Upside Down Flowthrough

13 years ago

Bell Bottoms are In!

Every flowthrough I have ever seen is narrower at the bottom than the top. The material compacts and needs to be removed. How about if I flip the flow through upside down and put the material in at the narrower end and let it fall out of the larger end. The difference in wideness is parts of an inch. The muck the worms soon build up on the walls should glue the material. I would support the material at the bottom temporarily.

I'm convinced the vermicompost as it drys will simply fall into the harvest tray of its own accord when it is perfectly ready. If not I may have to move to an alternate universe where physics are different.

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randomz
13 years ago
I have seen some that use barrels that look to have straight sides. My wheelie bin is smaller at the bottom, but it seems to me that as the bottom dries out, the good stuff drops without assistance.

Maybe it's a matter of waiting a bit longer, by scraping you may not be allowing quite enough time for processing and drying.

It probably also makes a big difference what the food is, my FT mainly gets horse manure, so it's probably dryer with nicely mixed in fibre/bedding right from the start.
karendee
13 years ago
I just made one with a trash can I had in the garage. It was narrower at the bottom. I hope I don't have harvesting problems. It was east for me to drill the holes for my bars.

Now I need to order worms.
Karen
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