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Mealworm Farming small scale
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06/07/19 06:00 PM
06/07/19 06:00 PM
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Ladymagyver
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Chapter 1 Making a 3 drawer system I started my mealworm farm about 15 months ago. I didn't set up a post in case I failed. My farm is really small. In acreage terms it's about .0000312 square acre, or about 196 square inches. It has to be able to travel with us while we are on the road and be tolerable in the RV. Well, guess what? I did it!!!!! Start up cost me about $10 for the 3 drawer bin and a can of 100 mealworms from the pet store. I had been saving up the old worm bedding or substrate (I only kept the wheat bran. It's their food source.) for months. I cleaned the fras(poo) out with a screen, and just kept adding to it for about 6 months of buying meal worms at the pet store. It cost me about $ 40 and had the benefit of feeding the mealworms too. So for start up of the farm I bought a small 3plastic drawer set up here are the pics when it was new and a few details. https://photos.app.goo.gl/AtQFoW7LvKLfhtZF7This is a drop system where the beetles lay eggs and they drop through to the second drawer which is the nursery. Modifying the drawers Beetle Drawer: The top drawer I cut the bottom out of within 1/4" of the edge and hot glued plastic screen all the way around. Since this system is portable, I also hot glued a hinged lid on top. If you use a larger drawer system it's not necessary. I was concerned bettles would climb and they don't. I should have used metal screen instead. Some eggs don't always fall through the plastic very well. Second and Third Drawer: I drilled holes in side and back of drawers for ventilation as high as I possibly could. These drawers get rotated from second position to third position as the worms grow. Up next ... Chapter 2 raising pupae into beetles
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Re: Mealworm Farming small scale
[Re: Ladymagyver]
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06/07/19 10:26 PM
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