Best Way To Rotate, Harvest & Feed A Worm Tower! | Vermicompost Worm Farm

Подписаться 13 тыс.

Просмотров 8 тыс.

50% 1

Maximize castings & minimize work with this new way to rotate your worm tower trays! Harvesting also becomes a breeze when you use this method as we turn food scraps & cardboard boxes into rich natural organic fertilizer for your garden in the form of worm castings!!
In this video I go over step by step instructions on how to rotate your worm tower using my method along with showing you what progress to expect in each tray. You'll see how I feed my VermiHut & learn to use the agitation method to quickly harvest your completed worm tower tray with minimal effort on your part. You have to check it out and give it a try!! After this video you'll want to get a worm tower for yourself if you don't already have one!
We took a little longer than usual to harvest since we were away at our son's wedding...Check out the adorable couple's channel here ‪@LaurenandPJsAdventures‬
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
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
#Vermicompost #wormfarm #vermihut #redwigglers #selfsufficiency #homesteading #vermiculture #wormcastings #baitworms #wormbin #compostworms #compost
00:00 | Intro & what to look for
00:28 | Top Feeding Tray
00:46 | PreHarvest Tray
01:07 | Old Inoculating Tray
01:32 | New Inoculating Tray
02:40 | Worm Barrier
02:55 | Worm Tower Basin
03:30 | Rebuilding & Rotating Worm Tower
03:50 | Brand new tray added
04:21 | New Inoculating becomes Old Inoculating Tray
05:02 | Top Feeding Tray becomes PreHarvest Tray
05:44 | Old Inoculating Tray becomes Top Feeding Tray
06:30 | Why this method works so well
07:16 | Adding new bedding
07:48 | Feeding the worm tower
08:27 | How much to feed
09:29 | Best way to harvest & separate worms from castings
10:22 | Skimming worm castings off
11:24 | Harvesting results
11:39 | Recap

Опубликовано:

27 июл 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 77

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев 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

@patweb8470 10 месяцев назад

I have tried your method of tray rotation and harvesting recently...it works ! I don't have the patience to wait for 2 months , and still got a good harvest of 2- 32 oz containers of finely sifted castings after only a month between rotations. Also, I fluffed the top tray for about 2 hrs and the worms all went down to the tray below...really didn't expect that all would. Thanks for all your tips!

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

That's fantastic!! I'm so glad you gave it a try and liked how it worked for you!! That is the beauty of these worm towers, you can rotate quicker if you need the castings to come at a quicker interval! Thanks so much for sharing your experience with our different techniques!! We really appreciate your support!!🪱🪱🪱

@tootiemoonie 3 дня назад

I've just restarted my worm bin using your suggestions. Putting dry bedding in the bottom tray is genius! Previously my worms all seemed to end up, drowned in the liquid tray. I'm astounded at how quickly the population has grown - so many little babies! And I think I've come across the idea to freeze food before, but this summer I'm not thawing it prior to adding it. I figure adding frozen food is a good way to cool down the bin. it's in the garage and it's so hot in the summer🥵. Thanks so much for sharing this technique.

@Vermicompost 2 дня назад

Awesome!! I'm so glad our videos have helped!! I too will put in frozen food directly to try to keep things cooler in the summer!! Great job with your worm bin!! Thanks so much for letting us know how it is all working out & of course thanks so much for watching!!!🪱🪱🪱

@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 10 месяцев назад

Good video, Patrick ❤ I love watching your process with the Vermihut ❤🪱❤️ Take care, My Dear ❤Peggy❤

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you Peggy!! We really appreciate your support and tips over at your channel!! Thanks for always stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@hardhunter3584 10 месяцев назад

Another great video! I just did the same thing to my Hut yesterday! Got about 4 pounds of casting.

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Awesome!! I love harvesting these VermiHut trays and taking a peak at the others!! Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@ericq4175 10 месяцев назад

I have followed your method and it works great with little work. Thanks for sharing!

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!! I'm so glad it has worked for you as well!! I appreciate the great feedback! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch & comment!!🪱🪱🪱

@AJsGreenTopics 10 месяцев назад

Enjoy your weekend.

