What to Feed Worms: Vermicompost Made EASY

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What to feed composting worms. I'll give you a breakdown of all the nitty gritty of what your vermicompost worms will need from bedding to food to what they are actually eating. How to set up your entire worm bin and tons of info all around on how to keep worms to make the best fertilizer around!
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@NaturesAlwaysRight 3 года назад

🌟Best Worms for Starting Your Worm Farm - bit.ly/3jbVBsY 🌟Raise Your Worms in The Urban Worm Bag Composting System - bit.ly/3uo29ex

@KeithOlson 3 года назад

That is an interesting system. Would it be best to grind everything down to tiny bits so that they will break down faster?

@packrat128 2 года назад

Great video

@PacificNorthwestWormFarm 4 месяца назад

I started a worm farm 7 months ago and it has been so much fun. This is the educational stuff I really like to watch. Constantly gathering information about worms, implementing new ideas I have learned and doing my own experiments has been the best experience. Learning from videos like this and books I can find is how I get the knowledge to have the confidence to do this on my own. Hope everyone has a nice day.

@westerntui 3 года назад

Freeze your food scraps before putting in worm bin, it breaks it down and the worms process it 10 times faster.

@andrewdegozaru74 2 года назад

Good idea!

@babs1935 2 года назад

Love that ☺

@noway2341 2 года назад

It kills most fruit fly larvae and eggs as well

@jaredritter4386 2 года назад

Awesome information. Thanks

@Doc1855 Год назад

Thanks, I didn’t know that

@Dee.C 3 года назад

In order for the worms to use the calcium in the egg shells they must be ground up really fine. Other wise the egg shells do not break down for a long, long, long time.

@donf4227 2 года назад

I use a high-speed blender for that. First I blend egg shells full speed with water. Then I insert some veggie scraps and blend on low so that the tiny shell pieces stick to the veggie scraps. Then use a colander to drain. The tiny shell pieces disappear in the bin after a couple months, so they must be breaking down.... I've heard that the calcium from shells help worms to multiply more quickly, but I can't verify that.

@tomnekuda3818 3 года назад

I really enjoy your program. I've been composting for nearly 60 years and still learn sometimes from you young fellas. Keep the Faith and keep composting. Really enjoy your chickens as they remind me of youth on the farm. I always wanted to farm but could never win the lottery.....so, this is my answer to that. Tom

@andrewrussell3796 3 года назад

Tom Nekuda You're a farmer Tom. A worm farmer!

@tomnekuda3818 3 года назад

@@andrewrussell3796 Haha! That's pretty good......I'm gonna remember that.

@avalononeill5516 4 года назад

I just started my own worm farm today, and this is by far the best video I've seen, thank you for sharing your process! I'm definitely a hands on learner, so all the hours of reading hasn't helped nearly as much as this short video. It's straight to the point, very informative, and the chooks in the background just make it all the more pleasant to watch :) Thank you for sharing, I'll be sure to watch more of your videos! :)

@brandongrennan7602 4 года назад

Great video wow! I’ll definitely be checking out more of your videos. Definitely make your own compost one 🤙🏼

@mekowilliamsgarden3249 4 года назад

Thank you for doing this video. It really helps.

@YenTran-rz5fm 3 года назад

Hi I live in Australia and just started becoming more interested in gardening recently. Just watched your video which is the first time. I really liked it . Very clear and straight to the point. Definitely, I'll keep watching 😀

@BaloosCluesOriginal 3 года назад

If you search #shedwars21 you'll find some fellow Australian gardeners from our southern hemisphere teams. They're pretty informative. Happy gardening!

@VK-qo1gm 2 года назад

This is a great channel, also check out 'The weedy garden' channel, Australian, his content is fantastic

@GalleryofHorrors 4 года назад

Thanks for making these. Hope all is well with you and your family. Our family is getting setup to grow a small vegetable garden and your videos have made it a reasonable task. It is much appreciated especially in this time. Thanks again! Take care 🤘😁🌞🌱

@helenmoorhouse270 4 года назад

Love the sound of the chickens in the background. I miss keeping chooks 😊🐔

@gnarmarmilla Год назад

This is so informative and and full of insight. I really appreciate you taking the time to share all this info with us. May God bless you, you have blessed us all.

@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife 3 года назад

Great tips, looking forward to implementing this myself

@davidkeelerii7460 3 года назад

Worms love pumpkin. If you haven't ever fed you worms left over pumpkin after Holloween. You need to try it. You will be amazed🥳

@sams7725 2 года назад

True, I always try to pick up any I can for the compost program I run for a community garden. All my compost bins have red wigglers in them.

