u/BichiKompost

Collected a cocoon from my vermicompost tower with mix Red Wrigglers and European Nightcrawlers. Is there anyway to distinguish the cocoons between species?

During my first week of having my mix Red Wrigglers and European Nightcrawlers worms, I've seen multiple worms in these conditions surface to the top of the bedding/compost and die. Is this protein poisoning, or is there something else going on, and how can I prevent/fix it? Thanks!

And sorry for all the compost covering the worms...

I just finished the built of my DIY worm tower. The second picture shows (some of the 250grams) Red Wrigglers and European Nightcrawlers enjoying starter food of mixed and crushed seeds and grains. They seem to enjoy hanging out under the precomposted moist newspaper I lay on top. The compost they're in is a mix of mostly (1kg) starter compost/bedding from the seller and precomposted dried plant material, shredded paper and cardboard, coffee and eggshell grinds. Keep you guys posted!

Euronorm:

Grey containers: 30x40x12cm - 150 6mm holes in bottom & 18 3mm ventilation holes in each upper corner.

Red collection container: 30x40x21cm - 18 3mm ventilation holes in each upper corner.

Hi community! I bought (used) foodgrade Euronorm type stacking containers of two types. Four 30x40x13cm containers to function as a storage container (height creator) and as the worm bins stacked upon one another and One 30x40x21cm container for possible worm tea or leachate collection. (Summary: 1 30x40x12cm storage, 1 30x40x21cm collection and 3 30x40x12cm worm bins.) I ended up using one grey container as storage and the red collection container with height as to make it more accessible for the user. I drilled 150 6 mm holes in each of the three grey worm container floors and 18 3mm aeration holes in the top four corners of each worm container and the collection bin. I will start off with 250 grams of mixed Red Wrigglers and European Nightcrawlers with 1 kg starting material/compost from seller in the top bin with precomposted mix of shredded paper and cardboard, dry plant material, used ground coffee and eggshells (few weeks). And just shredded paper and cardboard in the lower bin. To start, just two containers above the collector bin. I will have some 2mm insect mesh just in case worms escape down into the collector bin.

Keep you all posted and 'd happy for your feedback!

(SCHEMATIC OVERVIEW - CREATED WITH AI CHATGPT)

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