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you AJ! I hope you are having a great Labor day weekend!! Thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@malingoodwin7867 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for detailed explanation of your tray management, very helpful. I inherited a Worm Factory system recently, so far only have 1 tray going. I will add a bottom tray with bedding as Inoculating tray. Since a few months back I make and use "Pre-composted bedding" (based on RockinWorms recipe), so need to keep an eye on the Inoculation tray, don't want it to get too wet from drip above. Maybe I will add 1/2 " of dry cardboard on top of pre-composted bedding to absorb drip as a precaution. Your method of "stir and let the worms walk out the bottom" from a ready-to harvest tray is brilliant. I will adopt this method when harvesting my regular tub-bins for sure! A real time-saver to let the worms transfer themselves, instead of picking them out by hand .... Thanks! Malin

@Vermicompost 9 месяцев назад

Inherited worm bins are the best kind of worm bins!! That is fantastic that you are adopting the rotation method. I think your plan to add dry bedding to the pre-composted bedding will work well...Jayne is at RockinWorms is a treasure trove of great advice and expertise! The agitation harvesting method was a game changer for us. I'm so glad you're enjoying our videos! Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@wprd227 7 месяцев назад

Started my journey with this worm bin and have been worried about the worms sitting in the liquid in the bottom love this idea going to implement this asap been going for 60 days now and love the idea of using my castings for my potted plants to get fresh veggies year around

@Vermicompost 7 месяцев назад

That is fantastic!! i’m so glad you’re enjoying your worm tower. They really are excellent worm bins! Thanks so much for the kind words. I’m glad you’re enjoying our videos and of course thanks for watching!🪱🪱🪱

@lauramccament1381 10 месяцев назад

Love your method of getting the worms to vacate the top tray!

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!! It is so much less frustrating than the other methods I have tried!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch & comment!!🪱🪱🪱

@A-V 10 месяцев назад

Great demo! If I owned a system like this then I'd certainly run it the same way 👍🏻

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you AV!! I love running the towers but filming & describing what I'm doing is sure problematic during rotation time!! Thanks for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@nickthegardener.1120 10 месяцев назад

Hi Patrick I think you run that bin perfectly.👍🤠🪱💩

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Nick!! I appreciate the great feedback!! Always fun to rotate & harvest this thing!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@mikkosgarden 10 месяцев назад

I harvested my finished tray on the 360 the same way. Definitely easier than dumping and going through with the light method. Enjoy your weekend.

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Soooo much easier to harvest that way!! Thanks for watching to the end to catch that!! Hope you and the big helper & family have a great weekend as well!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@joesoutdoorplaces 10 месяцев назад

You’ve developed a great system.

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you Joe! It has been working amazingly well for us!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@imafreeamerican7443 10 месяцев назад

So I was gifted between 1500-2500 red wigglers from a fellow beekeeper. Yeah that sounds weird :) We have begun raised garden beds utilizing Hugulkultur methodology. So it only makes sense that we raise our own composting worms. :) I went with the Vermihut and I find your videos to be awesome. Clearly presented and very easy to understand. I'm glad I found it, and so are my worms. They are eating machines, I will continue to use your proven methods. Thanks for your videos and keep up the great work.

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

You know I've found there are a lot of bee keepers who raise worms and vice versus!! I want bees so bad, but my neighborhood is just a little to tight with house to make me comfortable! I really appreciate your great feedback and I'm so glad your VerimHut is doing so well!!! Definitely keep us updated as we love to hear how folks maintain and manage their worm bins!! Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words!!🪱🪱🪱

@GardenMyselfHappy 6 месяцев назад

I find these really interesting and helpful. I have just set up a 4 tray system and felt a lot more confident. I have opted to have a single tray to begin with and will add bedding in the 2 below to inoculate. The sifter is an amazing idea too! Thank you for helping newbies like myself. Happy new year for 2024. Jane

