The Youtube channel, "Vermicompost Learn by Doing" has a unique method for rotating the worm trays in his stackable worm farm.
He uses the Vermihut and I use the Worm Factory.
His method starts with a tray full of inoculated bedding and some worms.
Under this one, he will place another tray of shredded cardboard to be inoculated and probably a third and maybe a fourth.
The system works well with 3 or 4 trays.
The first cycle starts with 4 trays full of bedding - shredded paper and cardboard.
The top tray will be fed and worms will be added.
After the top tray is full of castings the bottom tray will be rotated to the top to become the feeding tray.
Once the first feeding tray is going to be the bottom it gets harvested for castings and new bedding is added to be inoculated and start the cycle again only there is no need to add worms again.
As time goes on the population will max out and you will know how much your bin can consume in a certain amount of time.
You could make a DIY stackable worm farm pretty easily with some 7-gallon plastic plant containers and 2 plant saucers one for the top and one for the bottom.
Just set it up and rotate it as described above. Of course, you need to make sure to have the proper moisture levels and make sure you feed the right amount.
This is a good system for cycling your kitchen waste and getting a harvest of castings every few months. It will do a great job of getting rid of waste though. For producing more castings you will need a larger system or more systems and more food sources.
Next up see how to generate more castings and how to explode your worm farm population!
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