@kirklarson116 3 месяца назад

Yes. I didn't know this since I'm fairly new to it but holy cow...sliced it in half and burried the domes half way and they went to town. Same thing with a bad watermellon we got from the store.

@BigDocOSW 9 месяцев назад

Fantastic video. Best I have seen on this topic. Thank you!

@patriciarussell8450 3 года назад

Love your continuing education for us. As a worm farmer just a FYI, none of my bins have any type of drainage NO LEACHATE due to toxic phosphates whatever. My worms in bins are feed a certain amount of food and there is no "drainage". This is everyone's choice. I choose to make tea for my garden using their castings. I do not want to worry about problems from anaerobic problems. Again, thanks for another great video! A+++

@growpuravida 2 года назад

just a question. When I was researching worm bins before purchasing one, all of them have a little tap at the bottom for drainage - in case the bin is outside and it rains and some water seeps in, whatever. And all the worm factory makers strictly recommend to keep this tap open, or the worms can suffocate. That is also an outlet for leachate. Do you think this is wrong? How do you deal with excess liquid from green feed, if any? Or you just increase the amounts of carbon material to absorb it?

@MrSeney1 2 года назад

Dame for me 😉👌

@stestrupholm-dyrkjorden Год назад

@@growpuravida I would say that it is unnecessary in a well-managed worm bin. However, the fact is that most people feed them too "much" fresh stuff, and as a result you get too much moisture at the bottom.

@growpuravida Год назад

@@stestrupholm-dyrkjorden but how about the bins that are outdoors? Mine is not rain-proof though it's a commercially made one...

@tonysu8860 Год назад

@@stestrupholm-dyrkjorden I can say authoritatively it's more for the convenience of creating worm tea. I also manage worm bins both with and without a tap and as long as you're sensitive to what your worms need and can provide them choice where to go, your worms will be happy. So, If worms want to go to a darker, cooler environment they can always burrow down a ways. But I also position my bins so they get the warmth of the sun and can got in that direction, too. Or, put your food in a corner so that worms can go there or away if they don't prefer an environment with a lot of oxygen robbing decomposition. Amount of water is just one choice. Give your worms plenty of choices and they'll do what makes themselves most happy.

@littlenugs9942 3 года назад

Have a wonderful day yourself. Ty for the video

@herbertd.fischer2789 3 года назад

Interesting publication & you did great describing it Thinking about getting me a couple worm beds started

@Thebearcave1776 2 года назад

Great video. I plan on using the alternate side feeding method in 'one' bin. Great information, thanks.

@jksatte 4 года назад

You make that look so easy. Janice

@BaloosCluesOriginal 3 года назад

I'm new to worm keeping. It makes me feel better knowing I'm doing it right. Thank you!

@SLFYSH 3 года назад

Awesome and useful information! THANK YOU.

@geldanem.t.5515 3 года назад

Very useful info. Thanks for sharing!

@neciorapista1646 3 года назад

Thanks a lot for sharing your knowlege in worms bedding so as produce rich organic soil to be use for home gardening! Keep it up! God bless!

@linachenful 3 года назад

I love that your chickens are agreeing with you.

@captainwalter 2 года назад

i really love the editing for this! visuals and sounds are awesome!!

@royhoco5748 3 года назад

interesting video I purchased a used blender in a junk store and run all my kitchen scraps through the blender to make a thick soup, the worms love this blended soup. I freeze extra soup in baggies and use it all winter when garden and kitchen scraps are more scarce.

@FrugalOffGrid 3 года назад

Wow, very educational.

@michaelcooney7687 2 года назад

Love your chickens getting in on the audio input….chirpy chirp chirp..🥰😎

@LazyCookPete 3 года назад

Very useful information, thanks! 👍

@debradorofaeff6206 3 года назад

This is interesting because I am doing a warm farm just starting out

@GreenLove1 3 года назад

Fantastic set up. I love worms. Have 2 worm factories and one 27-gallon tote. Happy plants!!

