15 Pounds In Our First Worm Castings Harvest!! | Vermicompost Worm Farm

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This Urban Worm Bag's 1st harvest is a beast!! And I could have pulled out more!! Watch as I show you how to prep your worm bin prior to pulling your garden gold out of the bottom as you create natural organic fertilizer out of your food scraps, shredded cardboard & paper in the form of worm castings!!
In this video I also take a quick look at out last feeding and give you three angles of the harvest from down below the Urban Worm Bag. See if you can spot The Executive Producer's helping hand about half way through!
Epigeic worms or composting worms are fascinating natural composters & fertilizers that are in most homesteaders bag of tricks to make free organic fertilizer & soil amendments as well as fishing bait. If you've ever thought about vermicomposting or composting with worms to make organic fertilizer & natural soil amendments with your plant based kitchen scraps or food waste, this is the channel for you. I have 3 worm composing bins which you can watch from start to finished worm castings on the 3 playlists following each worm bin. If you haven't started yet, get started now and vermicompost with me!🪱🪱🪱 Visit my Channel at / vermicompostlearnbydoing
Happy Vermicomposting Everyone!!!🪱🪱🪱
Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel!
Worm Bins I use:
Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3Xs1eGe
Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT
20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr
3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO
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Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP
Equipment I use:
12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu
Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 or amzn.to/42SQ4w9 (with extra coffee bean & nut blade)
Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO
Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Food Dehydrator amzn.to/3O5Uj2H
Mosquito Dunks 6 pack amzn.to/3Oe4Sl0 granular amzn.to/42KDtM0 or 20 pack amzn.to/42Br4Kf
Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg
Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n
Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN
Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j
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Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq
Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6
Other useful equipment for worm farming:
5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184
Cameras & camera equipment I use:
GoPro HERO11 amzn.to/3jkRpLa
Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF
Insta360 GO 2 camera amzn.to/3oxCc80
Insta360 One X2 camera amzn.to/3nqV6hp
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Canon EOS Rebel T8i amzn.to/3HcBuX6
4 Ocean bracelets I wear
Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/3HMbHEx
Books on worms & worm farming
Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2
Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com
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00:00 | Intro & plan of action
01:11 | Worm close ups & types
01:41 | Last feeding zone
02:38 | Adding bedding
02:56 | Feeding to attract the worms up
04:24 | Adding amendments
04:59 | More bedding
06:04 | Prepping bin for harvest
06:25 | Harvesting my Urban Worm Bag
07:55 | 2nd tray of worm castings
08:50 | Resetting bottom for next harvest
09:17 | Close up of the harvested worm castings
10:24 |15 pounds of castings
11:00 | Wrap up

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@Vermicompost Год назад

Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel! Worm Bins I use: Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3Xs1eGe Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT 20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr 3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO Other Worm Bins: Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version amzn.to/3AHnjqK Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version amzn.to/3tYfWY4 Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP Equipment I use: 12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 or amzn.to/42SQ4w9 (with extra coffee bean & nut blade) Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz Food Dehydrator amzn.to/3O5Uj2H Mosquito Dunks 6 pack amzn.to/3Oe4Sl0 granular amzn.to/42KDtM0 or 20 pack amzn.to/42Br4Kf Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j Compost Tea Bags amzn.to/3fCb5o1 Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6 Other useful equipment for worm farming: 5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184 Cameras & camera equipment I use: GoPro HERO11 amzn.to/3jkRpLa Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF Insta360 GO 2 camera amzn.to/3oxCc80 Insta360 One X2 camera amzn.to/3nqV6hp iPhone 13 Max Pro amzn.to/3nq52aU Canon EOS Rebel T8i amzn.to/3HcBuX6 4 Ocean bracelets I wear Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/3HMbHEx Books on worms & worm farming Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2 Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com

@Archipocalypse Год назад

My wife and I have started vermicomposting as well as a normal compost bin. I see a couple things wrong with your approach, just trying to help. We are trying to keep everything as organic and natural as possible. Anything with chemicals or bacteria that we do not want in the compost we are avoiding. The white napkins and papertowels are white due to bleach, allowing them to break down into your compost is adding bleach and other chemicals to your soil & castings. There will be glue on the paper towel rolls. I am avoiding all chemicals that I possibly can which is why i am making my own compost fertilizer to begin with.

