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On one occasion I said about feeding the worms and how they will eat anything that has been alive, just waiting for is sufficiently "processed" by the bacteria to eat.

Yet in vermiculture are foods that are best and others not so. Meat, for example, it stinks, attracts animals and generates a lot of gas. Another is citrus. These have a fairly high level of acidity, which causes bacteria to take much longer to process it.

As I'm new, and apart since I had to write about, I decided to do an experiment with orange peels, to see how much could be done with them. So I put a separate container, got the juice leftover morning along with some volunteers and I let it go.

In short, what happens is this:

1. organic matter starts to lose their structure (because it is already dead) and softening, both by the action of bacteria such as necrosis.
2. action of bacteria, insects and environment involved in the relaxation makes the pH go up or down, depending on the organic matter in question.
3. Eventually, the pH is stabilized up to a point of 7 to 8. This is where the bacteria reproduce more quickly, more quickly and destroy all the worms can consume what they've missed

This happens very quickly with some things, but not oranges ... the shows took almost 5 weeks in the worms begin to feed on. That means that eventually will eat everything, but you have to wait long. No problem if you have space, but can be if there are limitations, which is common in cities, where you Vermiculture is limited by space. Compost everything before is also an option, but returning to space, not always something you can do.

The worms eat oranges, but they will not soon be ready.

worth mentioning that this experiment was made without any additives, only bedding, worms and oranges. Of course I was getting a little to the worms while oranges were ready to have to chew while.

This can be accelerated with agricultural lime or other means to increase the pH and allow the bacteria to act faster, but it will be until the next experiment, which I hope to start this weekend as the next my birthday and I'll be drunk. Thanks

Lu (sauris2005) for the comment and an idea for fun with the worms. I am sure that the power of the worms have an effect on potassium levels, as that done in several facilities to improve the quality of humus. Teach them how it's done! And compared with the same orange to see how much you can accelerate. During the season, pulled a bag of shells every week!

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