@yes350yes 2 года назад

You have a different setup than I have but I did start out using tubs/totes but now using a factory 360 since mine is done inside and I love it been using it for yrs. Some I might add especially for new wormers that can speed things up is I use a hamilton beach big mouth juicer which is 800 watts of power which you will need for doing things like banana peels. If the material is too dry then will add juice back into the pulp to make it more of slush. I also use a mini composter and coffee grinder for use on the eggs, but first I will run the shells thru a microwave 3-4 min. to kill any pathogens that might be there. The coffee grinder makes egg shells into a grit which the morms can use to help help move material thru their gut. Also some other critters wont like moving thru the egg shell grit so a multipurpose. Also I will save my potential worm food in zip lock bags and freeze till Im ready to make another batch of food. I will keep my processed worm feed in large coffee cans till needed. For new wormers go easy till you see how fast the food disappears. Most new wormers make the mistake of having more food in the bins than the worms can handle and the bins can become anaerobic and smell and thats when most new wormers will quit .

@tonysu8860 Год назад

Yup. But keep in mind that blending everything means that the microbes will disappear all the food faster than your worms can consume either the goopy nutrients or the microbes that feast on the goop. You want to provide the food in a way that's consistent with the herd's needs which usually means over a few days if not weeks.

@yes350yes Год назад

@@tonysu8860 Wrong ,, it is the microbes that gets the food ready for the worms

@SusanSmith-hl3iv 2 года назад

Thank you. Very informative!

@michelebarnes8424 3 года назад

Thank you, great info👍🏻🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

@UrbanWormCompany 4 года назад

Great work Steven!

@mayshomesteadchronicles 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing fellow vermi-tuber! Very interesting to watch :) Glad to support

@alonacayanan8500 3 года назад

Thank you, good information.

@altaoosthuizen9842 10 дней назад

Thanks for a great video with so much information that helped me a lot. Realy appreciate your time to explained in such a way I/WE can understand it. Will watch more video's from you. Greetings Alta from South Africa

@AAHomeGardening 3 года назад

Very informative, thanks

@shanemillard608 4 года назад

When you move over here I've got to learn this soil health stuff and supplements from you

@RobBertholf 4 года назад

Excellent content.

@filipe78 4 года назад

First of all this channel is awesome. Lots of great info and a very inspiring person. Now the questions: How often would you feed them kitchen scraps? After how many times feeding kitchen scraps do you put the second bin on top of the first? How long after can you use the worm casting? How regularly do you harvest the leechate? Thank you for everything. You're great!

@coolcookies1156 3 года назад

You harvest Leecate won time each week! Yw

@cw4608 4 года назад

One of the most complete descriptions I have ever seen. Video excellent as well.

@addiroids 4 года назад

Thanks so much for all your research and making our lives easier and our worm’s lives better!

@rogerramjet7246 4 года назад

I go to the local mangroves and dig down into the broken down seaweed piles and grab a few bins of partly decomposed seaweed . I then take it home rinse it by running fresh water through it and then add it at about 20% mix to my compost volume . The worms love it and yep it’s basically for free .

@rollotumasi3879 4 года назад

Roger Ramjet Great idea! That's gotta be good

@tonysu8860 Год назад

That's great. I live a few miles from the beach and every few months before dawn wake up and go collect kelp off the beach before the flies lay eggs. I used to wash off the kelp being afraid of the alkalinity of sea water, but later have omitted that step. I often feed an enormous amount of kelp at a time so I always place the food in a corner where the worms can come get the decomposing kelp as they want it or move away if they find the decomposition too toxic or not their choice. As always I avoid simply throwing food on top of the surface because the decomposing food can rob all the oxygen and suffocate the worms that need that oxygen to breathe. Although I've never done a study to confirm I feel confident that over time the worms will reconsume the kelp and their casting spreading the benefits of kelp derived nutrients throughout the bin's worm castings.

@W1zdumb 3 года назад

Coolbeans! Thanks for the info. I have a bin in the shed. I'll try this out with some red wigglers.

@kyledemontigny6153 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing that. It was helpful.

@PriceJP 4 года назад

Great Video Thanks!

@russellhartman2141 Год назад

Great stuff, I have a worm bin in a 30 gal pvc sink. W the drain the leche' just drains ourt w gravity. TY, very informative 👏 👏 👏

@jimwilleford6140 4 года назад

Excellent information. Thank you.

@viveksawant625 4 года назад

Good info sir

@fbryce1ify 3 месяца назад

thank you for defining lechate vs tea

@articmars1 2 года назад

Suggestion. Unless you use well water which is pumped straight on your property i recommend rain water or allow your tap water to sit for a day or so. The chlorine in the water will kill the microbes and fungi your trying to produce. It will set the process back every time.

