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give it a try - 2009/04/19 17:55Hello my name is Rusty i live in oklahoma i am going to try worm farming i have thougt about it for quite some time.Will use the castings for my vegtable garden i plan on feeding leftover vegtables some manure cow maybe sheep.Setup is in my basement a 55 gl drum cut lengthwise 6-1 inch vent holes on each end covered with screen 6-1 inch drain holes covered with screen. Will be using newspaper and pecan leaves for bedding ran paper thru shreder i then ran both thru a chipper and added some aged compost. I put in about 8 inches of bedding i thougt maybe 3 lb of reds i hate to kill more than that at one time.Does this setup sound ok any advice is more than welcome thank you
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and180
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Re:give it a try - 2009/04/19 18:53Rusty, your set up sounds good. Your on the right track for worm farming. Andy
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mikel
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Re:give it a try - 2009/04/19 21:32Sounds okay to me. Have at it!
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cometman
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Re:give it a try - 2009/04/20 00:38make sure drum is clean and manure your using hasnt come from treated cows the chemicals in the shots could kill your worms , other than that it will be fine larry moorebait.com
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