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What size Rubbermaid bin for 2 pounds of worms? - 2009/04/04 12:21 I'm getting my worms soon. What size bin do I need? I have some 18 gallon and some much about 30 gallon. If the 18 gallon will be large enough, I'd just as soon have the smaller size.
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Re:What size Rubbermaid bin for 2 pounds of worms? - 2009/04/04 17:40 I think an 18 gallon should be fine for you. The typical school of thought is one pound of worms per one square foot of surface (about 6-8 inches in depth). From the website, they list the dimensions as 23.9x 15.9x 16.5in and that is about 2 1/2 sq feet.

Should be fine to start.
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Re:What size Rubbermaid bin for 2 pounds of worms? - 2009/04/07 20:10 Are those dimensions correct? I don't see how it can be 2 1/2 square feet. If it was 24" by 24" then it would be 2 sq. ft.
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Re:What size Rubbermaid bin for 2 pounds of worms? - 2009/04/07 21:09 1 square foot is 12 inches squared.

12 * 12 = 144 square inches .. one square foot
12 * 24 = 288 .. 288 ÷ 144 = 2 square feet
24 * 24 = 576 .. 576 ÷ 144 = 4 square feet

23.9 * 15.9 = 380.01 square inches
380.01 ÷ 144 = 2.64 square feet

2 feet * 2 feet = 4 square feet

Post edited by: vermiman, at: 2009/04/07 21:11
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Re:What size Rubbermaid bin for 2 pounds of worms? - 2009/04/07 21:41 I see what I did. I times the 12" by 2 on the length. I might need to spend less time on my large forum (1,000 + members on all the time) everything is in fps and ke. LOL

Post edited by: mikel, at: 2009/04/07 21:42
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