3 Tray Worm Bin, hot Worm Castings, Worm Composter, Worm Farm

This is a great starter worm bin. Wooden bins are easy to use.

They help to keep the temperature even and have no problems with condensation so it is easier to keep an even moisture.

3 tray "Custom built wood worm bin" is an upward migration worm bin for home use. Comes with a drip pan to collect the compost tea for use on your plants, and some starter bedding.

The bottom with the legs is one tray plus 2 more trays for a total of 3 trays.

It measures 12 inches long by 12 wide and 16 inches tall each tray is 3 1/2 inches tall. The side walls are attached with course wood screws, the holes are predrilled to prevent splitting. The bottoms are lined with wire and the edges have a wooden strip of wood to protect your hands from the wire. All the boxes are built to last many years, and everything has been sanded.

The trays work on an upward migration system. You start the worms in the bottom tray with the legs. When that is full you add the next level, then the next. It is sized so that a full tray is not too heavy handle.

I custom build these redworm factory's in my shop. I have a limited supply on hand.

As many of you already know, redworms are some of the best garbage eaters out there.

They can efficiently convert ordinary kitchen scraps and waste into 100% organic fertilizer.

This process can hot be very messy without the proper equipment, and understanding of how it all works. Here we offer a wide variety of worm composters, also known as worm bins.
If you have any questions just ask, I am here to help.

Here is what you will receive:
1- Bottom Tray with Legs
2- Single Trays
1- Lid
1- Drip Pan
1- Bag of Starter Bedding

Below you will need to print the Instructions.
Just copy and paste then print out the Red worm Bin Instructions below.

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Worm can do wonders for the garden: their castings are an excellent fertilizer. To get a constant supply of this worm fertilizer as well as extra worms, start a worm farm.

Use Red Worms only. The common garden/earth worm is not suitable.

Prepare bedding for the worms by shredding (Black and White only) Newspaper into 1-inch strips. Worms need bedding that is moist but not soggy. Moisten the newspaper by soaking it in water and then squeezing out the excess water.

Fill the bottom tray with the legs with 3 inches of moist newspaper, fluffed up. If you have any old coffee grounds or tea bags that can be added also. Throw in a small handful of dirt for "grit" to help the worms digest their food.

If you have any food waste bury this under the bedding then add your worms. A redworm can consume about 1/2 of its weight each day. For example, if your food waste averages 1/2 lb. per day, you will need 1 lb. of worms or a 2:1 ratio. There are roughly 500 - 1000 worms in one pound. If you start out with less than one pound, don't worry they multiply very quickly. Just adjust the amount that you feed them for your worm population.

Allow the farm to settle in for a couple of days before lifting the cover and putting in more food scraps. Bury food scraps in different spots of the tray covering them with ready compost (usually rejected material from worm castings screening), add some more bedding if necessary. Check on the tray's progress and add more food scraps as the worms grow and multiply. Make sure that your worms have enough food, but don't over feed them - uneaten food will simply rot, resulting in a smelly farm and unhappy worms.

Cut a piece of cardboard to fit over the bedding, and get it wet. Then cover the bedding with the cardboard. (Worms love cardboard, and it breaks down within months.) Once done add the wooden lid.

Place your bin in a well-ventilated area such as a laundry room, garage, balcony, under the kitchen sink.

When tray #1 is full of worms and worm castings, remove the cover and place tray #2 on top. Put food scraps, new bedding and some old compost in tray #2 and, again, exclude light and keep the contents moist. In about 2-3 weeks the worms from tray #1 will have moved up into the fresh food in tray #2. If you have more trays, repeat the same operation with each one in its time. If it's your last tray, empty castings from the lowest tray into a ready compost container and use an empty tray on the top – end of cycle. Castings can be spread on the garden or used for pot plants.

Hints for happy worms.

Light
Worms usually live underground so they thrive in an environment that is cool, dark and moist.

Moisture
Worms like moisture and should not be allowed to dry out. It's better to keep moisture on its higher lever. A light spray of fresh water is required sometimes during the farm operation. If the bin consistently remains too dry you can put a perforated piece of plastic bag between the bottom stand and the lowest tray to reduce airflow and thus evaporation. If a content of a bin becomes too moist you can add some dry bedding to balance the moisture.

Food
Worms are voracious eaters. Once the worms are settled in and growing, give them a good supply of suitable food.

Worms like most vegetable and fruit scraps, but as worms do not have teeth, scraps should be cut into relatively small pieces. Even larger pieces, though, will eventually rot and decompose, but this could take more time. Worms need a small amount of sand (mixed with garden soil) added to the food for their digestion system.

Worm farm 'produce' Castings can go straight onto the garden or potted plants. If they are covered with mulch their moisture and nutrient content will be conserved.

An excellent liquid fertilizer can be made from the castings by adding water until the mixture looks like weak tea. African violets and other plants that like being fed from the roots, just love this mixture.

Moisture drained from the worm farm's bottom crate is also a good liquid fertilizer, but it too should be diluted.

Excess worms can be put in the compost heap where they will help speed up the composting process.