So you decided to use a square worm-bin (meaning anything not round, could be long .... you know what I mean) for your Red Wigglers Eisenia Fetida.

The formula for calculating the surface area of your worm-bin:

Measure the width and length  of your potential worm-bin. Lets assume it is 50cm x 100cm. Multiply the measurements. (50 x 100 = 5 000)The result will be 5 000 cm2Allow approximately 500g worms per 1 000 cm2 or 1 pound for 1 square feetIn this case optimal stocking levels for Eisenia Fetida will be 2.5 kg.Your Red Wigglers can double every 3 months.Order 500g Red Wigglers and given the right conditions, you may achieve optimal stocking levels of Eisenia Fetida within 6 months.Easy steps to calculate surface area of a *round* wormbin

You got some tyres to reuse and start a worm-bin, and now you are ready to order your Red Wigglers Eisenia Fetida. I asked Kobus to make it as simple as possible so that even I can calculate it, don"t tell me divide pi by four ... (pi x dia.^2 / 4) so, here goes.

The formula for calculating the surface area of your worm-bin:

Measure the widest part of the inside of your potential worm-bin. Lets assume it is 50cm. Multiply the measurement by itself. (50 x 50 = 2 500)Multiply the result with 0.785 (pi/4) (2 500 x 0.785 = 1 962.50 cm2)Allow approximately 500g worms per 1 000 cm2 or 1 pound for 1 square feetIn this case optimal stocking levels for Eisenia Fetida will be 2 kg.Your Red Wigglers can double every 3 months.Order 500g Red Wigglers and given the right conditions, you may achieve optimal stocking levels of Eisenia Fetida within 6 months. Easy steps to calculate surface area of a *square* wormbin

A DIY wormbin for your Red-Wiggler farm. You do not have to spend a lot of money starting a worm-bin. Follow the basic guidelines for Red-Wigglers. You can follow the Easy steps to calculate surface area of a round wormbin.

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