What a Worm Likes
Lesson Overview
Teach the Teacher
- The Complete Guide to Vermicomposting (included w/ Worm Factory 360)
- Browns and Greens: Understanding Carbon and Nitrogen in the Composting Process
Method
Worms will double their population every 90 days under perfect conditions. The critical variables include food supply, soil temperature, moisture level, and airflow. It’s important to consider not just the optimal ranges for each variable but the process to monitor and maintain each one.
Discuss the perfect conditions that would support the worm population doubling every 90 days. Create a plan for monitoring and maintaining those optimal conditions. Use observation and sampling to assess the growth of the worm population and record the estimated growth of the bin’s population over a 90 day period.
Related Lessons
Now that you’ve completed the Advanced Lesson, just remember that you can always revisit the Beginner and Intermeidate Lessons as needed.
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