brand and quality bed. i will suggest you the one which is the best you may visit at designer bed linen for getting your desirable bed. which will worm you.
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 Re:Commercial Worm Bedding? - 2011/12/28 00:40 Wow great links
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