{"id":4,"date":"2017-08-07T18:35:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T18:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howmanywormsdoineed.com\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2021-02-28T06:47:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T06:47:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/howmanywormsdoineed.com\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Worms do You Need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Are you new to red worms composting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you need to know how many worms you will need to start off your worm bin?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you building a large worm bed and are you trying to figure out how many worms you should stock it with initially?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, just input the worm type, the length and width of your composting bin or worm bed, and then click the &#8220;Go&#8221; button to get the anwer.<\/p>\n<p>This composting worm calculator is free so please spread the word.&nbsp; If you link to our calculator on your web page, we will link to you here in return.&nbsp; Send us your ad banner and we will rotate it across our pages for free.&nbsp; We know that this link and banner thing is so 90&#8217;s but who cares?&nbsp; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h3>Worm Bin \/ Worm Bed Calculator<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<form class=\"form-inline\" name=\"wbcalcform\" onsubmit=\"return wbcalc()\">\n<div class=\"form-group col-md-6\">\n      <label for=\"worm\">Worm Type:<\/label><br \/>\n<select name=\"worm\" id=\"worm\" class=\"form-control\" onchange=\"wbcalc()\" required=\"required\"><option value=\"\">Select a Type of Worm<\/option><option>African Night Crawlers<\/option><option>European Night Crawlers<\/option><option>Red Worms<\/option><\/select><\/p>\n<p><label for=\"length\">Length of Bin Size (Inch):<\/label><br \/>\n<input type=\"number\" class=\"form-control\" id=\"length\" name=\"length\" value=\"0\" onchange=\"wbcalc()\" placeholder=\"Length (Inch)\"><\/p>\n<p><label for=\"width\">Width of Bin Size (Inch):<\/label><br \/>\n<input type=\"number\" class=\"form-control\" id=\"width\" name=\"width\" value=\"0\" onchange=\"wbcalc()\" placeholder=\"Width (Inch)\"><\/p>\n<p><input type=\"submit\" class=\"form-control\" value=\"Calculate\" onclick=\"return variancecalc()\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"well well-md col-md-6\">\n<h3>\n<div id=\"worm-type\">Result<\/div>\n<\/h3>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<h4>\n<div id=\"worm-number\"><\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><b>      <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><script><br \/>\n  function wbcalc() {<br \/>\n    \/\/get variables<br \/>\n    var worm = document.wbcalcform.worm.value;<br \/>\n    var length = document.wbcalcform.length.value;<br \/>\n    var width = document.wbcalcform.width.value;<br \/>\n    if (worm == \"African Night Crawlers\") {<br \/>\n      var worm_per_sqft = 100;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n    else if (worm == \"European Night Crawlers\") {<br \/>\n      var worm_per_sqft = 200;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n    else if (worm == \"Red Worms\") {<br \/>\n      var worm_per_sqft = 350;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n    else {<br \/>\n      var worm_per_sqft = 0;<br \/>\n    }<br \/>\n    \/\/make calculations<br \/>\n    var sqinch = parseFloat(length) * parseFloat(width);<br \/>\n    var sqfoot = parseFloat(sqinch) * 0.00694444;<br \/>\n    var worm_number = parseFloat(worm_per_sqft) * parseFloat(sqfoot);<br \/>\n    worm_number = worm_number.toFixed(0);<br \/>\n    worm_number = worm_number.toString().replace(\/\\B(?=(\\d{3})+(?!\\d))\/g,\",\");<br \/>\n    \/\/display result<br \/>\n    document.getElementById('worm-type').innerHTML = worm;<br \/>\n    document.getElementById('worm-number').innerHTML = worm_number + \" worms\";<br \/>\n    return false;<br \/>\n  }<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you new to red worms composting? 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