BioPod Plus Auto-Harvesting Grub Composter

The BioPod Plus is a convenient way to recycle your kitchen scraps and restaurant leftovers into valuable feed - an excellent choice for your fish, bullfrogs, chickens and backyard songbird feeders. Advanced drainage system helps maintain aerobic conditions by separating liquid effluent from pod contents. Liquids are easily dispensed from external fittings.

ENHANCEMENTS: All pods now feature a top barrier lip that surrounds the entire body. Not only does it virtually eliminate grub escape and provide additional egg laying surfaces for pregnant females, it also helps direct mature grubs into the forward harvest slit, greatly improving crawl-off efficiency.

FEATURES:

·  Pair of angled, 40˚ migration ramps allow for natural crawl off of mature grubs.

·  Covered harvest bucket auto-collects dark-colored, mature grubs for simple, no-hassle separation, while fitting underneath pod body overhang.

·  ·  Hinged main lid provides additional access and is easy to open using front handle.

·  Inner convenience lid easily pivots, allowing for quick one handed dumping of food scraps, while shielding top ventilation portal - critical for aeration, female access and egg laying.

·  Heavy duty, weather-resistant, rotomolded construction insures long life span and protection of colony from the elements.

·  Improved ventilation.

·  Compact designAdvanced drainage of liquids for compost tea.

·  Faux stone appearance blends in naturally with landscaping.

BENEFITS:

• Divert and digest all food scraps from smelly garbage bin, kitchen insinkerator and open-air garden biconverter
• Re-capture valuable lipids and proteins found in kitchen waste and transform them into usable live feed for domesticated animals and wildlife
• Friable compost / undigested residue may be used in garden or as the ultimate worm bin food, producing casting faster than food waste that has not been predigested
• Family friendly system provides children with an education in sustainability, the cycle of life, and organic gardening.
• Helps reduce carbon footprint associated with food scraps decay into methane in landfills by diversion and recycling
• Actively feeding grubs secrete a natural fly repellant called a synomone (an interspecies, chemical communication that alerts and warns other kinds of flies to stay away)
• Beneficial Soldier Grubs are self-separating, auto-harvesting, robust, prolific, hardy, indigenous, harmless, easy-to-store, simple to transport, dry to the touch in pupal stage, a convenient bait, and extremely nutritious!

SPECIFICATIONS:

ASSEMBLED DIMENSIONS
26 1/2" long x 15 1/2" wide x 16" tall
Circular top ventilation portal is 9" in diameter
Drainage Plate: 27 cm long x 44 cm wide x 0.6 cm thick

FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
Digestion Capacity: maximum of 5 lbs (2.2 kg) per day
Food scraps (including meat) from 4-6 adults
15-20% Bioconversion of food waste into BioGrubs
3-5% bioconversion of scraps into dark, friable castings + undigested residue
Rated for 3-6 adult chickens

VOLUME
Main Body Volume: 10 gallons / 38 liters
Harvest Bucket Volume: 2 gallons / 7.5 liters

WEIGHT
4 kg or 8.8 lbs empty

COMPOSITION
Pod Parts - Roto-molded, UV-stabilized, medium density polyethylene resin
Perforated Drainage Plate - polypropylene resin
Drainage Connector - nylon
Mesh Drainage Pad - non-woven polyester mesh
Metal Hardware - stainless steel

QUANTITY / PARTS
1 body, 1 main lid kit, 1 inner convenience lid, 1 drainage plate, 1 drainage pad, 1 harvest bucket, 1 external drainage assembly

COLOR
Light taupe (weathered grayish-brown)
Tone may vary slightly from batch to batch

ASSEMBLY
Time Required: approx. less than 10 minutes (single person)
Tools Needed: socket wrench or small, standard wrench to install drainage connector

USAGE
Food scrap recycling and waste diversion
Raising nutritious soldier grubs
Digestion of pet waste
Offsetting feed costs for chickens and fish

KEY FEATURES
Dual migration ramps for auto-harvesting into collection bucket
Drainage plate allows liquids to passively seep into liquid catchment area

ORIGIN
Manufactured in North Carolina and developed with pride in Texas

WARRANTY
2 year on parts and manufacturing defects
Mesh pad is a consumable and generally lasts 1 year