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Naivety and fresh grass clippings
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Posted by hellius 9 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 8, 10 at 0:26
| I should've researched before adding it, but yesterday I decided to take all of the grass clippings from my yard and mix them into my worm farm.
Today I took out all I could that wasn't completely mixed in with the red wigglers/castings. Now there's probably about six inches of grass with what was already in the bin (castings, food).
I keep the bin in shade all day long. Should I worry about ammonia? My grass hasn't been treated with chemicals. |
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RE: Naivety and fresh grass clippings
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| I think the concern is bin temps might get too warm. I don't know what type of system you have, but you might want to consider putting the current mix to one side and introducing entirely new damp bedding in one area. It won't matter that there's no food. You just want a safe zone for the worms to run to if necessary. Andrew |
RE: Naivety and fresh grass clippings
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| I'd be less worried about ammonia and more worried about frying your worms. The best way to get an outdoor compost pile cooking is to add fresh grass clippings. If you wish to add grass clippings to a worm bin, small amounts should be added on top of the bedding, not mixed in throughout the bedding. I repeat, SMALL amounts. Deanna |
RE: Naivety and fresh grass clippings
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| Right now it's pretty cool outside. It's been raining. Does the grass act as insulation, or does it just naturally heat up as it decomposes? |
RE: Naivety and fresh grass clippings
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| It naturally heats up as it decomposes. You can get heat from a compost pile even when it is buried in snow. |
RE: Naivety and fresh grass clippings
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| Grass is a high nitrogen material, which results in high bacterial activity, which generates heat. It has nothing to do with outdoor temps. Better go check on your worms. They might be goo right now. Might not be a bad idea to do some research on hot composting methods. Then avoid those methods in a worm bin. Deanna |
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