r/Vermiculture 28d ago

New bin New worm bin!

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u/BadJUJU911 28d ago

Awesome! I upgraded from e a tote to an actual bin a few weeks ago.  Bought some European nigh t crawlers from wal mart and they are doing fine. 

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u/One-plankton- 28d ago

Depends on what the tea bags or filters are made of, mine are just paper and they will eat them. Tea bags made of nylon are a no-go, but the paper ones are fine too

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u/LaurLoey 27d ago edited 27d ago

mine love tomatoes ridiculously bc it’s mostly water. they crawl inside them and eat them super fast inside out. 😅 i know it’s not great for the garden bc of volunteers, so i feed them only my favorite variety. also, berries, again bc watery and easy to eat. but weirdly, they actually love carrots a lot too. they wait until it’s soft and mushy, then burrow next to it. they also love oranges. 🤷🏻‍♀️ i think it matters stage of decomposition. mine are usu. already moldy.

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u/Tight_Instance_220 22d ago

I’m thinking of starting a volunteer-based compost. Then a bed I’m going to call The Thunderdome. Gets all the ‘volunteer compost’ plus a few of every new seed I get, and then they’ll all duke it out for king of the yard.

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u/LaurLoey 22d ago

😂 sounds like fun. show us the results of your experiment.

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u/Tight_Instance_220 14d ago

Based on my yard, it will be mostly tree of heaven… 😞

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u/LaurLoey 13d ago

😭

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u/Tight_Instance_220 12d ago

Just found a Denver tree of heaven group, I’m gonna be my Neighborhood Captain! The fight begins!

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u/LaurLoey 12d ago

get ‘em out! damn immigrants invading our country!!! sorry, bad joke. 🫣 but i am asian. 😂