@Vermicompost Год назад

@@Archipocalypse Great points!! That is fantastic that you are going as natural as possible!! Finding the right level of "natural" and "organic" is not always black and white and is important to try to decide what amount you are willing to accept or not accept! I'm not too worried about bleach as it naturally breaks down pretty quickly as does most anything that oxidizes to clean things. But what has me more curious are the volatile organic compounds use in just about every manufacturing process out there!! Many glues and dyes are made with soy/vegetable/cellulose based products so again those don't bother me as much as what is used to make recycled paper and cardboard...again volatile organic compounds. I like the idea of disposing of my cardboard & paper waste through my worms (which are very good at detoxifying things, as they have been used to clean up toxic waste sites) but I wish I had more trees with leaves I could use in my worm bins. We have a lot of palms and pine trees around us. In a perfect world I would grow my own food so I can control completely what goes in or out of it...but as soon as we buy any fruit, vegetables or anything that was in a container...it has assuredly gotten the same volatile organic compounds absorbed into it from being against cardboard, waxes, plastics etc. If you think about it, It is enough to drive you bonkers!! Thanks so much for your insights and sharing how you are keeping things as natural as possible!! I appreciate you taking the time to watch & comment!!🪱🪱🪱

@A-V Год назад

The whole thing of needing to get down on all fours, or on your back, to harvest the system is - to me - a major downside to running a CFT system. Probably the main reason why I have been reluctant to get my VermiBag Mini in service again. Anyhow, it looks like the first harvest went well - although the stuff was put right back into the system. I've been thinking of relaunching my CFT using what is already well underway in my yellow buckets. This way whatever I end up harvesting will be - most likely - finished castings :)

@eleanoraddy4683 Год назад

Sounds like an amazing idea for starting a CFT. Always seems like it's the initial filling is the sticky point.

@Vermicompost Год назад

It reminds me a lot of milking a cow, next time I'll probably just saddle up to the side of it and get out what I need without laying down to see what's going on as I do it. I think a stand built up a little higher would help me out as I have to bend over pretty far as I fill and feed it. I'll eventually figure out a good system as I plant harvest at least monthly. I think your yellow buckets would be a great restart to your VermiBag Mini!! For now it's making a great shelf for your other worm bins!! Thanks for stopping by AV!!🪱🪱🪱

@brookeonyx6271 Год назад

I’m with you on the DOWN side of harvesting! I’m going to empty mine soon after I build a raised frame for it so it will be about 2.5’ off the ground. Then I’ll be able to put a larger bin under it too. My second harvest gave me almost a full 5 gallon bucket of very clean castings. The last gallon had more than worms than the first part so should have stopped.

@Vermicompost Год назад

5 gallon bucket!!! That is amazing!!

@MonzGary 7 месяцев назад

I have a vermi hut and been eyeing the urban worm bag vs hungry bin. Apparently if u buy the urban worm bag alone, it comes with instructions to build ur own frame. Wondering if anyone has tried those instructions snd just raise 2 fr, I want it high enough to use a 5 gallon bucket under and so I can side on a short stool to harvest. Any downside to doing that? Dangerous to have it that high up?

@vickibee8451 Год назад

I also stuff my veg and fruit peelings into the empty toilet paper tubes. Within 48 hours the tubes are almost bursting with my red wigglers ! ! ! It almost as though they think they have never had anything to eat ! It is also a great way to bait out the squirmy wormy ones when getting ready to start another new bin. They eventually eat up the tubes also. Happy worming around all you worm raisers!

