PyrateLV
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Finished Castings - 2008/03/23 23:38
Greetings Fellow VermiPeople!
Im new to these forums, but have had a Worm Farm for about a year.
I have a question about how the castings should turn out.
I have harvested about 4 times and my finished castings have pretty much been the same each time, like a very moist (not soaking wet) dark mud.
Kinda like realy damp top soil.
I bought a bag of castings once to see the difference.
The castings I bought were also a dark brown/black color, but were dry (like black sand).
I am using a 4 tier Worm Factory, feeding my worms lettuce, cucumber peals, melon rinds, and coffee grounds mostly.
I use a bed of newspaper and cardboard.
I live in Southern Nevada and its very arid here so trying to keep it moist, but not soaking wet, though not letting it dry out is sometimes tough.
My worms seem to like it wetter then they do dry.
They like to burrow down into the "muddy" castings if the top bedding gets to dry.
So my question is- What should the finished castings look like?
Should they be like moist/wet mud or should they be like dry sand?
If dry, is there a good way to dry them out (without the castings turning into really hard chunks)?
How do other worm farmers castings turn out?
Im still learning and trying to perfect my farming techniques as Id like to expand my farm one day into a BioWaste/Organic Soil Additve Business.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Post edited by: PyrateLV, at: 2008/03/24 01:17
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