@Vermicompost 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Jane!! Happy New Year!! You may have already seen these two videos but they help when starting out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g5Sag75OAXY.html & ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UsH3k92KhYg.html I think that is a great plan you have in place starting with one tray then adding a couple of inoculating trays in 30 days or so. Thanks so much for watching our videos!! Feel free to ask any questions as you explore more videos!!🪱🪱🪱

@clivesconundrumgarden 10 месяцев назад

I bet with static electricity those mites were trippin hard 😂😂😂 Perfect parameters brother and just love the most passive way of harvesting castings imo. Although you should break out the paintbrush once in a while to honor the Boss, Mr. Ross 😂😂😂 Cheers J&C 🌱🤞👍🤜🤛

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

😂🤣😂 They were definitely trippin'!! I keep seeing everyone break out paint brushes while harvesting...with my personal experience sitting next to the boss, Bob Ross at traffic violation driving school in the 90's I should break one out myself next time in his honor (plus he served in the Air Force as well!!)...I'm sure I have a spare in my garage! Thanks for all the encouragement you two!!🪱🪱🪱🤜🤛

@clivesconundrumgarden 10 месяцев назад

@@Vermicompost "pretty little mountains" ....of worms 🖌🎨🖼🪱😂

@GardeningwithBarchuckin 10 месяцев назад

I will be adding the inoculating tray on Wednesday 😁 Your tower system looks good Patrick even with extended wait time. I will have to try to harvest the tray like this next time. I’m harvesting my 1lb red wiggler bin now (no video just needed to get it done).

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Awesome!! I was pretty surprised at how well that top feeding tray did with my extended absence. I did toss in some watermelon and lettuce when I got back form the wedding to hold them over but they devoured that down to castings in no time. I love having the extra VermiHut tray around to harvest the castings in my other bins...surprisingly I didn't realized it could be used as a sifter until about 6 months after I got it!! Thanks so much for watching Rick!! Lookin forward to your next Wormbin Wednesday!!🪱🪱🪱

@cathyplantlover2862 10 месяцев назад

I haven't got to mine either 😕 I fed them last around July.......I've been so busy 😩 that I forgot to check on them they can travel to a recycling bin under them that is probably done as well...... I've kept the bottom part off so they can move through out the recycling bin at their leisure.......they are on the top lucky enough that the vermi hut fits perfectly on top but still.......

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

I bet you still have a good population in there! That is so cool that the VermiHut trays fit on top of your recycling bin!! My Tiny Worm bin has been ignored the longest because we are procrastinating about counting the worms out when we harvest (a silly tradition I started when I got it). I've had to throw some little food scraps on top so I don't feel like I'm being a bad worm Dad!! Thanks so much for watching and telling us about your bin!!🪱🪱🪱

@graemedevine9651 10 месяцев назад

Thanks again, after seeing your video of them cleaning up the egg shells I put quite a lot in mine over the food, there's none left after about a week when I go back to feed them again, my worm tower is outside, I gather whatever is in the sump after it rains and use it on my house plants, its rocket fuel.

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Awesome!! I'm so glad the egg shell grit was a hit!! I think if I ran this outdoors I might do the same as you and check it every few days for drainage and spread it on the lawn! I know my plants and lawn absolutely love the worm tea I make with the castings!! Thanks so much for passing on how you run your worm tower outdoors and thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@NanasWorms 10 месяцев назад

Hi Patrick, I hope you and your worm family came through the hurricane safely! Have you ever wondered why the holes at the bottom of each level are square? I'm going to feed my Worm Café today and check to see what shape they are! ~ Sandra

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

We did well, we're quite a bit inland and didn't suffer the storm surge into the rivers and coast that a lot of the Tampa area and especially more northern Florida did. I think the holes are square to fit more of them in while still keeping the bottom strong. They are perfect for sifting...which I didn't realize until about 6 months after I started running it and almost bought a sifter😀 I'll check out your next worm Cafe' video to see if the hole design is similar! Thanks so much for watching Sandra!!🪱🪱🪱

@saltarsio6245 10 месяцев назад

In your harvesting video you ahowed the yellow basin and called it your cocoon nursery. Do you have a video that explains that?

