The Complete Guide to Working with Worms: Using the Gardener's Best Friend for Organic Gardening and Composting by Wendy Vincent

Author:Wendy Vincent
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: worms, compost, garden, plants, supplies, needs, materials, conditions, harvest
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing
Published: 2012-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

When Will My Compost Be Ready?

The easiest way to tell when the vermicompost is ready is when you look in the bin and all or most of the original bedding is gone. The original bedding will have been “changed” into a dark brown to black, earthy-looking vermicompost. Vermicompost is a mixture of decomposed organic matter and vermicastings, or worm excrement. The process takes anywhere from a few weeks to six months, based on the size of the bin and the number of worms. The longer you let the worms work, the finer and richer the vermicompost will be and eventually turn to vermicastings only. The downside, however, is that the longer the worms work, the fewer worms you will have in the bin, as they will die off due to living in their own excrement for longer periods. My recommendation would be to harvest somewhere in the middle at about the three-month mark to find a happy balance between the two. If you choose to wait longer until the product has turned into vermicastings only, you can still follow the same harvesting methods.

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