Worm Factory DS3BT 3-Tray Worm Composting Bin + Bonus What Can Red Wigglers Eat? Infographic Refrigerator Magnet - Vermicomposting Container System - Live Worm Farm Starter Kit for Kids & Adults

This is a great way to compost your food scraps: quickly, easily, and odorlessly. I put mine next to the kitchen back door. So convenient to just throw my food scraps in there after preparing food or eating a meal. The worms reproduce quickly and turn the compost into wonderful castings rather fast. I would recommend also having a paper shredder to shred a bunch of newspaper to add into the bins as well. The manufacturer recommends having a 50/50 ratio of "greens" to "browns." Adding shredded paper as a "brown" helps keep the moisture balance inside; it would get too moist if all you added was food scraps.I bought the 1 pound bag of red wigglers to start my composter. They are hard working little guys. However, I think they are too small to use for fishing purposes. Easy fix; just go to your local bait shop and buy a bunch of nightcrawlers and add them too. They like living in the composter just fine, and they get along with the other worms. Nightcrawlers don't compost as quickly, so I think the red wigglers are good to have to keep breaking down your compost as a good rate.It also makes a great on-going science project for your kids. They like looking in the worms from time-to-time.The worm castings it produces is GREAT for the garden.I did have a brief issue with fruit flies on my composter. I just added more shredded paper, and covered the layer of compost with a pretty thick layer of non-shredded, moist sheet paper. That seemed to block the flies from getting in to the compost.Overall, a great little unit that is easy to use and doesn't take up very much floor space.

Arrived quickly and intact, instructions were easy to follow, over all it was great. The only reason I gave 4 instead of 5 stars is because the base needs to be more sturdy, stronger in order to hold more weight.

I adore the concept of worms processing my organic waste, but I found that using a worm composter to be more trouble than it is worth. The worms do not eat citrus, so that has to be separated, and have a hard time breaking down larger items like avocado skins & pits. You have to constantly check the moisture levels and drain off the excess liquid. Over time, a sludge develops in the drain pan which must be removed, and the amount of compost after several months is just enough to feed a few houseplants. If you generate a lot of organic waste, it is much more practical to use a traditional compost pile to break it all down for your garden. If you have chickens or fish, you could think of this worm composter as a way to supplement your chicken feed/fish food needs. I would not buy this again, but yet, I continue to use my worm composter while complaining about its shortcomings....

It’s day 1 so I’m not sure if my worms like it or not yet. This was incredibly easy to set up and the directions were well written and easy to follow. Ours had everything as described except for the magnet 🙁 We’re very new to this and its our first vermicomposter so we’ll see how it does in the next few months.

If you like to compost give this a try. There are also great prices to buy worms on amazon so you can get everything you need. They are clean and work well. The construction is quality and if you follow the instructions you will get some great soil.

Simplify the ready material - I believe I bought to many worms (1000) to begin with. I knew my worm composting order came with some and I should be waited too order more. I plan to remove some into my vegtable garden area.

This is a very thoughtfully-designed worm composting reactor. It is pretty well organized, easy to set up with many squared trays adapted to a small and even a large scale vermicasts/vermicompost production farm. Worm Factory DS5TT 5 surely holds a futuristic commercial success story for the sellers.

Though this is a tidy unit, did not include 38 page info booklet.I bought two of these for 4th grade classroom instruction, and have spent a lot of time searching the web for info.The website does have info available, though I was looking forward to the info being included in the shipment.