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely!! Here is a video where I check on one I got started, 20 days later: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3cNiaX3PZx4.html My VermiHut Playlist has several more videos where I interact with the cocoon nursery: ru-vid.com/group/PLimznaPXKV0_jVcRI9rI5xnbAFqNP3WZ_ Basically I sometimes put all my freshly harvested casting into this bin and let it sit for 30 to 60 days before I put a little cup with food scraps in it to attract the freshly hatched baby worms. Then I take out those worms and put the castings into my storage container: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WCevZRPuYug.html I don't always start a cocoon nursery with fresh castings but it helps to get almost every last worm and new hatchling out of the vermicompost!! I hope this helps!! Some of those videos are old so please forgive the bad editing😂 Thanks so much for watching and being a long time subscriber!!🪱🪱🪱

@annsalty5615 10 месяцев назад

Happy Labor Day weekend! Did I catch your comment correctly, that you are starting a new worm bin soon? Looking forward to it and the mystery. I have so many castings now to deal with, its crazy. For the Fall, I will be restarting a Vermihut in the greenhouse with about 5000 worms and see how they do in there when the cooler temps arrive. Mainly to keep them going just in case I lose them in the big outdoor bins. But I think they will be fine outside.

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you Ann!! Happy labor day to you as well!! I am restarting my Tiny Worm Bin, so not a different one (I'm always asking Autumn to let me have another) but a full up restart after I count all the worms! That is a good problem to have...too many castings!! I've thought about spreading mine in our lawn if I ever get too many😁 That will be a rocking VermiHut in your green house with 5000 worms!! Good idea to have a back up colony for your outdoor bins, just in case!! Thanks so much for watching and updating us on your bins!!🪱🪱🪱

@annsalty5615 10 месяцев назад

@@Vermicompost i exaggerate a little bit as still need a lot more castings, as much as I can get! But the separating of the worms in the amounts I am getting now keeps me busy! So, I changed how I do it. I harvest these big outdoor composters with half inch sifter, putting the most composted stuff and worms into some big totes. Then bating those worms out to put them back to work! I would love to find an easier way on this scale but have not found it. I figure by next year there will be even more worms so will not be treating them so preciously 🙂🪱🪱🪱🪱

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

That is a great way to do it with the big systems you have...make the worms do the work!! I love the surprises I get when I use bait cups and find loads of worms in them!! But like you said, there is no easy way to get the worms out in mass at that scale and have even a hope of getting 90% of them out! Sounds like you have a vermicompost factory over there!!

@annsalty5615 10 месяцев назад

@@Vermicompost Ha! Yes, a factory almost. It grew. I dare not grow it larger 😂🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

@NewTraditionsHomesteading Месяц назад

When starting a brand new worm tower, do you start an inoculating tray right away?

@Vermicompost Месяц назад

Great question!! Yes you can, in fact that is how we started my son's VermiHut. We started the first tray just like in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g5Sag75OAXY.html then we put two dry inoculating trays down below. We actually didn't do the first rotation until 90 days, but we started adding one inoculating tray each rotation. We didn't harvest until the 2nd rotation. I hope this helps!! Thanks for the great question & thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@erikaircsik 9 месяцев назад

If I want to use all five trays at the same time, where would you suggest I put the fifth tray? All the way on the bottom and just have a third inoculating tray?

@Vermicompost 9 месяцев назад

I think that is a great idea, you could also have a harvest tray resting on top as the fifth tray without the lid to let it dry. I think you could do a 45 day interval per tray if you fed every 6-7 days and run it as a 5 tray system. Please let me know what you come up with and are able to make work as time goes on...I'm real interested to see how folks like running it with 5 trays. I like to use my fifth tray as a sifter for my other worm bins so I may be stuck with a 4 tray system...if I don't order another VermiHut! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

@MonzGary 7 месяцев назад

Great channel. What is the advantage of doing this rotation vs the more traditional method where you havest the bottom tray?

