Composting worms is ideal for small areas like balconies and courtyards, due to the limitation of small space and composting worms are compact and relatively tidy. The excrement from the worms and the liquid run- off, make an excellent organic soil conditioner and fertilizer, which is very essential for the plants.

It is very easy to compost worms. Just putting food scraps into a container that contain worms will help to make a rich compost, as worms are voracious eaters and eat as much as half their weight of food, in a day.

Red worms are the best for composting, as they eat almost any vegetable waste from the scrap. Apple peelings, banana peels, cabbage, onion peels and celery ends, potato skins, coffee grounds are all the favorite food of red worms. Compost worms also breed faster, eat all the kind of food stuff and have a great tolerance towards environment than earthworms.

Red worms thrive well in darkness and are hard workers. Night crawlers are also good worms for composting and although they thrive well in cool, shady areas; they are not good enough to settle down, if there is too much of moisture.

Earthworms are great burrowers and good aerators of soil but they are not good at digesting organic matter which is the purpose of worm composting. Mixing red wigglers with night crawlers, though does not cause any harm, is better avoided and it is better to stick to one kind of worm. Composting worms is a fun activity for the family and can be profitable, if done on a commercial basis, too.

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