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Worm Factory DS5GT 5-Tray Worm Composter - Green Feature

Made with post-consumer recycled plastic, Dimensions 16-inch x 16-inch x 28-inch

Built in "worm tea" collector tray and spigot for easy draining.

Year Round Production

Odor Free Operation

Expandable up to 7 trays

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Worm composting is an incredibly efficient way to convert kitchen scraps, junk mail and cardboard into nutrient-rich compost for your garden. Master gardeners agree that compost produced by worms will produce the best results and help your plants thrive. The Worm Factory's unique stackable, multi-tray design makes it the most efficient worm bin composter around. Worms begin eating waste in the lowest tray, and then migrate upward as food sources in that tray are exhausted. By allowing worms to migrate upward, the worms separate themselves from the finished compost that is ready for the garden. Besides the worm castings that are produced through this process, the Worm Factory also produces a second type of compost. As waste is broken down, moisture filters through your Worm Factory, taking nutrient-rich particles with it. This liquid fertilizer, know as leachate is gathered in the special collection tray of the Worm Factory and can easily be drained from the spigot. Simply add a handful of worms and your organic waste to the bottom tray. The worms will start processing the food. Once the bottom tray is filled add another tray. The worms migrate upward to the newest food source leaving the bottom tray full of nutrient rich compost. As waste is broken down, moisture filters through the system taking nutrient-rich particles with it. You can drain organic liquid fertilizer right from the spigot. It's compact square design gives the Worm Factory the smallest footprint of all worm composters. The Worm Factory's tray stacking system allows it to hold the largest capacity of compost in the smallest amount of space, making it the perfect composter for anyone with space limitations. The Worm Factory is simple to operate. When full, each tray weighs only 12.5 pounds making lifting and arranging trays effortless. The included 16-page instruction manual makes setup fast and easy and gives tips on how to best manage your Worm Factory composter year-round.
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Worm Factory DS5GT 5-Tray Worm Composter - Green Reviews

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   I am a first-time vermicomposter, and I like this worm bin so far. It was very easy to put togther, very sturdy, and the instructions were clear. I just got my worms today, and no escapees so far. I've checked on them a couple times, and they seem fine. I started them off with a hanful of food prep scraps I had been saving in my freezer - broccoli stems, bell pepper, egg shells, thyme sprigs and spinach. I am leaving the light on, as suggested by the manual. Will update after a few weeks. As a first timer, I would recommend this bin b/c it gives you everything you need, including a manual that explains what and how to feed them.UPDATE: Be sure you get the right species of worms. Otherwise they will leave the bin and die like mine did. My first batch of worms all crawled out and died in various places in my garage. What a mess! The reason my worms were escaping was because I obviously bought the wrong kind of worms. I went to a local bait shop the first go-around. Be sure and order the right kind, even if you get them online! I got my new worms last week and NOT ONE singe worm has fled the worm bin. Do not go to a bait shop b/c they most likely won't know what species you need. I found out that there are over 7000 species of worms, so it pays to do your homework and get the right kind. As far as the worm bin goes. Love it! It is working perfectly. Highly recommend!

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   This is my first time with a vermicomposter. I got it started around Thanksgiving and it's now around New Year's. I am now working on my second tray. I was very pleased that there is no noticeable odor when the lid is on. I have a very sensitive nose, and have no problem keeping my worms in the kitchen. (Fair warning, though - when you open the bottom collection tray, the liquid and castings will smell pretty gross, but the odor doesn't linger once you close it again.)I found this system very easy to set up. The instructions with the kit were clear, though I also bought a book for more information. The trays are a good size, so they hold a lot but are still easy to handle when full. One concern - when checking the lower trays, it's helpful to have someone else nearby to hold the one you've removed. If you set it down, you'll squish the worms that are inevitably hanging out of the bottom. It might be nice if they made a rack of some kind, with a tray below, to set the upper trays on. If you're going to be managing your worms alone, you'll need to rig something up.I expect to have some great compost for my garden this spring!

