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digger123
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 Heating Question - 2008/03/26 13:32 For the first time I hve finally generated heat in my garage bin.( At one end so the herd is safe) Spaghetti started the heat but when I added some horse dung close to it it started heating. I have added horse dung in the same way several times like this without generating heat. Aperantly one fire started another.


Here is my real concern.

My outdoor bin is 10 inch thick fresh green horse manure and cardboard. I waited a few weeks before adding worms to be sure heat wasen't going to build up. It didn't and the worms seem happy going on a month now.

My question is if I put something lets say in one corner of my outdoor bin that heats up can it spread through my whole bin like wild fire and toast them all or will the heat stay to that corner?

Thanks
Darren
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redhen
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 Re:Heating Question - 2008/03/26 18:42 I think that heat will remain where the heating food is and the worms can move to other areas until that food cools down. Susan Quinby-Honer
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Paratrooper
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 Re:Heating Question - 2008/03/26 23:33 Stopped by a nursery the other day . The lady there starts every plant herself in cold frames albeit inside a greenhouse . I asked about heating and she showed me her deal . It's a rubber mat with heat coils inside . It plugs into the wall . There is a temp sensor on a wire that you stick into that which you are heating and then set a temp on a control box . Kinda like a heating blanket but with a more precise setting option . I told her I might need one next year for my worms . She said that she had folks back in PA that raised worms and they used a heating blanket with a sheet of plastic over it for the moisture . If you don't have to be super precise on temp this looks like the hot ticket . I have a thermometer that sticks into the bedding and gives me a precise temp . I could just mess with it and dial in about 70 degrees or so . I could set it up with a timer so it goes on when the temp is set to drop at night and go off in the morning . A real cold snap would deserve some constant heating . My concern with that set up would be drying out . Must stay on top of that aspect . Tom
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 Re:Heating Question - 2008/03/27 08:26 it seems to me that a waterbed heating pad would work just fine about 3 or 4 feet long, 12 to 18 inches wide and waterproof. It has precise temperature control with a remote-sensing bulb. I have a control unit, but a missing the pad soon as I located pad. I'm going to set it up so I can use it outside. Just my two cents worth my question to anybody who's interested would be, should I place it around the Perimeter of the worm Bin to prevent the cold from radiating into it or place it under the worm bedding to let the heat rise. However how do I clean the bin with the heating pad on the bottom. FEED IT TO THE WORMS
WELLS,vermont
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digger123
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 Re:Heating Question - 2008/03/27 15:10 Thanks For the feedback Red Hen. I'll keep you posted if there is any problems.

Darren
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