Types of Worm Bins

CONTINUOUS FLOW BINS:
Continuous flow bins are relatively deep containers with raised floors made from widely spaced welded wires. The system is generally bedded by laying several sheets of newspaper over the wire floor , on top of which is spread roughly six inches of damp bedding. The newspaper sheets, which eventually decompose, serve to prevent bedding from initially falling through the floor until the worms have had an opportunity to work through it. Worms are added to the system and food waste is added gradually, layered with bedding material, just the same as in the top-feeding method of system management. The system is continually fed until the bin is nearly full. The worms move upward through the feedstock/bedding layers.

When fed at the appropriate rate, they concentrate some four inches below the surface, where microbial activity is highest. If the system is overfed, the worms will spread throughout the bin material, reducing the efficiency of the system. Once the bin is nearly full of material, vermicompost is removed by pulling the bar across the floor, which causes a thin layer of vermicompost to fall through. Some systems suggest scraping a small rake across the bottom of the floor to dislodge the vermicompost.

Samples of Continuous Flow Worm Bin Systems
Worm Wigwam Purchase On-line from Vermico.com
Industrial Worm Wigwam 5-6 Purchase On-line from YelmWorms.com	Oregon Soil Corporation Reactor Order Plans from WormDigest.org
Vermi-Tech Vermi-Organic Digester More Info at Vermico.com
Holcombe’s Earthworm Reactor Purchase On-line from YelmWorms.com

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Wormpost Vermont
161 Henway Road
Morristown, Vermont (VT) 05661
Phone: 802-888-4364
Email: worms@wormpost.com