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   We bought our 5-tray Worm Factory last April. Worms did not seem to be doing well at first, but they finally settled in and got down to business. For the past 10 months, we've been dutifully feeding them all they can eat, and battling a never-ending fly infestation. Some things to consider:1) The worms like their food chopped as fine as possible. The manual says to stick your garbage in the freezer or microwave it so it's easier to chop. Or grind it all up in a food processor. Which is all well and good if you have a ton of space in your freezer, or if you want to run an additional piece of electrical machinery just so you can be ecologically correct by feeding your garbage to the worms. But we have a busy kitchen - we actually cook our own meals, and we just don't have extra space in our freezer. We don't want to take out and clean our food processor unnecessarily. And finally, after preparing special dishes for our toddler, we don't always feel like chopping up food for the worms.2) The worms will eat at most 5 pounds of food per week. Now, maybe 5 pounds of waste isn't much if you live alone or you don't cook. But if, like us, you consume a lot of produce, or you do a lot of cooking, you're apt to generate a lot more than 5 pounds per week. Consider a simple watermelon (which, they say, is the worms' favorite food) - the rind alone can weigh 5 pounds. So cut up a watermelon and you've exhausted your weekly garbage quota. We've found that even with the worm factory, we need a separate compost heap in the yard, into which we put probably 3/4 of our waste. (So remind me again, what's the point in having the Worm Factory?)3) The worms need shredded paper along with their food. So in addition to mincing your melon, you need to shred your junkmail or newspapers. If you own a shredder, you're fine. But if you don't have one, and you don't want to buy another piece of plastic junk just to feed your ecologically correct worms, then you're going to spend a lot of time tearing up newspapers junk mail and used coffee filters by hand.4) The flies are not just an annoyance. They have spread all over the basement and other parts of the house. We didn't realize at first that the flies were swimming in the leachate (the worm tea) with which we were fertilizing our house plants, so we ended up with flies on all our plants. (One of the reasons for getting the Worm Factory is so you can apply the worm tea to your houseplants, isn't it?) The remedy for the flies: the manual says to use beneficial nematodes, or to stuff an empty tray with paper and put it on top of the others so the flies can't get in/out. An empty tray? For that, we would either have to give up a working tray, or fork over $20 for a new one. Well, we wrapped the entire Worm Factory in heavy-duty paper. That slowed down the flies, but did not get rid of them. We also spent $30 for nematodes, and they did not help at all.So the total outlay: $110 for the 5-tray Worm Factory from Nature's Footprint, $35 for the worms (would have been nice if they'd told us from the start that we needed to buy the worms separately!), $30 for the beneficial nematodes, for a grand total of $175 (And don't forget the cost of the shredder, the microwave, the food processor.)In summary, if you like exotic pets, and you don't have kids or dogs or cats or other mammals to take care of, The Worm Factory (and indoor vermiculture in general) is great. Invite over the neighborhood kids, and see the smiles on their faces as they watch the red wrigglers chomping away in your dungeon. You'll be happy you invested the $175 (a dog or a cat or a kid of your own would cost far, far more). Besides, all that chopping and shredding is really good for your heart and lungs and muscles. And think of how much your worms help you while away the hours, when you might otherwise be out doing something you'd regret.One last point: in much of the northern U.S. and Canada, earthworms are considered an invasive species. (Search the web for "minnesota forest earthworms"). Then, while you're mindlessly chopping and shredding away, you can mull over how to safely dispose of the wriggly beasts once your experiment is over.

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   I got the worm factory and worms right away in good condition. I thought I was going to feed the worms most of my juice pulp but they really do not eat much. The farm attracts a lot of fruit flies. The worms have gotten a lot larger and seem to be healthy so all is good. I should have a decent amount of worm castings by next season. My girl friend has actually warmed up to them and fed them the other day.

