Bins 2 & 3, Updates 26, 27 and 28.  Looks like I’ve gotten behind on update posting.  I’ve been so busy completing other projects there has been little time to edit videos and write blog post since late 2019.  Mostly everything has been going well in the bins

Over the last several months we’ve gone from hot to cool to more mild daily temperatures.  Worm activity slowed down in the heat then they became more active when the cooler temperatures arrived.  Conditions in the bins has been good, no foul odors at all.  During update 28 I found a roach in bin 3 so I’ll have to make sure to monitor for new born roaches.  If they are in there I’ll have to start up a new bin with the existing worms.

We’ve let some food items expire or go bad.  Things like jelly, bread and canned chocolate icing.  Those have been added over the last several months.  The worms consume the coffee as expected.  I wasn’t sure about the bread or jelly.  The bread and jelly was gone telling me they made it disappear.  They don’t consume the potato skins but they do eat the potato off of them.  All that’s left is the skins.

I think the trouble I had when I put potatoes in before was there were too many and the decomposition may have been beyond what they would eat.  The thing I want to know is if they will eat the chocolate icing.  That was put in bin 3 only.  Next update is in a few days I’ll get my answer then.  Questions? Comments, contact me here.  The videos of the updates are below.  -13

Update 26

Update 27

Update 28

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.

Bin 2 Oct. 29th

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.

Bin 3 Oct. 29th

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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