@Vermicompost 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!! Great question! In the traditional method I found that I had liquid and worms down in the basin almost every time I checked on it. I also had to prep and dampen the bedding every time I put a new tray on and the harvested castings were like mud with how much liquid was in them. With this method, I can be much lazier by just filling a new tray with dry bedding. I rarely if ever have liquid or worms down in the basin (mostly when I go past 90 days between rotations) The bedding is totally inoculated with microbes and moist when I rotate it up to be a new top feeding tray and the worms infiltrate it much quicker all making for a quicker turn around with harvesting! I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for the kind words and thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@MonzGary 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the quick reply! I bought that same bin, but I also have a 5 gallon bucket dyi system. I'm gonna add a 4th bucket and try that rotation with the buckets too! Fingers crossed

@Vermicompost 7 месяцев назад

🤞DIY systems are always fun!!

@MonzGary 7 месяцев назад

Thinking ahead, if I wanted to use the 5th tray, would you just add a pre-pre harvest tray? So from top to bottom it would go 1. Feeding, 2. Pre pre harvest 3 pre harvest 4. Old inoculating 5. New inoculating? I don't need a sifter so I'm thinking to use all 5 trays, would love to hear your thoughts on how to add to rotation

@Vermicompost 7 месяцев назад

@@MonzGary That is an excellent route to go if you want even more broken down castings and a bigger worm population, but the castings maybe wetter than usual...If you go an extra inoculating tray instead then you will have a slightly smaller worm population and a little drier finished castings. I think with your idea you may be able to get the rotation down to a 45 days cycle as well...which, when you eventually get all 5 trays on turns into a conveyor belt of castings!! Great idea!!

@qfpv8629 27 дней назад

I'm curious, what type of cardboard do you use? I started to shred cardboard boxes then was concerned about the glue that is used in their manufacturing; thinking that it would damage or kill the worms. Thanks.

@Vermicompost 26 дней назад

Great question! Mostly I use amazon boxes or boxes from the grocery store. I steer away from glossy cereal box type cardboard...they will eventually eat it, but it takes forever. I have been feeding them to my worms for years with no issues, in fact it is the bedding that gets broken down the fastest of everything I've tried & it helps me divert some trash from my landfill. Worms do tend to be a "sink" for toxins, they have been used to clean polluted soils, so as long as we don't eat them (like birds do) they and we should be good! I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

@qfpv8629 26 дней назад

@@Vermicompost Yes, thank you very much! I love your videos, and of everything I watched on RU-vid about getting started with vermicomposting yours has been the most helpful. :)

@Vermicompost 24 дня назад

That's awesome!! Thanks so much for the great feedback!!

@evelynknight5627 10 месяцев назад

I know this was sort of an atypical timeframe for your tower, but remind me of how often you are able to typically harvest a tray? I'm looking towards an expansion in my near future, and taking notes for when that time comes. I'm leaning towards the UWB, but feel like I shouldn't rule anything out just yet! What's your favorite of the systems that you run? 😊

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

I typically harvest every 60 days...once you get 4 trays on the system, it becomes almost like a conveyor belt of castings as ! harvest every 60 days! I think anywhere between 45-60 days is the sweet spot. What is my favorite......That is a great question and the toughest for me to answer!! It sounds like you are already an experienced worm farmer so an Urban Worm Bag might be the most fun as you seriously up the amount of food and bedding you can feed and I find that it is really easy to just chuck stuff in throughout the week! I love my VermiHut because it comes with everything you need to get started (except for the worms) to include a block of coco coir and each tray can also be used as a sifter...Mine came with 5 trays and I run it with 4. It is an excellent bin for beginners as it starts up real easy and drains if there is too much moisture (which is common in beginner bins). My Tiny Worm bin is a bit more challenging but I love the convenience of size, where it can be put anywhere! And my Outdoor Worm Bin made of two 20 gallon fabric pots is a work horse for me, producing enough castings to harvest every week...so which one is my favorite??!!? I love each of my children equally, but right now I'm having the most fun with the Urban Worm Bag!! But, my VermiHut and the others are a close second!!! Thanks for the great question & for watching!! Good luck deciding on which to choose....you really can't go wrong!!🪱🪱🪱