@Vermicompost Год назад

😀 They certainly are suckers for those cardboard tubes stuffed with food scraps!! That is a really convenient way to bait them out and put them in a new bin! I may give that a try when I get ready to reset my Tiny Worm Bin!! Thanks so much for watching Victoria!!🪱🪱🪱

@PlantObsessed Год назад

I liked the multi camera view that was cool. Don't forget to knock the walls after a harvest or there will be an air pocket. I have forgotten that and the castings at the bottom got pretty crunchy. 15# is a good haul. I'm glad you are liking the bag. 👍🏼🪱😃

@Vermicompost Год назад

Great point...I didn't think of that!! I was hoping you'd watch and pass on some pointers!! I need something built like the set up you made with the Lil'Mamouth stand & mortar tray!! That seems like a good system!! Off to give my UWB a beating😂🤣😂 Thanks so much for watching Ann and passing on the post harvest tip!!🪱🪱🪱

@ontherocksinthesoilmichael6739 Год назад

I put mine on a furnitire dolly so i can move it and clean beneath and around the bin. I find the extra 3 inches or so make it much easier to harvest as well. Just a suggestion.

@Vermicompost Год назад

That is a great suggestion!! I think you must have mentioned it before and put the idea in my head earlier because I have been on the lookout for one! We moved it into the house while we were on vacation and then back out, so I need it mobile in the hot summer months. Thanks so much for watching & letting us know how you manage yours!!🪱🪱🪱

@ontherocksinthesoilmichael6739 Год назад

@@VermicompostHarbor Freight is where I got mine at a reasonable price.

@Vermicompost Год назад

@@ontherocksinthesoilmichael6739 Awesome! I have one by my house!

@graemedevine9651 Год назад

I stuff food into the old toilet rolls it's all gone within about a week or so, got 2 worm nurseries on the go now, I can see this getting out of control soon, it's great to have an abundance for teas and making potting soil etc, really good if you have a soil blocker for seedlings, speeds germination up with the good biology mixed in.

@Vermicompost Год назад

😂🤣😂Without Autumn (my wife) here to hold me back I would definitely be out of control with regards to worm bins & castings!! Stuffed toilet paper tubes are an excellent idea!! I love to check on them and see the worms all huddled inside feasting!! Great point about seedlings too! Thanks so much for all your support & for passing on your good tips & tricks!!🪱🪱🪱

@wallysworms 11 месяцев назад

I must say, I wouldn't be able to get underneath. They would find me dead, 2 weeks later, smelling up the place. But seems like a really good harvest if you van get to it. Nice video, keep them coming.

@Vermicompost 11 месяцев назад

😂🤣😂 The Urban Worm Company and several commentors have suggested lifting it on blocks or something similar which would help for harvest and for putting things in. Right now the top sits below my waist so I have to bend over pretty severely when I dig in...I just need to find the right blocks or other contraption to put it on. I also bought a mortar tray for underneath wich should help out immensely! My next video of this bin will be another harvest & I'm gonna try it a little differently. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch and comment Wally!! I'm slowly training RU-vid not to hold your comments but this one and one more got held up again.🪱🪱🪱

@eleanoraddy4683 Год назад

Just remember, it probably won't go any better with the whole pumpkin even in December 😂❤

@Vermicompost Год назад

😂🤣😂 Right around the end of November when it starts to cool down here, I need you to copy and paste this comment to whatever video I have released!! I always seem to forget the bad stuff & remember the good stuff😀 Thanks for the good laugh & of course thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@joesoutdoorplaces Год назад

Looks like great castings.

@Vermicompost Год назад

Thanks Joe!! I was pretty impressed with round 1...I think a couple of months from now, when I've been through a few more harvests, they'll be even better!! Thanks for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@clivesconundrumgarden Год назад

Reverse agitation, love it !! I thpugh it eas the worm chow, crazy it was eggshells 🤔 Material looks good but not stoked on the design tbh. Maybe 4 cynder blocks would make it easier??? Awsomeness brother 🌱👍🤞🤜🤛 Disregard the last comment, great minds.... and crazy ones think alike 😂😂😂

@Vermicompost Год назад

😂 As long as you can sit on the floor you'll be alright😀....but being up on something about a foot higher would be fantastic!! There are several designs out there for all these CFT type worm bags, but a choice when purchasing would be even better! Thanks for stopping by to watch J&C!!🪱🪱🪱

@thenortonfamilyhomestead Год назад

We have a worm bin, too, but it's just a tote box. This is such a cool container for vermicomposting!

