Worm bin notes: Update 25 Worms love avocados!

Bins 2 & 3, Update 25.  When opening both bins I noticed the moisture was higher under the cardboard covering.  The spiders seem to have been wiped out by the lizard visits.  I didn’t see any in either bin.  The small white dot insects are still in both bins in abundance seems like the moisture helped.  I’d would like to try to capture a few one day and look at them under the microscope.  They’re so small they look like tiny moving white dots in the bins.

 

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Bin 2 Oct. 29th

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Bin 2 Nov. 16th

The other unidentified insects are also there but no as many as before.  The heat may have been too much for them.  Bin temperatures were 72.1° F. – 72.5­­° F.  The ambient temperature was 72° F with 56% humidity.  I watered both bins to get the moisture up at the surface.  The hand sprayer sprung a leak because I left it under pressure and in the sun.  Looks like its time for a new one.  I used the 1 gallon garden sprayer as a substitute and may keep using that instead of the hand sprayer.  I’ll use it next time and see how it goes.

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Bin 3 Oct. 29th

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Bin 3 Nov. 16th

One thing is for sure the worms really like the avocados.  As long as they are not rotted or dried out they devour them.  I still think their favorite is the mangoes and fresh greens.  It seemed like the cardboard cover is thinning out I’ll add more next time I check the bins.  -13

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