OK yes you can use pet waste however if using the vermicompost or worm castings on any vegetation which you plan to eat or fruit trees… DON’T do it as you could become very sick.

As for heating time, I am not familiar nor have I ever tried pet waste so I am not sure how long if any time at all. Some animal waste can be applied immediately while others may need to heat a month or so.

Bruce

I apologize for the delay in getting back to you…

Basically you have two groups, green products such as fruit and vegetable scraps, grass cuttings…

Next you have your browns, which are your carbon based products. These would be newspapers, cardboard, hay….

Hope this helps,

Bruce Galle

As I too live in South Carolina, I am familiar with the weather patterns. What concerns me with Canadian Nightcrawlers is the summer temperatures which as high as they are would make survival of the Canadian Nightcrawler very difficult.

I would recommend the Alabama Jumpers as these worms are great for clay soil.

If you plan to add food scraps such as vegetables to the pile, perhaps you could keep this to one side of your compost bed while placing more carbon based products on the side where your worms are…

If you do not have a bottom to the bedding area, the Alabama Jumpers will eventually spread out through your yard!

Bruce Galle