@Vermicompost Год назад

Hello Norton Family!! I am loving this huge bin so far. I'm sure you produce a lot of food scraps & garden waste that could be used to fill this Urban Worm Bag and have another regular source for worm castings!! I have a small tote (Tiny Worm Bin), an Outdoor Worm Bin made of two 20 gallon fabric pots, one inside the other, and an indoor VermiHut Worm Tower. So far this Urban Worm Bag and the Outdoor Worm Bin produce the most castings. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!! I look forward to watching your homesteading adventures!!🪱🪱🪱

@rogerdudra178 Год назад

Greetings from the BIG SKY. I've been curious about these worm castings.

@Vermicompost Год назад

Great to have you watching from Montana, one of my favorite places to visit!! We lived in south eastern Washington & loved coming over to your beautiful state! It's been a long six months since we started but it was worth it!! Now the castings will be coming every month to two weeks from this beast of a worm bin!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 Год назад

Wow! That's impressive, Patrick 👍 I would definitely put that bad up higher to accommodate my back. But it is an incredible system. Good video ❤

@Vermicompost Год назад

Thank you Peggy!! I think having it on some kind of stand or blocks would help out the majority of folks use this system better. Right now for me the top being so low is the bigger back breaker than having to get on the ground to harvest😂 Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

@ericq4175 Год назад

I tried the blended egg shells in a small pile like you did and it was gone in a day (amazing).

@Vermicompost Год назад

Crazy huh? I never noticed how much they loved it!! I learn so much each time I feed my worms!! Thanks for watching & sharing your experiment results!!🪱🪱🪱

@brookeonyx6271 Год назад

Thanks for sharing your harvest! I love my Urban Bag! It produces more castings than any of my other bins and the castings don’t need to be sifted…unless like me you pull out more than you should!

@Vermicompost Год назад

That's awesome you have a Urban Worm Bag as well!! Mine is only 6 months old so be sure to pass on any tips or tricks you have!! I was very impressed by how much vermicompost I got out of it on my first harvest!! I plan to harvest at least once a month...how often do you harvest yours? Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@brianseybert2189 Год назад

I might just break down and get me one of them things for inside this winter. I love using the growbags outside in the summer, but go to plastic totes inside in the winter. The 3 bins take up too much space in my grow room, and our basement is too cold. Thanks, btw for listing your equipment. My camera died and need to replace it. Nice to have a starting point. Nice haul of castings, more to come for sure. Stay Well!!!

@Vermicompost Год назад

Thanks Brian!! This does hold a lot of material and produces a lot of castings in a relatively small space!! Like I mentioned in the other comment I use my iPhone to do almost all of my filming and use the Go Pro and other cameras as back ups and different view cameras when I film these videos. The Go Pro has so many great features and I love all the accessories you can get to really get great angles or on the go type video. I use a normal tripod for my videos but I have an octopus like mini tripod whose legs bend and wrap around things so I can get really difficult shots. The different brackets that come with the Go Pro can be adapted to other cameras so I've been able to use my iPhone and Insta cameras on the different tripods and various holders. I hope this helps...I'm no camera expert but ultimately my iPhone is the work horse of my up close vermicomposting videos! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@ronroussell8491 5 месяцев назад

Your videos are exceptionally well done. The instructions you give, your camera work and the detail right on target. I noticed on a few of your video's you fed your worm potato scraps. I read the following about potatoes and worms. As a member of the nightshade family, potatoes are relatively high in solanine. Solanine is a toxin that acts as a pesticide. So, it should come as no surprise that compost worms avoid the potato peels they’re served. However, like all organic matter, potatoes will eventually break down and become transformed.

