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Set-up and Start-Up
Worm Bedding Materials
Worm bedding is the place where worms live and work.
Worms need to have a comfortable living environment to efficiently work on
composting. The choice of material is essential in creating healthy bedding for your
worms.
Followings are the recommended materials for the worm bedding:
Damp coconut fiber,worm castings,soil (not clay) ,shredded newspaper,shredded
paper,crushed eggshells,decayed backyard leaves Or grasses(avoid using green
leaves or grasses because they will generate heat during composting and
increase the temperature inside the worm bin) .
Worm Bedding Set-up
1. Find a bucket from your home(over one-gallon size) ,and fill it with one gallon
of water. Soak the coconut coir in the water until it breaks apart and is moist.
2. After the coconut coir is soaked and moist,locate one of the working trays,and
scoop the soaked coconut coir from the bucket to the working tray. Mix the
soaked coconut coir with a few handfuls of soil(not clay) ,shredded paper or other
garden compost. Now,you have the coconut coir/soil mixture,which is the worm
bedding.
It is important to ensure the bedding material above is moist, not wet or dry. To
test the moisture of the bedding, simply place a small handful of the mixture on
your hand. If water drips out from the bedding without squeezing, it indicates the
bedding is too wet. However, if no water drips when you squeeze the bedding, it
tells you the moisture is too dry. If it is too wet, mix it with some shredded dry
paper to dry it up； if it is too dry, sprinkle some water on the bedding.
3. Next,take another working tray and cover the bottom of this working tray with 2
or 3 sheets of dry newspaper.
4. Spread the bedding materials prepared at Step 2 on top of the dry newspaper.
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