ProgressivelyWorse on Nostr: You should be able to leave it until you are ready to harvest. Having said that, when ...
You should be able to leave it until you are ready to harvest.
Having said that, when I feed my bin:
I scoop aside enough to bury the scraps and inputs then cover up with the vermicompost. I like to keep everything covered to help reduce oxidation of the nutrients they have been accumulated and have a continuous vermicompost supply.
Is your secondary "catch bin" for catching lechate (liquid from the worm bin) or are you going more of a vertical flow through system to catch the castings?
If your getting alot of moisture in the catch bin, dial back the moisture content as you feed the bins in the future. It'll be a learning curve on how much moisture is adequate, but not so much that you are getting a bunch of lechate.
If you are looking to harvest your lechate for foliar or soil soaks, keep on doing what you are doing. As long as there are no bad smells you should be good to go.
Having said that, when I feed my bin:
I scoop aside enough to bury the scraps and inputs then cover up with the vermicompost. I like to keep everything covered to help reduce oxidation of the nutrients they have been accumulated and have a continuous vermicompost supply.
Is your secondary "catch bin" for catching lechate (liquid from the worm bin) or are you going more of a vertical flow through system to catch the castings?
If your getting alot of moisture in the catch bin, dial back the moisture content as you feed the bins in the future. It'll be a learning curve on how much moisture is adequate, but not so much that you are getting a bunch of lechate.
If you are looking to harvest your lechate for foliar or soil soaks, keep on doing what you are doing. As long as there are no bad smells you should be good to go.