@Vermicompost 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the kind words & recognition of the effort we put into the videos! Unfortunately I had shoulder surgery 3 weeks ago & it has been next to impossible to edit our recent videos we haven't released yet...It seems like most tubers & other root vegetables have evolved some unique abilities to fend off pests & microbes! That makes sense based on the length of time I see it take for the worms to eat those foods. Thanks so much for passing on the information!! & of course thanks for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

@thenodiggardener Год назад

Great first harvest. I was going to say the same as Sandra about so many worms being in the bottom; not just the moisture, but the heat may have pushed some down there too. Either way, even if they're just 'finishing off' what's down there this time, it's going to be a good comparison for the next harvest. Also, seems like we're both getting hit by storms. It's all I have in my forecast for two weeks!

@Vermicompost Год назад

I love this time of year with our afternoon thunder storms to cool things down, but it doesn't make it easy to film this bin!! I think you all are right about the heat!! It was cool to the touch and the worms seemed to be loving it down there. I wonder if I will see a difference in the winter? The pumpkin experiment really heated things up so I'm sure they dove down for protection! Thanks so much for watching and for the great input about the heat!!🪱🪱🪱

@turkuaz6666 Год назад

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@Vermicompost Год назад

Videomu izlemeye uğradığın için çok teşekkür ederim dostum!!🪱🪱🪱

@jasonmarks4521 Год назад

just starting to watch your videos. So far I like the way you are doing your videos. Your playlist for the bag is backwards. Maybe check all your playlists and make sure they play first video to the newest.

@Vermicompost Год назад

Thank you!! I appreciate you stopping by to watch!! Thanks for letting me know about the playlist, right now I have them sorted newest on top. I've left all my videos on, even the early ones when my editing skills were pretty horrendous so I like to keep those at the end instead of the first thing everyone sees😂 I was hoping RU-vid would come up with a way to let folks sort the playlist how they want! Thanks so much taking the time to watch & comment!!🪱🪱🪱

@GardeningwithBarchuckin Год назад

It’s like your own personal punching bag 😂 castings you harvested looks good, still can see it’s not all the way broke down but looks good. A bunch of worms too, I like the temperature sensors to help see how the bin is doing from the inside. Patrick, did you pat the sides to allow the castings and bedding to fillip the bottom of the worm bag?

@Vermicompost Год назад

😂 It felt good to give them a little love tap after worrying me with all the heat the last several weeks!! The bottom bladder like black area already seemed full but I did that based on the recommendation from Steve, the founder of the Urban Worm Company. He did a Live where he harvested a UWB and he mentioned to give it a few punches incase there was any bridging of material holding up the castings. I didn't feel anything fall down and the entire contents didn't come pouring out so I'd say the tapered design with a broad part in the lower section works well!! The castings looked pretty good for a first harvest and definitely were usable if I needed them. I'm hoping they help add to the biology of the new stuff I put in! Thanks so much for watching Rick!!🪱🪱🪱

@GardeningwithBarchuckin Год назад

@@Vermicompost oops forgot to add after your harvest. It made sense when I wrote it 😂

@Vermicompost Год назад

I did not and Ann over at Plant Obsessed just let me know I need to do that, so they just got another beat down😂 So good thinking Rick...I definitely should have in order to reset everything again!

@GardeningwithBarchuckin Год назад

@@Vermicompost 🥊 the heck out of it 😂 I wanted to make sure that it went back together nicely so you can have a great harvest on the next attempt 😁

@Vermicompost Год назад

👍👍👍🥊🥊🥊

@NanasWorms Год назад

That's about as good a first harvest from a UWB as I've ever seen, Patrick. I wonder if you're seeing worms down below not only because of the moisture, but your heat and the composting pumpkin drove them downwards? ~ Sandra

@Vermicompost Год назад

Thank you!! I think you are exactly right with regards to heat!! One of my first thoughts as I was harvesting was how cool the castings felt. Heat rises so it only makes sense that they would flee down to the bottom! You always come up with the best explanations for what we're seeing!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch Sandra!!🪱🪱🪱

@dannyjanolo4601 Год назад

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@Vermicompost Год назад

Thank you for stopping by to watch!! I appreciate it!!🪱🪱🪱

@wormweirdo340 Год назад

I love the concept of the bag…but as you said, harvesting is difficult without the blocks raising it that you mentioned to make the harvest easier. I’m in need of two knee and a hip replacement, ain’t no way my old creaky bones can handle a bag!

