How Often Do You Harvest Your Worm Compost?
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Comments (5)You should tell the lab what you wish to grow so they can council you on your soil. Talk to the lab before collecting the test soil to get their directions. If you want every possible test done it can cost hundred of dollars and be a waste of money. A basic test costs around $30 and gives you all you need to know about your soil. mrandmsgreengenes something other than zone 17 would help us know where you are gardening and allow more local information to be offered. Al...See Morehow often do you check your bin?
Comments (6)I also raise Euros, my experience has been that the more i root around in the bain the more crispies i find the next morning. They arent quite as tolerant as other species to being disturbed. I also am running an experiment bin with regualra nightcrawlers. They also do not tolerate too much disruption. I can usually fin enough in the top 3-4 inches of my bins to satisfy anyones curiousity, so when asked that is about all the bedding i move around. Most of the info ive read says that red wigglers are more tolerant to being disrupted. So i guess it basically comes down to which species you are raising. Bryan...See Morehow are your worms doing in the compost bin ?
Comments (2)So I wondering if it might be possible that the EARTH WORMS would be BREEDING with the RED WRIGGLERS...? Nope. There is no such thing as hybrid worms. It is physically impossible for worms of different species to copulate - the alignment of necessary parts is all wrong. (I suddenly feel like I'm having the birds and bees talk with Abbey! - lol) However, it is possible that you've introduced some red wigglers into your heap and they've grown well in the wild....See MoreHow often do you pick your tomatoes?
Comments (12)I pick mine twice a day or once a day as time allows. I generally enjoy going out ini the garden, so as I am inspecting / relaxing out there, I pick any that are breaking color. As dave said, you cannot improve the flavor any more on the vine, you could actually dilute the flavor if it recieves more water and you run lots of increased risks. I like to pick them and store in the basement, 65 degrees and kept at 50% humidity by my dehumidifier, they ripen nice and slow and steady and keep very well. I can save large bunches this way and use them for canning or dehydrating or whatever else I can think of. Another potential downside to letting them ripen fully on the vine is harvesting damage. If you bruise a fruit it will degrade quickly and spoil at the bruise. If you pick when fully ripe, you will bruise some fruit and make them even worse for storage, especially when you have those which are growing against the stem. If you pick at the breaker stage, the tomato is still quite firm and can handle less delicate handling a bit better. There is supposedly some big debate over which method is better, but I have yet to see one good argument against picking at breaker stage....See MoreGerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
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