Sale Price:
$109.95
Please note: worms are available during checkout.
Base, 4 Stacking Trays, Worm Tea Collection Tray, Spigot, Lid, Coir Brick, Assembly Screws, Hand Rake, Scraper, Thermometer, Instruction Book, Instruction Video
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Similar in design to the popular Worm Factory® 4-Tray Composter (CAD002), The Worm Factory® 360 Recycled Plastic Worm Composter - Black features a thicker, sturdier design with an improved base and lid. This composter can hold up to 8 trays instead of 7, and it includes a handy compost accessory kit, featuring a coir brick, hand rake, scraper, and thermometer, which make maintaining your system cleaner and easier. It even comes with an instruction video that's great for beginners.
The Worm Factory® 360 composter also features new Thermo Siphon Airflow design, which allows air to enter on all four sides of the base, exposing the bottom tray to an endless supply of fresh air without allowing light inside. The lids is also vented on all four sides, which allows the heat and gases generated during composting to continually escape through the top.
Ideal composting conditions occur at temperatures between 45 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. We suggest using your composter outdoors during the summer and indoors during the winter to maximize efficiency. At capacity, this composter can house over 6,000 worms, which can consume 5-8 lbs. of food and paper waste per week.
What is The Worm Factory® 360 and how does it work?
The Worm Factory® is a multi-tray worm composter that helps manage the composting process. Fill each stacking tray with kitchen scraps such as newspaper, junk mail, vegetables, fruits, egg shells, coffee grounds, paper, and cardboard into nutrient-rich compost for your garden. Many experienced gardeners consider worm castings to be the very best compost available. Your plants will thrive with this all-natural compost.
With ordinary worm composters, sorting out the undigested scraps can be a messy, inconvenient chore. Not with the Worm Factory® 360. In this composter, worms start in the bottom tray and migrate upward as they break down waste. This allows worms to separate themselves from the finished compost, making it easy to access your nutrient-rich fertilizer and add it to plants and gardens without sorting worms. Additionally, nutrient-rich moisture is captured in the collection tray and can be drained, using the spigot, and used to feed plants. This all-natural liquid fertilizer is known as "worm tea."
What are the benefits of using The Worm Factory®?
With its square design and small footprint, The Worm Factory® 360 is a solution for anyone with limited space. This composter uses a tray stacking system that allows it to hold the largest capacity of compost in the smallest amount of space.
The vented lid and base allow proper air flow, and the detailed instruction manual helps you correctly manage your Worm Factory® 360 to prevent odor. Odorless functionality means you can use your Worm Factory® year round, housing it anywhere, including apartments, kitchens, garages, porches, or other convenient areas.
The 16-page instruction manual ensures fast, easy setup and provides detailed instructions on all-season management. Each tray holds 12.5 lbs. of compost, which makes lifting and arranging trays effortless. The ventilation lid also contains a list of composting tips for quick, convenient reference.
Let The Worm Factory® do the work for you! Instead of spending time turning piles of compost and removing worms by hand, the multi-tray system separates the worms from the compost so you don't have to. Also, because the worms continually eat through your kitchen scraps and junk mail, nutrient-rich compost is produced at a faster rate than traditional ways of composting. In full operation, the Worm Factory® houses over 6,000 worms and consumes 5 to 8 lbs. of food a week, allowing you to harvest a full tray of nutrient-rich castings every month. This allows you to bring rich, dark compost to your plants and gardens at a faster rate.
Dimensions
18L x 18W x 28H inches
Material
100% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic
Weight
14 lbs.
Brand
The Worm Factory
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poor planning
The product is great. Unfortunately, they failed to read their own instruction book. [...] Instructions specifically say to have composter preassembled and ready when the worms arrive. I ordered two, one...Read complete review
The product is great. Unfortunately, they failed to read their own instruction book. [...] Instructions specifically say to have composter preassembled and ready when the worms arrive. I ordered two, one as a gift to a sibling, and they had the same experience. Now I have the added expense of additional worms. Lesson learned: don't buy worms as an accessory at the time of purchase of the composter.
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Confusing instructions
The composter itself came very promptly and seems to be of good quality. And my experience with customer service was very satisfactory when I had to call to find out from where to buy worms...Read complete review
The composter itself came very promptly and seems to be of good quality. And my experience with customer service was very satisfactory when I had to call to find out from where to buy worms. (Hay needle is unable to sell worms in PA, something you don't learn until late in the purchase process.)
The reason for the 3star rating is the composter's instructions. There are essentially 3 different sets of instructions that come with the composter and they are confusingly inconsistent. I spent considerably more time trying to make sense of the instructions than I did of actually putting the thing together. Ultimately I wound up declaring the instructions to be more like "guidelines" and muddled through.
And as confusing as the instructions were to get set up, they are woefully inadequate for maintenance of a thriving worm community.
All considered, evidently I did okay because the worms came yesterday and seem to be settling in nicely. At this point only time will tell.
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Comments about The Worm Factory® 360 Recycled Plastic Worm Composter - Black:
I am happy with my purchase.
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Comments about The Worm Factory® 360 Recycled Plastic Worm Composter - Black:
It was missing the top handle, but it's not needed anyway. No big deal.
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Comments about The Worm Factory® 360 Recycled Plastic Worm Composter - Black:
The composter itself came very promptly and seems to be of good quality. And my experience with customer service was very satisfactory when I had to call to find out from where to buy worms. (Hay needle is unable to sell worms in PA, something you don't learn until late in the purchase process.)
The reason for the 3star rating is the composter's instructions. There are essentially 3 different sets of instructions that come with the composter and they are confusingly inconsistent. I spent considerably more time trying to make sense of the instructions than I did of actually putting the thing together. Ultimately I wound up declaring the instructions to be more like "guidelines" and muddled through.
And as confusing as the instructions were to get set up, they are woefully inadequate for maintenance of a thriving worm community.
All considered, evidently I did okay because the worms came yesterday and seem to be settling in nicely. At this point only time will tell.
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Comments about The Worm Factory® 360 Recycled Plastic Worm Composter - Black:
So much better than building your own (been there) was worth it Made in USA and basically assembled! Way to go!
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The only thing I can say is don't put Mellon guts in it without cooking them or the seeds will sprout. What a mess that was I had to pull them all out and throw them in the microwave to kill the sprouts. My worms are spoiled I chop every thing up before it goes in. I used to keep it in the back yard and moved it around to keep it out of the sun and then in the winter I moved it in the house been inside ever sense they are fed mostly coffee grounds and iceberg lettuce and egg shells.
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Q1: I ordered worms from you and they have arrived before my composter. What should I do with the worms until I get the compost bin?
A: The worms can last up to ten days in the packaging they arrived in. (Not the best, but they will last) Give them some water when they arrive.
If you're afraid they won't make it, you can make a temporary home for them instead. Put the worms into a plastic container about the size of a shoe box or bucket. Put some shredded black and white newsprint in the bottom that has been moistened (about the amount of a rung out sponge). This will act as food and bedding until your compost bin arrives and they can be placed into their new permanent home.
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