Talk:Vermicompost

message: I'm not sure they should be the same article. This article needs cleaning up in any case. Worm ranches, worm bins, worm beds, worm farms, etc. aren't exactly the same thing. I do think that this page might be better with less "how-to" on it, maybe have that sort of thing on the pages I just mentioned. SB Johnny 11:32, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  On merging worm ranch 

message: The article says that castings "contain five times more nitrogen, seven times more phosphorus and 11 times more potassium". Can someone provide a reference for that? Barrylb 14:40, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nutrient value of castings 

message: Article says: "Fecal material of omnivores and carnivores is unsuitable for composting due to the dangerous microorganisms it contains, though thermophilic composting or other applied heat can mitigate this problem."
Is there a reference? I don't think we can absolutely say it is 'unsuitable'. There is even a worm farm product for sale called Pet Poo Converter. People also compost these things in regular compost so is worm composting that different?
"If you are vermicomposting inside your home, you may want to avoid including manure or dairy products in your compost because they may have an unpleasant odor."
I use manure and dairy products in my compost inside my home and the odor isn't noticeable. -- Barrylb 15:29, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fecal Matter 

message: This article really does read like a how-to book. It would actually make a great foundation for a wikibook how-to, freeing up this article for a more encyclopedic article. Any thoughts? SB Johnny 14:35, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: FWIW, I went ahead and copied it... hoping to find someone with a 'bot for the red links on the book. The book is titled b: Vermicomposting, and is in the how-to category. It needs editing for formatting and "w: " added to the wikilinks. SB Johnny 15:55, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it would be good to have the book, and clean up the article. Barrylb 11:43, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

text: You are right! And it is the worst possible type of worm bin anyway; I would not recommend this type to anyone. We should have a picture of a continuous-vertical-flow type. -- Barrylb 14:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to wikibook? 

message: The section that recommends calcium oxide for controlling pH in worm beds should be changed.  Calcium Oxide is quicklime, which is very, very strongly alkaline and will wipe out a whole bin if used this way.  The choice would be Calcium Carbonate, made from limestone and sold as either crushed limestone or garden lime.  
I can fix this if no one has an issue with it.
Psuliin 02:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Calcium Oxide Not Good for Worms 

message: That page had about one line of information on it, and a link to this one. I thought it would make much more sense for it to just redirect here. Terraxos 02:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Vermi-composter]] now redirects here 

message: I haven't been able to find a copy of the cited article, but it seems highly unlikely that anyone would feed worm castings to an animal.  Using castings to grow the feed is possible, as is using worms to compost poultry manure.  Both of these could potentially reduce diseases.  I have, however, never heard of using vermicompost as food.
Worm Power 19:14, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vermicompost fed to poultry 

message: I have reviewed this article, but have quick-failed it according to the Quick-Fail criteria due to insufficient references and sources.  Other editors have already scattered a few  tags throughout the article to indicate some statements that need to be referenced or clarified, and there are other untagged examples that I noticed myself.  I have not done an extensive review of the article otherwise.  Please feel free to re-submit the article as a good article candidate after this has been fixed.  Thanks.  Neil916 (Talk) 00:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Failed

message: After reading the introductory paragraphs of this article, it is unclear to me what the point/goal of vermicomposting is.  I am not an unintelligent person, so I don't think that is the problem.  Could someone familiar with this topic please add a few lines about the motivations for doing such a thing?  I'm sure reasons are manifold, so please add as many as you know of.  The improved quality of this article will thank you, if such a thing is possible.--Hraefen Talk 06:11, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Unclear as to goal

message: I'd like to know more about flora and fauna of a bin. There are bits and pieces available on the net, but it's all very vague. Also (and perhaps related) whether and what might be kill threats to worms in a bin.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.197.18 (talk) 17:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requests for More Info

message: following links were removed. Reinclude as they provide practical information on how to vermicompost.
Thanks.
KVDP (talk) 17:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links 

message: Shirushalem, you reverted the minor edit I made which deleted the word "other" from the phrase "worms and other microorganisms".  The reason I deleted the word is that worms are not microorganisms; therefore, "other" is not an appropriate modifier.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.253.148.163 (talk) 22:11, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. Sorry for the revert. In the future, it would be helpful if you typed an explanation in the edit summary. The edit summary is there to prevent these kinds of misunderstandings. Shirulashem (talk) 01:39, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Grammatical note

message: "Thank you for your additions to the Vermicompost article. Can you reformat it to not be a list of instructions as wikipedians will revert to the previous version as wikipedia is not a how-to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT#HOWTO
Thanks, rkmlai (talk) 01:07, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: I have left a note for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Brynnab 

