Compost Harvesting

After 3-4 months of feeding your Super Composting Red Wigglers, stop feeding them for about a week or so, depending on the amount of food left to consume. Once they bedding looks like dark soil (see photos), you are ready to harvest.

There are many ways to do this — pick the one that works best for you:

Expose the entire bin to light and let the composting worms crawl to the bottom. Then remove layers of rich compost.

Hand picking is fun — especially with kids — but it’s time consuming. Place worms in a bucket or new ready-to-go bin.

Take clumps out and expose to light

While harvesting compost, search for yellow cocoons — many babies are in there. Put the cocoons with the worms to start a new bin and begin the whole process again!
 
It is important to change the bedding seasonally. Your Super Composting Red Wigglers are strong, but they can die in old bedding.