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• Can I compost meat in Subpod?

  It is possible to compost meat in your Subpod after 4 months.  Start composting with fruit and vegetables, and once your Subpod is strong, you will be able to slowly start adding meat to your Subpod. ​ We will be adding information to our Subpod Grow ...

• Can Subpod be used with black soldier larvae/fly? Last summer there were many black soldier larvae in my compost bin and the larvae were eating kitchen scraps very fast. The larvae disappear in winter but in spring they come back.

  Black soldier fly larvae will eat kitchen scraps faster than compost worms, especially in hot weather.  In time, you can lose most or all of your compost worms and be deprived of getting good compost when the fly larvae are abundant. A couple of ...

• What can be composted in Subpod?

  You can compost a lot more things in Subpod than compared to an ordinary worm farm. You can compost food scraps, including citrus, onions, and after 4 months of active use even small quantities of meat, fish, dairy, and spicy foods.  Carbon items ...

• Do you still need to add carbon in Subpod? Do you have other suggestions for carbon other than leaves, dry grass clippings, or newspapers?

  It's true it's important to have carbon in any composting system.  Although Subpod is a little more relaxed with this rule because the worms and microbes can take carbon from the surrounding soil. We still suggest placing a handful of carbon every ...

• How much citrus peel can I compost in Subpod?

  4-5 fruit peels per week are no problem once your system is fully functioning after about 3 months of feeding.  Best to cut the peels into at least 4 pieces to compost faster. The worms can move to the other side of the Subpod if they don’t like the ...