message: The word "vermiculture" redirects here. However, vermiculture is not the same as vermicomposting. Vermiculture is raising worms, in general, while vermicomposting is raising worms for the specific purpose of composting. I am engaged in vermiculture, for the purpose of providing worms for fishing. But I'm not engaged in vermicomposting.
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Also, I know there's some debate here on whether the article should be allowed to stand as an "instruction manual", but if it is ultimately decided to allow this format, someone should edit the part about adding egg shells. RAW egg shells are bad for worm bins, as they can cause both odor problems and, sometimes, disease. Only shells from BOILED eggs should be added to worm bins. But, if you have a bunch of raw egg shells, they can be washed to remove any of the egg white that might still be clinging to them, then boiled for 5 minutes. (Also, in case anyone wants to know, the thin, flexible membrane on the inside of the egg shell is also good for worms. They like to lay their eggs on it. I don't have a source for that, except my own personal experience.)
Mooreds (talk) 05:44, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Vermiculture

message: Have you fed your worms citrus peels without harming them? Do you think citrus peels are ok to feed in small quantities? Mary Appelhof writes in Worms Eat My Garbage, "Users have reported to me that excessquantities of citrus will kill worms." I have fed small quantities of citrus pulp with no adverse effects, but the peel contains the potent oil.
Please post response here, thanks. Sofia Roberts (talk) 04:22, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Citrus peels - Suitable food??

message: Right now, this article seems to state both that:
1) Worms cannot survive under 50 degrees; and
2) Occasional freezing is good for them.
This should be clarified.
GeneCallahan (talk) 12:47, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see where it says that in the article? EMsmile (talk) 15:02, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temperature? 

message: what would be the time taken for the final product to be obtained, if that could be included it would be easy to make an recipe out of it (as in vermiculture).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.82.25.236 (talk) 09:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  time take? 

message: This really needs some work...I removed the "improves physical qualities of the soil" benefit and replaced it with "improves soil aeration. I don't think this needs to be cited because it's a lot more specific and quite obviously true. Adding Styrofoam balls to soil would also increase aeration, and that also would not have to be cited...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.220.252.2 (talk) 19:50, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  benefits section 

message: Hi,
as a Permaculturist, I must just point out that earthworms are not composting worms, like the red wrigglers. Composters live in the topsoil whereas earthworms live in the subsoil and mainly just aerate the soil for roots and water flow. All worms are not the same and they have different functions in nature. Putting normal earthworms in your box will do nothing.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RuFLaSH (talk • contribs) 09:04, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NOT Earthworms 

message: The largest reported industrial scale vermicomposting operation is located in New Zealand. More than 150,000 tonnes of sludge from pulp and paper mills and waste water treatment plants as well as fruit wastes and lake weeds are vermicomposted on 60 ha. More than 40,000 tonnes of vermicompost are produced per year. 
References:  
[1] M. Quintern, B. Seaton, E. Mercer, and P. Millichamp, "Industrial scale vermicomposting of pulp and paper mill solids with municipal biosolids and DAF sludge from dairy industries," Appita , vol. 66, pp. 290-295, Oct. 2013.
[2] M. Quintern, "Full scale vermicomposting and land  utilisation of pulpmill solids in combination with municipal biosolids (sewage sludge)," in 7th International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment, May 2014, vol. 7, pp. 1-9.
 
118.82.209.165 (talk) 01:51, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —  (e • t • c) 17:02, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 December 2014 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The link citation [8] points to no longer exists. I was unable to find a copy of it via the wayback machine. The relevant information regarding burrow depth of Lumbricus terrestris can be found here.
http://eol.org/pages/3126801/details
Suggestion to change the reference to point to the this link instead?
The relevant information from the page is , "An L. terrrestris burrow can be 1–3m deep and the earthworm inhabits it for its entire life cycle."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daggath (talk • contribs) 06:05, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to Ref [8] points to a missing page. 

message: References 7, 11, 17-18, 22, 34, 30-32, 47 and 50 are all dead links, with some web site domains no longer in operation. Many of these references are links to web sites that (when investigated using The Wayback Machine) lack peer review or do not contain adequate references for their claims. The article could benefit from replacement of the non-functioning reference links with better sourced and reviewed references, as well as a review of the article information that references the original links for accuracy. Many of the existing working references contain excellent Reference lists that could be used to replace the old references, in particular 45 and 14.
128.193.154.75 (talk) 21:11, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple broken or dead links 

message: Hello, I am considering adding information from a book on composting for information on how to tell when the compost is done. The book is "How to Build, Maintain, and Use a Compost System Secrets and Techniques You Need to Know to Grow the Best Vegetables" by Kelly Smith. Additionally I made a subsection for harvesting methods. --MCS306 (talk) 20:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding to Harvesting section 

message: I was curious about how worms are supposed to "remove" heavy metals from waste. According to the citation, that's not what happens; the worms absorb the metals, which are only actually removed by the separate procedure of removing dead worms (which process isn't explained).
I'm also dubious about the mining.com citation, which seems incoherent:
"Concentrations of zinc, cadmium and copper were 36.1%, 50.9% and 70.2% higher in municipal solid waste than waste that had not been processed by the worms."
Does that mean that municipal solid waste is routinely processed by worms, resulting in greater concentrations than compost without worms? Is there a stray "not" in there? Either way, since this is the meat of the article, getting it completely back-asswards says to me this sourcing isn't reliable.
So I removed the para.
MrDemeanour (talk) 14:54, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heavy metals