Redworm castings harvester from northwestredworms.com
March 27, 2010 - 5:32 pm
Now that you have composted your material here is a simple way to extract you worm castings (vermicompost) from the rest of your redworms and unfinished compost. If you would like to separate your redworms from your compost for resale this can save hours of harvest time. The slow rotation speed is easy on the redworms. Can be done with one person, but as you can see with two people it is much quicker and smoother with two or you can always modify this and mount a drill to do the turning for you. This item can be found at http://northwestredworms.com/compostproducts.aspx
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March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I have not written …
I have not written the plans yet, but I do plan to soon.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Nice small …
Nice small harvester. Do you have plans on how to make one?
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
poor worms. that …
poor worms. that wire dont cut them? what is it
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
1/4″ hardware cloth.
1/4″ hardware cloth.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Worms are tough, …
Worms are tough, but we do lose a few.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
do any die?
do any die?
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
RPMs= revolutions …
RPMs= revolutions per minute.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Yes you are right, …
Yes you are right, I used 100 pounds of used coffee grounds on a 15x 20 garden in about a 6 month span and the soil is teaming with worms this year more than ever. 18 years ago it was clay now it is biological life and organic matter. Of coarse there is sheep compost and compost tea,decayed nutrient cycling and rain water along with the coffee grounds. Oak leaves,maple leaves and grass clippings as well all have made for a real nice soil that is retaining moisture very well.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Coffee ground break …
Coffee ground break down quickly and become a healthy part of the compost humus. coconut coir on the other hand takes a long time to break down and it will usually come out with the castings.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Yes, they get a …
Yes, they get a little dizzy, but they recover quickly and go right back to work. It is more stressful for the redworms to be table harvested since it can take hours.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
don’t the worms get …
don’t the worms get dizzy in there ?
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Hey just so you …
Hey just so you know, worms don’t like only coffee grounds.Actually you shouldn’t add more than 10% coffee by volume.. The rest should be partially composted food waste or animal manure from grass eating animals like horses cows and llamas.. A balanced diet is important to any living creature to some extent.. Worms don’t eat the food, bacteria do inside thier stomachs.Similar stuff happens in our intestines.. The resulting worm manure is high in easily usable nutrients and beneficial bacteria.
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I am still not sure …
I am still not sure about something, if I make something like and get the castings to come out how will I know if some of the castings are nothing more than the old coffee grounds I put in the worm the bin way back when?
March 27th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Cool video!
Cool video!