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Forum: Traditional composting Topic: Composting and the BSF |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:41 pm
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| FWIW, I've found that if I want the BSF to get to compost in a hurry or faster than they normally show up, I just add some fermented soy bean meal. The stuff smells awful. I guess that is what attracts them. But once they are there, they will eat just about every thing else, where the "every th... |
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Forum: Vermiculture Topic: Black Soldier Fly Larvae in Worm Bin |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:33 pm
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| I have found that if the bedding is deep enough the earth worms just go deeper. I've considered putting a screen between the upper and lower bed. The worms can get through but the larger BSF larvae cannot -- and I think the BSF larvae stay above, where the food is anyway. The BSF don't seem to feed ... |
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Forum: Vermiculture Topic: Worms and water. |
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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:02 pm
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| Thanks for the comments Timothy. I'm not sure I want to get rid of the BSF -- although, when it gets colder, I'm sure they will disappear. But they'll probably be back next spring. If there is a problem at all it is that they clog up my pump. I have a friend who has some kind of a BSF system where t... |
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Forum: Vermiculture Topic: Worms and water. |
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:21 pm
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| Ok, I definitely know that these BSFs are laying their eggs in or around to my flood and drain gravel bed. They just keep coming. The larvae seem to thrive unless the bed is flooded for more than a hour or so. Then they float up. But it doesn't like them. I typically bury the food two of three inche... |
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Forum: BSF byproducts Topic: Composition |
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:26 pm
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Do the BSFL excrete waste during their growing cycle? And, if so, anyone have any idea what the composition of the poop is?
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Forum: BSF byproducts Topic: Composition |
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 8:09 pm
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| Thanks Jerry. I appreciated you patience with such a neophyte. When you speak of the 42% protein figure, you say, " meal made from dried BSFL, not live fresh larvae ". I guess I assumed that the figure was for ground up pupated BSF, not larvae. But if it is larvae, the drying just removes ... |
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Forum: Vermiculture Topic: Worms and water. |
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 1:54 pm
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| BSFL can remain submerged without any air for several hours but I doubt they would survive it for days. Jerry, the larvae I mentioned would have only been submerged for a 10-15 minutes at a time -- the bed was flooded and drain every 3-4 hours. The gravel would keep everything nice and most but the... |
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Forum: BSF byproducts Topic: Composition |
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 1:44 pm
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| I think you put your original question in the right spot. The question relates to this thread also but I would like to the see a discussion develop about in the byproducts section. Thanks Jerry. I have another related question. But let me add some background first. Yesterday, maybe on your site, I ... |
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Forum: Buzz Topic: How do BSFL process food waste so efficiently? |
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:14 am
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| I just realized I should have posted my question under byproducts/compostion here. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to delete my post. Admin is welcome to delete it. I asked, " Does anyone know exactly what the composition of the BSF "waste" is? Does anyone know what exactly the B... |
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Forum: BSF byproducts Topic: Composition |
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:05 am
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Does anyone know exactly what the composition of the BSF "waste" is? Does anyone know what exactly the BSF do to what they eat? (worm and their castes, e.g., are really well documented). Is there someplace to go to understand the BSF process?
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Forum: Vermiculture Topic: Worms and water. |
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 9:01 am
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| I wasn't sure exactly where to put this but this seems the closest. As I stated in my introduction, " I feed worms (ensenia fetida) in a gravel bed that floods and drains . . . The bed drains into a sump which is pumped to 5 other beds where I grow various vegetables. " A few days ago a fe... |
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Forum: Introductions Topic: Hi from Tennessee |
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:40 am
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| Hi. I live in rural middle Tennessee. I farm for a living, mostly berries. My wife and I also run a local buying club . I have a system; some call it aquaponic, some call it vermiponic. I call it aquaculture. Essentially, I feed worms (ensenia fetida) in a gravel bed that floods and drains about onc... |
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Forum: Buzz Topic: Question about harvesting manure |
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:25 pm
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| I wasn't sure if adding the redworms to the BSF bin would result in the BSFL eating the live worms. I don't think the larvae will directly harm red worms but they sure will run them out! If you introduce BSF larvae (as I did accidentally) into a worm bin and there is enough food, the worms will dis... |
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