@user-vn9yp4ox8u 10 месяцев назад

היי. אני ועוד כמה חברים מגדלים תולעים אדומות בשביל העתיקות שלהם לגינות שלנו. אנחנו צופים בערוץ שלך כל הזמן ללמוד איך לגדל אותם ואיך לקבל הומוס לגינות שלנו. אנחנו מישראל ולא כולם מבינים אנגלית נודה לך אם תוכל להוסיף תרגום בעברית. תודה מראש אושר אברהם מישראל😊

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

תודה לך אושר אברהם!! ניסיתי להוסיף כמה כתוביות בעברית לסרטון הזה ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1jkn2rP0Ur0.html האם אתה יכול לצפות בו ולראות אם זה עובד לך ולחברים שלך? אם כן, אמשיך להוסיף את התרגומים. תודה רבה שצפיתם!! אני מאוד מעריך את התמיכה שלך!!🪱🪱🪱

@user-vn9yp4ox8u 10 месяцев назад

@@Vermicompost היי בוקר טוב מישראל 😉 כן איש יקר התרגום עובד מצויין תודה רבה לך על ההסברים בסרטונים שלך. אנחנו לומדים ממך המון חשוב. תודה רבה

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

@@user-vn9yp4ox8u מדהים אני כל כך שמח שזה עבד. תודה ששאלת על התרגום, באמת עזרת לי לשפר את הערוץ שלי.

@fishmut 10 месяцев назад

Way to dry , the bedding should of been wetted down same as any other tray , and the food tray wetted down a bit as well , worms love moisture but not to much that they have to swim in it is all .

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

You're right, a tray full of dry bedding is not a good idea at all for worms! It is amazing how wet my dry bedding eventually becomes as it waits down below catching all the moisture! The castings at the end come out perfect and the worms go into the dry trays on their own when they find it wet enough. The tray that became the new top feeding tray started as a totally dry tray and was never fed or watered...and it was absolutely moist!! This method is just a different way to efficiently run the VermiHut with the least amount of work while preventing anaerobic leachate in the bottom. Lots of other great ways to run it as well...I've tried them all...to include running water through it to use what comes out the bottom to every way in between. This one is my favorite!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and pass on your experience!!🪱🪱🪱

@fishmut 10 месяцев назад

@@Vermicompost ….cheers mate , if it’s working for you then your doing it right for how you work your worm bins / trays , just on the appearance of the video yeah it looked over dry from the viewing, I only water mine on inspection and if they need it otherwise I leave them alone , I feed scraps to but make sure I cover them so not to attract unwanted pests , the amount of worm castings I have got is incredible only because I harvest 6 monthly to a year and the fact I have a few worm farms , the eggs get put into other trays and make me more worm farms , it’s addictive. 👍I don’t call them cocoons because they don’t morph like butterfly’s do from cocoons , the worms are born from the eggs , that’s just how I relate to what everyone else calls cocoons .

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic techniques!! So true...worm farming is sooooooo addictive!! I agree they should be called eggs...biologically that's exactly what they are versus what everyone calls them!! Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience & techniques!!

@tory464 10 месяцев назад

❤👍Great system, castings look beautiful!! Have you tried Avocado 🥑tech yet??? Keep up the great content!💚♻️🪱✌

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you Tory!! I haven't purposely tried avocado tech yet...I had to look it up, but I will say I get tons of worms congregating in the tight dark confines of the avocado shells I put in...so much so that I call them Avocados!! If I let one go bad again I will blend up the contents with some of my amendments, put it on top and see what I get!! Thanks for all your support watching, sharing tips, asking questions and commenting on our channel!!! We really appreciate it!!🪱🪱🪱

@PlantObsessed 10 месяцев назад

Great video. I wonder if the mites were there to compost the worm jerky? I will watch this again when it's time to do my tower. Lol worm tower of Pisa 😂🪱👍🏼

@Vermicompost 10 месяцев назад

Thank you Ann!! You are probably right! I think they may have been attracted to that, but then got trapped down there as well...it was bone dry!! I was surprised to see the springtails since I haven't seen them in this bin in years, but the population may be so low that I just don't see them on my regular feedings. Can't wait to see your tower!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