How to prepare bedding for your worm bin.

It is best to have a separate bin with bedding for your worms that is already available when you feed them.

Get a separate bin with bedding already ready.

To avoid bad smells, it is critical at the time you add some food, to add the same amount of bedding. When you feed your worms, it should be a volume of 50% bedding and 50% food. If your worms weigh 500 grams, add 125gr of bedding and 125gr of food. That is the secret to managing well your bin and avoiding any smell.

This allows you to control the bin's humidity and oxygen levels.

So to avoid being overwhelmed with the feeding schedule, prepare this ahead of time.

What you can add to the bedding bin.

Everything in this bin has to be DRY. It also should be shredded because the worms will consume it faster.

To control the humidity in your worm bin

If the bin is too dry, soak some bedding in rainwater or good-quality water for about 10 minutes. Then press it in your hand until there are no drops and add it to the bin.

If the bin is too humid, just add some dry bedding, this is why it is making things a lot easier for you to have a bin with already prepped bedding available when you feed your worms.

How to control the oxygen in your worm bin

The bin should stay aerated, this is what the bedding will do, if it is well mixed inside the bin, it will create pockets of air for the worms. The content of the organic matter in the bin should never be compacted. It should always be fluffy and feel like rich dark soil when you hold it in your hands.

If the casting is too compacted take some gloves and break it. then add some bedding.

A well-managed bin should never smell bad if you respect those few principles.

Keep your bin eco friendly

In order to be environmentally friendly, try to find those elements in your home or nearby. This is why for our worms I avoid using peat or coconut choir, it comes from too far away.