Frozen redworms?
February 12th, 2009
Try this solution, from Betsy’s Herb Garden:
My bedding-food mixture was questionably stiff, and I thought I might be begging worms from the worm guy at the Extension again come spring (if his worms survived, that is), but last week a light bulb clicked on over my head:
I put a trouble light in the bin.
One light bulb, a few inches above the surface of the contents revived my bin and upon scratching the surface of the thawed bedding-food mass (they don’t like light), I detected a lively red worm.
I’ve never tried this. I’ve had worms in freezing weather before. If they could get in the ground, they could endure several days of below freezing temperatures. I did have a die off one time when they were in a box and couldn’t get into the ground. Some experts think that letting red worms migrate into the ground is the best means of ensuring their survival.
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1. Howard Heidenstrom | February 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Hi,
I understand that in Canada they make a bin out of hay bales and fill it with leaves, newspaper and food scraps, put a cover on it and leave it out all winter. The hay bales insulate the worms. Has anybody tried this/
2. vermicomposting | February 18th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Howard,
The folks at redwormcomposting.com have an entire series on this: http://www.redwormcomposting.com/large-scale-vermicomposting/winter-worm-composting-02-09-09/
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