tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736928270390224037.post5816585496895931239..comments2024-03-29T09:45:58.686+00:00Comments on Rachel the Gardener: Why are there worms inside my compost bin lid?Rachel the Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025126472323801610noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736928270390224037.post-21957281773986257622023-07-26T06:27:56.554+01:002023-07-26T06:27:56.554+01:00Hallo K,
Your open-bottom compost bin is leaking...Hallo K, <br /><br />Your open-bottom compost bin is leaking Compost Tea! Nothing wrong with that at all, I'm happy that your beds are benefitting from the leakage!Rachel the Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025126472323801610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736928270390224037.post-46595875104146454602023-07-25T11:00:57.162+01:002023-07-25T11:00:57.162+01:00Thank you. My dalek bin has worms inside the lid a...Thank you. My dalek bin has worms inside the lid and I was not sure what they were. This has answered my question and I will put some dried material in. I find the nutrients come out of the open bottom into the surrounding soil and it has made most of the soil in the flower beds around the bin much better. It is clay with the topsoil stripped off, newbuild. We shovelled in peat and compost for years without much effect, but the open bottom compost bin seems to have helped the soil enormously. We do shovel the bottom layer compost out occasionally and spade it in, but the bin always goes down to less than half full on its own. We just top it up.k deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835967867064782475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736928270390224037.post-13190378132801223822018-09-16T08:44:19.185+01:002018-09-16T08:44:19.185+01:00Hi Terese, your small white worms are pot worms: t...Hi Terese, your small white worms are pot worms: they are quite different from brandlings.<br /><br />But this was such a good question that I wrote a whole post about it!<br /><br />https://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2018/09/white-worms-in-compost.htmlRachel the Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025126472323801610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736928270390224037.post-45463680149995104642018-09-16T02:12:30.562+01:002018-09-16T02:12:30.562+01:00Worms have appeared in my compost too!! Although I...Worms have appeared in my compost too!! Although I didn't add any! However, they aren't red, they're white, and they're much shorter (about a little less than 1cm long). Are these brandlings too? Are they helpful to my compost?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736928270390224037.post-88762176119264491032017-07-13T07:01:17.446+01:002017-07-13T07:01:17.446+01:00Yes, the sides of the pens can be solid, if that&#...Yes, the sides of the pens can be solid, if that's what materials you have to hand: leave the floor as bare earth, though!Rachel the Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025126472323801610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736928270390224037.post-1178810463054706452017-07-12T20:53:35.124+01:002017-07-12T20:53:35.124+01:00The three pens you mentioned... would it be a prob...The three pens you mentioned... would it be a problem if they had solid walls? No aeration and that sort of thing... would that be a problem? One of the best composting stations I've seen was at the Montreal Botanical Gardens and they were built of stacked brick or pacers or some such thing--and they seemed to work perfectly well. I've got one of those plastic things and I thought I'd love it but... I hate it. Many thanks for the lovely practical advice!lonelybakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467340853508457440noreply@blogger.com