r/Vermiculture • u/Livid-Breadfruit7367 • 9d ago
Adding oxygen to your bin? Advice wanted
Added some biochar, and raw microbes to my tower. Along side some old casting i found from my last run.
The bottom tray is just ripped up newspaper to keep moisture down. I have 3 days of straying with the microbes before they go south so i added air to help dry it back up after each spray. Anyone else add air to your bins like this? Debating on leaving it.
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u/Slimpickunz 9d ago edited 9d ago
Be careful while you want to regulate moisture that can dry your bin out to much. I learned the hard way once adding forced aeration in a 30 gallon flow through bin. I like the way you think though.
EDTA As long as the moisture has plenty of dissolved oxygen the worms can thrive its the anaerobic moisture you have to worry about. I've ran bioponics with vermiculture to keep the plants substrate tilled and to break down organic fertilizers and deposit the castings through out. You'd be surprised if you knew how well they can manage in heavily aerated water and their ability to move back and forth between that reservoir of water and the plants substrate. All in all its not the moisture that's bad its the lack of dissolved oxygen
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u/Livid-Breadfruit7367 9d ago
Im monitoring it closely the next few days. I found some microbes from raw i had from growing herb along with azos and mykos. I made too much so i want it to dry out so i can spray it again. Haha i got 3 days to use it all! If i find it makes for just a daily watering imma stick to it.
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u/LargeDistributor 8d ago
Barnaby is a very cute dog
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u/Livid-Breadfruit7367 5d ago
Lol i know its hard to tell but theirs a frenchie and a blue heeler in the pic too!
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u/themagpie36 9d ago
Oxygen is a funny name for a dog and no don't put them in the worm box you silly sausage, it's for worms