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Why Compost with Worms?

A worm composter speeds up the natural process of breaking down once living material into the nutrients that plants use. In full operation, your worm composter or vermicomposter will house 10,000 to 12,000 worms, helping microorganisms process up to 5 pounds of food waste and junk mail a week.

How do I Start Vermicomposting?:

Your new Worm Factory® Composting Worm Bin System comes complete with everything you need to begin including a thorough instruction booklet, shredded paper, and Coir material. You will need to add a handlful of decayed leaf litter or active compost. It is very important to have your vermicomposter ready and waiting for your worms to arrive (Veseys will hold the worms and ship them to you a few days after your composter to help you with this timing.). Vermicomposting is a slow process to get under way, but once it is in full operation, you will be harvesting plenty of worm castings on a regular basis. It may take up to about a year for your vermicopmposter to become fully operational, so vermicomposting is not for the impatient person!

What Can Go Wrong?

• You can overfeed the worms. If you add nothing to the tray, the worms will rework the existing material almost endleslly, undeerfeeding is rarely ever a problem.
• Avoid salty foods, citrus peels or anything acidic, oils, meat and dairy products. They can be harmful to the worms.
• Avoid leaves and needles from plants such as bay, eucalyptus, magnolia, pine, fir and cedar.
• Avoid leaving the vermicomposter in the sun, this will certainly raise the temperature of your composter above the maximum 26º during summer.