Breeder bins

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Restaurant type bus pans are the perfect size for me to use as breeder bins.  The premise of breeder bins is to place a specified number of worms in each tray in a specific bedding mix and run those bins for a specific time.

Yeah, yeah I know very non-informative info.   I can’t share how many worms because I don’t know exactly. My hand is small and I like to put 2 handfuls of red wigglers in each pan. So, going out on a limb here I would say roughly 3/4 a pound of adults.

If I run the trays for 3 weeks I can average 80 to 100 cocoons every 3 weeks IF (and only IF I run it wetter than a normal bin) that’s PER pan.  I don’t like dealing with the stinky mess so I run them a little drier and average 150 cocoons in 3 pans combined.

NOW…for what I use in those pans:

1 scoop of mulched leaves and wood chips

1 scoop of soaked rabbit manure (2 hrs minimum)

1 scoop of wet shredded cardboard

1.5 scoops of the sifted 1/4 inch remains from previous bin minus the cocoons (just starting out? then use a couple of handfuls from n established bin)

Layer in that order, then add a 2 inch layer of dry leaves on top.  Using a 1 gallon sprayer mist the top UNDER the dry leaves once per week or as needed….don’t be shy stick a finger down inside every 2 days UNTIL you know exactly when the pans need to be watered.  If you run them wetter you just have a mucky mess (with extra cocoons) at the end of the 3 weeks.

 

 

 

**Note: your results will vary based on your inputs in your breeder bins.**