Ok Keith; Thanks for the advice. I didn't realize vermicomposting was on JtF but I'll check it out. I was planning on doing it indoors due to the cold winters here. I understand it doesn't smell if you do it right. Now that I've got the house all to myself, I'm hoping to do something unobtriusive under the counter in my kitchen:) ahh the FREEDOM!
Cheers Joe Keith Addison wrote: >>Hi Keith; >> >>What about in the case of vermicomposting? Any advice on putting a >>little cocktail in there? Will it harm the worms? > > > Hi Joe > > I was the bad guy here a few years ago after I reported murdering > some red worms that way. :-( > > But lots of things will kill worms if you feed it to them in the wrong way. > > Try making a worm box/bin on the ground, say 2ft square (60cm), with > the bare soil as the floor. Give it a sloping lid so the rain runs > off (and runs away from the bin). > > Start off with a couple of thousand worms (1kg) or so in some sort of > suitable bedding (see Compost > Vermicomposting at JtF). Put the > bedding on the soil, 3-4" deep (8-10cm). Water the soil floor first > and make sure the bedding is wet enough. > > Add whatever, kitchen wastes, garden wastes and so on, livestock > manure. Mixed is better. Add about 1kg a day at first, you can > increase it later (up to a point) when there are more worms. > > The worms have a strong effect on the surrounding microlife in the > wastes, while the soil beneath and its soil life act as a buffer. If > you put another bin right next to the worm bin and added the same > bedding and the same wastes day by day but without any worms, it > takes a different course (different smell too). Decaying wastes from > the wormless bin can be toxic to worms, though the same wastes in the > wormbin don't harm them. A wormbin that's not on a soil base is less > forgiving, > > I think you could add some glyc cocktail to the feed in the wormbin > this way - same as with compost, a little at a time along with other > mixed stuff. > > I'd like to know whether adding diluted crude glycerine separated > from the cocktail to wormfeed this way might have similar effects to > those Tom's been getting with thermophilic compost, very interesting. > I'm not set up for that right now, I'll have to breed up some extra > worms first. > > Best > > Keith > > > >>Joe >> >>Keith Addison wrote: >> >>Snip >> >>>It's not toxic to the soil microlife nor to plants. >> >>snip >> >> >>>It certainly won't harm a compost pile. >>> >>>Anyway the methanol should be removed first. >>> >>> >>> >>>>and the soap/oil fraction will smother almost everything. >>> >>> >>>It depends how much of it you use. "It will need to be mixed >>>thoroughly with other materials so that the air and bacteria can get >>>at it, or it will just make a sticky mass -- mix thoroughly with dry, >>>"brown" materials, use in conjunction with other composting materials >>>as only a part of the overall mix." >>>-- Composting >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_glycerin.html#compost >>> >>>It works. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