@Vermicompost Год назад

Oh man, we gotta get you a tune up!!😀 My knees and hips hurt just reading that! Ya, I'd say getting it up on blocks would be a must for any one that doesn't get down and up off the ground easily. I've seen some DIY designs with taller legs that may also work, but in the end you have to be able to get your arm pit over the top to reach down while also being able to reach the bottom while harvesting. This range is different for everyone of every height and mobility status so I guess it's hard to thread the needle. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch and point out some things to think about for folks looking to get one!!🪱🪱🪱

@thelmabolden5388 8 месяцев назад

Move it in the shade and keep the top open

@Vermicompost 8 месяцев назад

I've been thinking about just leaving the lid open and unzipped! It is in the shade for the most part, but depending on the time of year and sun angle sometimes it gets direct sunlight, but through the screen of our lanai. I should probably experiment with that and give it a try!! Thanks for the prod!!🪱🪱🪱

@brianseybert2189 Год назад

Me again. How do you like the Go Pro camera? That is the leader of my list right now. Is it worth it to get an accessory bundle? Would appreciate your input, ready to order one. Thanks!!!

@Vermicompost Год назад

I do use my Go Pro a lot but almost all of my filming for my vermicomposting videos is on my iPhone believe it or not! I used an Insta 360 and and Insta 360 X one for the small shots to capture the harvesting. Just firing this one off fast...I'll add more to the other comment.

@charlesnorman4676 Год назад

how do you store your castings? how long can castings be stored for? how do you care for the castings once stored?

@Vermicompost Год назад

Great questions!! I have a coule of videos where I show you how I store castings: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WCevZRPuYug.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WMVNEk57ORs.html They can be stored for a long time (months, probably even a year or more) if they have air and some moisture. There are most likely some cocoons in your castings as well so they will eventually hatch baby worms. So you can occasionally but a small piece of food in there to feed the new baby worms or set up a bait cup to bait out the baby worms. The worm castings are teaming with beneficial microbes that need oxygen, so it is important not to seal any container you put them in. I hope this helps! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@charlesnorman4676 Год назад

@@Vermicompost i love your time-lapse scenes. i think you are the only one doing it, as i do not see others, yet, i do not watch every worm channel either. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. :)

@Vermicompost Год назад

Thank you for the kind words!! We really appreciate it!!

@-ChrisD 9 месяцев назад

"Easter Egg" : Executive producer appearance at 5:14

@Vermicompost 9 месяцев назад

You are the only one who caught it so far! She is such a big "helper". We were wondering if anyone was gonna catch that 😂. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch Chris!!🪱🪱🪱

@-ChrisD 9 месяцев назад

@@Vermicompost 😏

@AJsGreenTopics Год назад

I'm to old to harvest that. 😂

@Vermicompost Год назад

😂 You must have been born two minutes before me twin!! Unless you have it perched higher or create a different stand for it, you'll have to like being on the ground!! Thanks for watching AJ!!🪱🪱🪱

@cookie761 Год назад

Very interesting because I've been thinking of selling my 2 towers and getting one of these. I am finding that lifting the heavy trays is getting hard for me because I'm not as strong as I used to be. I was wondering about whether I could get the castings or not. Is there enough room then or not? I asked the company if they could Shorten the legs so I could put it up on a table. But that might make it too high so I couldn't see in it to feed. After using that one for 6 months, what do you think?

@Vermicompost Год назад

You might be able to hold on to the towers and maybe run the trays half full and only use three trays...this should help with weight. This UWB is a beast! It is very heavy so once you put it somewhere, that's it...unless you have a couple of strong folks to lift it (my son and I lifted it into the house when we were on vacation). The bag itself, when full, from top to bottom is two feet two inches tall (the stand from top to bottom is about 2 1/2 feet). As long as the top of it is lower than your armpit you can get in to feed it and harvest out of the bottom without too much trouble since it will be up way higher than what I have mine. I am six feet tall and have to bend way over as I feed mine. I would love to build a stand that lifted it one or two feet higher. I hope this helps!! At this point I am still super agile so I don't mind being up and down off the ground...it is the bending over while I'm doing videos that is reminding me I have a lower back!! Thanks so much for watching Cookie!!🪱🪱🪱

@cookie761 Год назад

@@Vermicompost thank you so much, Patrick. You are always so helpful. God bless you with all the work that you do to help the rest of us in our Venture into vermicomposting! So I'm wondering how much space does a person really need from the bottom of the bag to the tabletop or floor in order to get the castings out the bottom?