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   I was nervous to compost, but I could no longer take throwing away compostable food. Coffee and tea grounds, veggie bits from our CSA, etc. I bought this system after watching a few videos on how to compost. I thought it was a better option than creating my own out of a tub. And I don't have to sift through worms. A bonus.The manual is clear and easy to follow. I bought our "Bobs" (our red wiggler worms) from a guy in Wisconsin. He also sent some good info. We live in a condo so I use two large jars (from Ikea) to keep the food under our sink before bringing it down to our garage (under the building) to the composter. It was easy to start the first tray of compost, and it's easy to maintain. Our worms took a bit of time to start producing and they definitely work more in the summer than the winter.There is no smell, unless I have a particularly stinky jar of food to feed the Bobs, but that clears shortly after I add it to the composter. Worms like their food soft so I do tend to let the food rot a bit in the jars, usually a week. Thankfully I got good jars and they don't make the condo smell. When I add new food to the composter, the already-composted food smells like earth. A really lovely smell. I've never had a problem with bugs, and the manual addresses how I'd deal with those.I knocked off a star because of the drainage system. While it's great, as other reviewers have said, you should get a screen or something to keep the "faucet" piece from getting blocked up. I didn't do that, and thankfully I've had no problems with blockage, but it does drain VERY slowly so I'm sure there is some sort of blockage and I feel like a screen or filter should have been provided with the system. Overall not too big an issue, I just leave a jar under the "faucet" overnight once a week or so and it drains on it's own time and I have a great balance of moisture in the system.

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   Received in perfect condition. The cover to the bin has the best information from the books I read on vermiposting so it is readily accessible. No vagabond worms thus far (1 month in) and 1 tray of completed castings to put in the garden. Excellent product and made on this continent!

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   I received the worm factory in the mail and could not wait to put it together. The instructions were very helpful and simple. I think it took me about 30 minutes total to read the materials, assemble the factory, and create the bedding. One thing they do not tell you when creating the bedding is to make sure you rehydrate the coir in a large container because you will be adding soil and the bedding mixture to it. And you want enough space to mix it properly.Unfortunately, I bought some worms from a local farm and was not happy. I paid more than I should have for 200 worms to start because I thought supporting a local nursery was worth the extra cost. After further research, I realized that I did not get the right type of worms, and certainly did not get 200. I recently bought more worms through a different website, and I am waiting for them to arrive in the mail. (This has nothing to do with the actual worm factory, but I thought it might be helpful).The only thing I do not like about this factory (as compared to the worm factory 360) is that the lid sits on top of the bedding. It seems a bit strange. The 360 has a large lid that sits on top of the tray, and it does not rest on the bedding. I have yet to see if this will cause problems with the worms.

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   I've used my Work Factory for about a month now and my worms are happy but I seem to be making food waste faster than they can break it down. I've started freezing the food to compost until I can add a new tray. I hope in the next few months the worms will grow and multiply so I dont end up with more frozen food that I cant eat. Oh and the way I was able to get rid of the flies was to use all of the trays even though they were empty. I put paper on the bottoms of each and stacked them up so the fruit flies had a hard time to find the rotting foods. No more flies, even in the heat.

   
   

   
   
   
   




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   I live in a condo so was looking for a product that I could compost with. The Worm Factory is great! It doesn't smell, except like dirt, is easy to care for, and the worms do a great job processing. I've been keeping my food scraps in the freezer while the worms get settled (had the unit for about a month). It is important to let your worm population get some time under their tiny belts to get settled in and established. Don't over feed them! When in doubt, add more "brown" compost (leaves, newspaper, etc). I've added a couple extra scoops of well broken down soil from our complexes planter boxes to give the micro-organism population a jump start. Seems to be making a big difference as the worms are already getting up to speed and producing great looking soil (small amounts). Very happy with this product.

   
   

   
   
   
   




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    I've had the composter for approx. one week. I received it as a Christmas gift.I am concerned about the quality-control practices at the company where this product was manufactured as the corners of two of the plastic trays were split. My husband super-glued the corners back together, a solution which will hopefully stick.

    
    

    
    
    
    

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