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Worms' preference for only one compost bin (one of three)
In message , Chris Hogg
writes On Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:23:38 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: I have three 'Dalek' compost bins at the end of the garden. They are standing on the ground, side-by-side, in a row. They all get fed with the same sort of stuff (kitchen vegetable waste, dead plants, small garden material etc). Whenever I go to put something in them, more often than not when I lift the lid of the middle one there's a mass of worms having what looks like a serious sex orgy (and there are also quite a lot of them on the underside of the lid). It is very satisfying to see them all having such a good time. However, in the other two bins, there are almost never any worms to be seen. If I transfer some worms from the middle bin to the other two (usually by swapping the lids), next time I visit the bins the situation is exactly as it was before (ie no visible worm activity in the two outer bins). Despite this, the contents of all three bins seems to be composting away at about the same rate. So the question is, "What's going on"? Do all three bins have the same bottoms, and are they all standing on the same thing underneath, like bare earth Yes - bare earth. There can't be much difference with the soil. or concrete slabs or whatever? Are the two outer bins at a different moisture to the middle bin? Unlikely. -- Ian |
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