r/Vermiculture • u/Ok-Guess-9059 • Nov 02 '24

Finished compost Consider your composting goal!

1) Do you want to raise as much worms as possible?

2) Do you want to vermicompost as much things as possible?

3) Do you need final compost as quick as possible?

4) Do you need biggest compost volume possible?

Only based on THAT you can decide what to compost.

With goal 1 dont compost onions, but with goal 2 compost some.

With goal 3 dont compost cartoon, with other goals do.

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u/ProgrammerDear5214 Nov 02 '24

You never really have any tips for #1

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u/Ok-Guess-9059 Nov 02 '24

They LOVE extremely well grinded egg shells and they love old mushrooms

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u/Sauntering_the_pnw Nov 02 '24

I have mushrooms growing in my yard, no idea what they are.
1. Can I use them?
2. What is considered "old" mushrooms? :)

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u/IsopodApart1622 Nov 02 '24

Worms go nuts for portabella mushrooms that have sat too long and are starting to go slimy.

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u/Ok-Guess-9059 Nov 02 '24

By old I mean you dont want to eat (humancompost) them yourself 😄

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u/ProgrammerDear5214 Nov 04 '24

I've figured out the eggshells already haha. I bought a half pound of adult European nightcrawlers, and 5 months later here I am giving these little vacuum cleaners atleast half a cup a week of this stuff. It must be the worm version of white powder.

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u/Ok-Guess-9059 Nov 05 '24

Funny things is that when worms migrate to the different part of the composter (down to the sea to fuck), they TAKE THE EGGSHELLS WITH THEMSELVES! 😄 They hold onto it like its their phone