@Vermicompost Год назад

@@cookie761 Thank you Cookie!! I was able to harvest with just 3 to 4 inches of space with the stand sitting directly on the ground, so if the table top is level with the bottom of the stand then it is no problem! The bag doesn't hang so low that it hits the ground so it is always the perfect amount of room from the bottom of the bag to the ground...but putting the legs on blocks will add more distance from the bottom of the bag to the ground...so having a deeper bin to catch castings as they fall would be helpful in that case (or also putting blocks under whatever you use to catch the castings when you harvest). I'd say having it no more than a foot higher one could harvest while sitting in a chair!

@cookie761 Год назад

@@Vermicompost that is so helpful to me! Thank you thank you thank you!

@littlehomeforest5972 Год назад

Ive never harvested my casting bc i can't separate the worms from the casting. What's the best way?

@Vermicompost Год назад

Great question!! There are no super fast super easy ways to harvest castings that I have found but there are some relatively faster and easier ways. The hardest way but very meditative is to pluck the worms out one by one as I did here (I promise it is a fun video😂) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Img2UsmHL3A.html A more common way is to use a 1/4th inch sifter which will separate most of the worms and bigger pieces from the castings as I show here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tI--M5E-oKg.html Another way to use a sifter that takes less actual time doing something but a little more time total is to fill the sifter with castings and put it on top of another worm bin, then you agitate the castings for a minute and the worms go down between the holes for the next 10 minutes or so. Then you scrape off the top castings, agitate again and wait again, repeating until you are done like in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gzoOUqi6CBk.html You can also feed on one side of your bin and let the worms migrate over to that side while you harvest the other, this will likely take days to weeks. There are some other more commercial techniques with machinery but nothing I've tried. Moist castings are harder to sift, so I always try to dry by bins out a little as we approach a harvest. I hope this helps! Thanks so much for watching and asking a great question!!🪱🪱🪱

@lan-phuongnguyen4304 2 месяца назад

Can flour be used I stead of grain?

@Vermicompost 2 месяца назад

Yes, just use in small quantities since it can tend to clump up when it gets moist. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and ask great questions!🪱🪱🪱

@tiffany7023 5 месяцев назад

How can kill mites in and around my garden?

@Vermicompost 5 месяцев назад

Great question! The mites found in a worm bin are not the same species of mites that you find in your garden eating on your leaves. The mites in a worm bin only eat dead and decaying matter. Spraying your garden with worm, casting tea might be an option to reduce spider mites in your garden. Here's a video that kind of explains it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q-Lfcsx0xUM.html I hope this helps! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@Debbie-Keller Год назад

Why did ya put the harvest back on top??

@Vermicompost Год назад

Great question!! The instructions mention putting the initial harvest or two back into the bin if it is not composted enough to your liking...it actually looked pretty good but I already have enough for now so I'm gonna let the worms break them down even more. It should also help to add more helpful biology to the new food scraps and bedding I add in the coming weeks. I'm probably gonna go back in and harvest in another month and maybe add that back in as well and then I'll just take them and store them from that point on. I hope that helps!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch & ask a great question Debbie!!🪱🪱🪱

@Debbie-Keller Год назад

@Vermicompost Great answer, very interesting.

