Harvesting Worm Castings
April 11, 2010 - 3:33 pm
I harvest my worm castings with my home made harvester. http://www.pollardworms.com
If you are interested in growing worms visit this website for which I am a member.
http://www.wormfarmingsecrets.com/?JackPollard
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April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Looks like it works …
Looks like it works well. If I was you I would put some kind of slope to the floor that the castings fall on, that way you could bring the castings to the front of the floor area for collection. I noticed it looks like you have some tin from some roof laying around, that stuff might work and take minutes to install. Thanks for the vid.
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I would not let the …
I would not let the castings dry out as much make sure the castings is damp. You can rewet your dryout castings and they should fall apart.
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
HI!
My problem is …
HI!
My problem is that my castings turn really hard when I dry them. Do you think I’m not getting them small enough? I found some at the store that are fine dirt. Any thoughts?
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Tumbling is hard on …
Tumbling is hard on them but the redworm is will overcome it once they are put into a new beding.
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Does any of the …
Does any of the tumbling hurt the worms?
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Worm castings is …
Worm castings is the byproduct (Worm Poop) from the earthworm. The earthworm that lives in your lawn and gardens eats dead plant matter and then poops and the plants in turn feeds from this and grows. In short worm castings is great for all kinds of plants.
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
what are worm …
what are worm castings?
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
excellent one of …
excellent one of the best I have seen for home made thank you for your effort
farmer998
April 11th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I do not have any …
I do not have any plans on paper to build this harvester. It is really not that hard to build. I will try to write some plans but this will take awhile.