Temps are at least in my experience hard to deal with where it gets really hot. My first batch of worms all ran away within 24 hours outside in Austin TX in August. Wasn’t even a particularly hot August day for Austin (just over 90F). So /u/FSUalumni , assuming that’s Florida State, if you’re still living in FL or somewhere with a comparable climate, it’d be advisable to keep them in a temperature controlled indoor space IMO.
I moved them indoors for attempt 2, which went better. Though in the 4 days I had no electricity during the 2021 freeze, it got down to 30-something degrees and they all died… I’ve had really bad luck with temperatures. But still keep trying.
They’re fine to have inside as long as you don’t over feed them. If you have a bunch of rotting food in there, it’s going to smell like rotting food. I feed them bit by bit, like twice a week, and blend everything in an old smoothie blender first because they seem to get through blended food far more quickly and easily which also minimizes smell since it’s not in there rotting while they’re eating what’s decomposing. The only smell of a well kept worm bin is kind of earthy, dirt-like smell if you’re really close to it.
IMO it’s a fun way to get exceptional fertilizer for free from food waste you would have thrown in the trash (or the city’s compost pickup bin in my case).
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Temps are at least in my experience hard to deal with where it gets really hot. My first batch of worms all ran away within 24 hours outside in Austin TX in August. Wasn’t even a particularly hot August day for Austin (just over 90F). So /u/FSUalumni , assuming that’s Florida State, if you’re still living in FL or somewhere with a comparable climate, it’d be advisable to keep them in a temperature controlled indoor space IMO.
I moved them indoors for attempt 2, which went better. Though in the 4 days I had no electricity during the 2021 freeze, it got down to 30-something degrees and they all died… I’ve had really bad luck with temperatures. But still keep trying.
They’re fine to have inside as long as you don’t over feed them. If you have a bunch of rotting food in there, it’s going to smell like rotting food. I feed them bit by bit, like twice a week, and blend everything in an old smoothie blender first because they seem to get through blended food far more quickly and easily which also minimizes smell since it’s not in there rotting while they’re eating what’s decomposing. The only smell of a well kept worm bin is kind of earthy, dirt-like smell if you’re really close to it.
IMO it’s a fun way to get exceptional fertilizer for free from food waste you would have thrown in the trash (or the city’s compost pickup bin in my case).
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