Worm Farm Bedding is critical for the best worm farm performance.

Bedding material is important in a worm farm and studies have shown that inadequate quantities of worm farm bedding will result in poor performance by the worms in your worm farm.

Bedding material is usually a high carbon product. Recycled waste product like cardboard is often used.

Good worm farm bedding materials are:

• shredded cardboard
• shredded paper
• peat
• coconut husk (coir)
• aged compost
• shredded leaves mixed with compost or paper or cardboard
• aged animal manures

Worm farm bedding has a number of functions.

• It aides in the draining of the farm
• it enhances the flow of air through the farm
• it reduces the risk of the farm heating up
• it will not compact
• it is pH neutral and odorless
• it is a source of food for the worms

A handful of soil from your garden should also be added into the bedding material. This will help the worms digestive system.

When starting a worm farm the bedding material should be dampened and placed in the bottom of the farm. Your worms should be placed in this worm farm bedding material. When feeding try and bury any food in the bedding, this will keep unwanted pests away from the food.

As time goes by and your farm begins to fill up with castings, it is important to keep on adding small amounts of bedding material, you should always have a good percentage of bedding in the farm.