@annsalty5615 Год назад

⚡⚡⚡ Cool! Love to hear thunder. We do not get that much of it here. So, the harvest looks pretty close to what you find in most worm tower composters at the bottom. I still see plenty of worms (Steve!). So, we shall see on your next harvest if more devoid of worms on the bottom. I was a skeptic of the claim the guy made saying it would just be all castings.....but thats ok. Your the first youtuber to demonstrate it from start to finish. That I like 👍👍👍👍🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

@Vermicompost Год назад

The thunder & lightning was pretty crazy while we were filming!! It's that time of year for us!! The instructions mention maybe putting your first couple of harvests back on the top if they are not to the level of vermicompost you want...which makes sense because some people probably fill it half way with bedding during the first feeding and some probably just put a small layer down and keep it going up slow. I'd say I probably was somewhere in between with putting a lot of bedding down initially and then again during some of my outrageous feedings😂🤣😂 I think once I start treating it normally it will treat me normally!! I think I would have fewer worms on the bottom if the following weren't happening...1. I have serious pockets of heat because of where I have this sitting on my back porch. The castings felt cool so I think the bottom is one of the cool spots for them to flee towards. 2. I was supposed to harvest at day 2 but we had huge (loud) rain all day so I waited until day 4 to finally harvest so some may have gone down. 3. At the beginning I was adding lots of water through a spray bottle and through the condensation that drips off all the frozen water bottles I put in...so I think it was wetter than it will normally run in the future...and all that liquid finds its way down due to gravity. I'm hoping future harvests will be a little more dry but not too much drier than what we saw. All that being said, there were more worms than expected but I don't expect to be able to ever harvest castings with no or even few worms in it...they are just too curious of creatures!! So I'm betting I do a sift or a VermiHut tray with an agitation method to get rid of worms in my future UWB harvests. Thanks so much for all your support Ann!! & thanks for the kind words and for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@annsalty5615 Год назад

@@Vermicompost Keep going! If anyone can master this system, it would be you. I have learned so much from your videos. 👍

@annsalty5615 Год назад

@@Vermicompost Another thought, as the worm population reaches maximum, you might find it working better. I can not remember how many worms you have added to it, but am betting it can handle 50000 worms.

@Vermicompost Год назад

Thank you!!😃

@Vermicompost Год назад

50,000 would be amazing!!!

@adireich256 Год назад

What would you normally do with the castings? Do you just dig a hole in the back yard and dump the castings along with the 🪱 🪱 worms? Then once it’s all in the ground you put a plant? I have never raised worms but I want to.

@Vermicompost Год назад

That is a great question!! I have a couple videos where I explain some of the things I do with my worm castings: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WMVNEk57ORs.html & ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WCevZRPuYug.html Worm castings are a wonderful way to help feed your plants by bringing microbiology to the soil which helps plants uptake nitrogen phosphorus and potassium. It also helps both sandy and clay soils by adding organic matter. I use my worm castings in several ways. 1st I make a worm casting tea out of them to water my plants and quickly get the good microbes to the roots and leaves. I also use about 20% worm castings mixed with 80% regular potting soil for my seed starting mix. I garden a lot in pots, so each year I refresh the soil in my pots with several hands full of worm castings so I can constantly reuse the soil I have without buying new potting soil. I also add a little bit of worm castings into the hole when I plant my seedlings into the ground. Finally, I occasionally top dress my plants with worm castings and water it in. It can take a few seasons but eventually you can go completely synthetic fertilizer free and just use vermicompost & regular compost to get the soil and your plants back to the way they naturally uptake nutrients, thought the symbiotic relationship of fungi & microbes to unleash all the nutrients they need which are already resident in your soil!! I hope this helps!! Vermicomposting is a super addicting hobby!! Here is a video to show you how easy it is to start if you haven't already seen it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1IRP-Nu6_90.html Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@tory464 Год назад

❤👍that's funny, I just keep an eye on the egg shell pile. ( gone in 60 seconds! )🚀🪱 man!! Unloading that thing! Does not look fun at all!! ❤✌

@Vermicompost Год назад

Those egg shells disappeared fast!! Not what I thought was going to go first at all! I will probably find a way to harvest that does not involve me laying on the ground as I start harvesting more! I see blocks of some sort under the legs in its future!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch Tory!!🪱🪱🪱

@tory464 Год назад

Definitely raise it up, knees & back.❤✌

@Vermicompost Год назад

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