The Worm Factory Compost Bin

What is worm composting?

Composting with worms allows you to turn kitchen scraps, paper waste and cardboard into nutrient-rich soil for your plants. The Worm Factory® 360 composting system makes the entire process quick and easy.

How does The Worm Factory work?

With a thermo siphon air flow design, the Worm Factory® 360 increases the composting speed. Now you can produce compost much faster than traditional composting methods. Master Gardeners agree, worm castings are one of the richest forms of fertilizer that you can use.

The Worm Factory® 360 can be used indoors or outdoors allowing year round production. Now composting is no longer limited to backyards. The Worm Factory® 360 is odorless making it great for apartments, kitchens, garages, porches and more.

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. This makes it possible to harvest organic liquid fertilizer right from the spigot.

Unique Features:

• New Thermo Siphon Design
• Air enters the base on all four sides
• Worms burrow through the compost creating air passages
• Rising heat and compost gases create a thermo siphon, pulling the air upwards through the trays
• Air exits under all four sides of the lid
• Allows 10 times more air circulation than similar composters.
• The Worm Factory® 360 has a standard 4-Tray size which is expandable up to 8 trays, giving it the largest volume of any home composter.
• Now only 1 step assembly out of the box.
• The redesigned lid converts to a handy stand for trays while harvesting the compost.
• Included instructional DVD with step-by-step guide for managing your Worm Factory® 360.
• The accessory kit provides basic tools to make managing the Worm Factory® 360 easier.
• 20 year warranty.

Features:

• Year-round production
• Odor free operation
• Small footprint at 18x18x14"
• Expandable up to 8 trays
• Easy to assemble and manage
• Built in "worm tea" collector tray and spigot for easy draining
• Includes a 16-page easy-to-use instructional booklet with photos and illustrations
• Comes with "Quick-Tips" lid for easy reference
• Houses eight to twelve thousand worms that consume 5-8 pounds of food per week
• 20 year warranty on parts and workmanship
• Made in the USA
• Made with post consumer recycled materials
• 30 year life expectancy

How The Worm Factory stands out from other competitors?

The Worm Factory has a unique design which makes us much different from other upward migrating worm composters and here is why:

The Smallest Footprint: The Worm Factory has the smallest footprint. It takes up 20% less floor space than larger units but there is no restriction on how many trays you can stack. The Worm Factory is capable of holding the largest capacity in the smallest area.

Expandable and Manageable: The Worm Factory is expandable allowing for multiple trays to be stack on top of each other. As the compost shrinks, the trays shrink along with it allowing effortless, upward migration for the worms. The Worm Factory is also more manageable than other composters. The Worm Factory’s trays hold about 12.5 pounds of compost which make them easy to lift and restack for people young and old.

Ventilation Lid with Tips: Some composters come with tight fitting lids. As compost processes, both gas and heat are given off which must be ventilated. If poorly ventilated, gas and heat build up and water is formed. With increased moisture in the bedding, the amount of oxygen is depleted. This fosters a chain reaction of anaerobic bacteria which creates more gas, giving off an obnoxious smell of rotten eggs.

To operate an odorless worm composter at its maximum efficiency, the bedding and food must have a controlled amount of moisture and the maximum amount of air. This combination fosters aerobic bacteria, the essential, most basic, single element which worms consume.

With The Worm Factory’s unrestricting lid, the loose fit provides maximum ventilation for air flow to get the good bacteria for your worms and to prevent that rotten egg smell. There are also composting tips printed on the lid for a quick reference.

Worm Bin Instruction Manual: One of the best features of The Worm Factory is the complete 16 page, illustrated instruction manual. Whether you are an expert or a beginner, the manual will assure you a successful outcome of recycling your kitchen waist and create the most nutrient rich soil for your house plants, containers and garden.

Included with your Worm Factory:

• 4 Stacking Trays - Each tray is 16x16x5 and is made from recycled #2 plastics. The Worm Factory 360 comes with 4 trays and can be expanded up to 8 trays. Four trays normally provide enough room for the kitchen waste of a family of 4. Each tray averages to be about 12 pounds when full of compost.
• Collection Base - The collection base holds the stacking trays and is strong enough to hold up to 200 pounds. Air is broughth into the system from all 4 sides of the base. It travels upwards with the heat and gasses produced by the compost. Moisture that travels down with gravity is held in the collection tray and can be trained out as liquid fertilizer.
• 16 Page Instruction Book - Detailed instructions are provided on the setup and management of the Worm Factory 360. Illustrated to show you the best techniques to use when vermi-composting. This manual is made from recycled paper and uses soy based ink.
• Ventilation "Quick Tips" Lid - Many people believe a lid is necessary to keep the worms from escaping from their Worm Factory 360. Having a tight lid actually works against your worm composted by restricting air flow. Worms are sensitive to light and will move away from it as quickly as possible. The mostimportant reason to have a lid is to protect the top layer from any light. The Worm Factory 360 lid provides both air flow and light protection. As an added benefit we have placed the basic instructions on the lid in case your manual becomes lost.
• Coir Brick - A great growing medium and worm bedding material, coir is a byproduct of harvesting coconuts. Coir holds moisture and then releases it slowly allowing worms to keep moist. Once the compost enters your plants or garden any coir that comes along with it is great for growing strong root systems.
• Worm Bedding - Created from a mixture of paper and cardboard, the worm bedding is crushed together and turned into a light fluffy substance that provides fiber for the worms and aerates the compost. The Worm Bedding comes in a brown paper bag that can also be put directly into your Worm Factory 360.
• Spigot - The spigot allows valuable “worm tea” to be easily drained from the collection base. Once you see the effect of “worm tea” on your plants you won’t be able to get enough.
• Accessory Kit - 1) Scraper makes it easy to scrape finished compost out of bins and makes rotating trays much cleaner and easier. 2) Handrake comes in handy when stirring your compost and transferring worms from try to tray. 3) Thermometer is a color coded temperature guide to make sure that your Worm Factory is working at an optimum temperature.
• Instructional DVD provides a step-by-step guide to setting up your Worm Factory 360 and managing it efficiently an without worry. The DVD contains four stages from start to finish and can be used as a reference guide along with the Quick Tips Lid to ensure a quick and easy start to vermi-composting.

Does NOT include worms.

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