@racebiketuner 9 месяцев назад

Chlorine is no longer used to treat municipal water in large US cities. Instead they're using chloramine, that's much longer lasting and does not dissipate when exposed to air. High capacity KDF85 filters from Camco and Boogie Blue are about 70% effective in removing chloramine - when new. The remaining chloramine can be removed with powdered sodium ascorbate or vitamin C. 1/8 teaspoon is more than enough to treat 5 gallons. It only takes a minute when the water is agitated vigorously. Filters with KDF85 technology cost around $65 and are typically rated to treat 8k gallons. Less expensive filters without this technology do not remove chloramine, regardless of what the manufacturer claims.

@TheGardenAndWormLady 3 года назад

i add straw that hasn't been broken down outside and it does break down in my bin :)

@mayshomesteadchronicles 3 года назад

Nice to know :)

@victoriaoshea4865 4 года назад

Very helpful

@johnliberty3647 2 года назад

I didn't get all high tech like you did so I am not an expert but I learned that if food isn't molding then it goes to the chickens, if its moldy and a human shouldn't eat it then its perfect for the worms. I had worm feeding stations so my worms were free to come and go as they pleased so I never concerned myself with making castings as worms were everywhere on my property and in every pot in my nursery. I even got worm loving chickens from a neighbor and I never ran out of worms.

@ViktorVonGhoulie 3 года назад

thanks for the help

@prashantraut974 4 года назад

Thanks for the description list👍

@alizahirsh123 3 года назад

Great video TENKS

@jefflandsberg4251 4 года назад

very informative . Thank you for your thoroughness ! What do you think about Compost Sacks?

@imtiazahmed1020 3 года назад

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@redchally6080 Год назад

I am just starting to fish. Bought some “Canadian nightcrawlers”. They’re big worms they’re in a small container in my fridge and I felt bad just letting them die so I stuck a bunch of lettuce in there and when you said “they love bacteria and fungi” it made so much sense because today when I checked on them they were just kinda laying over all of the lettuce

@Soilfoodwebwarrior 4 года назад

Best castings are made with finished thermo compost. Check out Ground up soil or Texas worm ranch. Both places are affiliated with Dr Ingham and produce vermicompost with adequate levels of fungi.

@US_John 3 года назад

What you do is knowledge gained in time personally using your own resources, experience, observation and time. I learn worms in russia, and i kind of figure out how england started this. Began the vermicompost popularized composting technique as in germany. And now going global usa, turkey. I see warms get inside the cardboard for shelter. My russian parents chop an old tree and how i found larvas, beetles, and worms living harmoniously underground and inside a wood. Basicly eating through a large wood. Worms are magnificant and makes me addicted. One significant condition that i figured is worms love rain and black soil. And they can not survive on Muds but they can breath on water. And they can not live in super salty water. I see many people find plastic bins for use vermicompost. But i use different scales and tactics. For example : a plastic pvc vertically stabbed on soil , worms can travel vertically. Worms like metal containers. Red Warms like animal source for example i see giant red warms live under the chicken barn under the wood work over the concreate ground. They travel a meter to get there at night. There is no demand for vermicompost in russia. However as in england or germany or usa, the meat supply is abundance. There are enough livestock. Such as england knows how many sheeps they have. But i dont think there are enough compost or culture of composting. For example composting house hold trash. Or sheep cow manure. I have seen plants , flowers , and observe if housewives put any compost. No. On farming i have seen. One critical thing i learned in russia, small farmers raise crops to feed not only themselves but the livestocks. Such as sugar beets, carrot, potato, and pumkin. They have all the land in the world, 5000 hectars. Helicopters mechanical engineer minds. But agriculturally using old techniques despite using Modern machines. I still could not figure out what to do with all this land , maximizing utility and productivity, and man power. I think agriculture should be fully automated so that man kind can focus more on RD, painting art,music, and automotive. So many talents are wasted in front of computer screens. If we have spent same amount of time on automotive sciebce than on coding computers we would all be driving on a $750 cars with a milage of 500 kms charging solar power.

@robbiebanks9182 2 года назад

God bless you brother

@bio-organicfertilizer3493 2 года назад

Thank you for Sharing :)

@adamkaity7154 Год назад

Love the chicken backround soundtrack. Thanks for the advice mate.

@marc1speed 4 года назад

Do you need to add bedding if the worms (Tigar worms) are put into a pot with a plant using organic living soil? I put the straw on top as a mulch but it's the dry type when first put on. So it's not a worm bin I'm after but an organic living soil in a pot for plants. Thanks.

@sambmendez2454 2 года назад

Awesomeness 💯💯💯!!!

@jamestomlin5525 2 года назад

Blending them up a bit before feeding also helps out alot 👍

@aaronsandford3568 9 месяцев назад

But the worms would die if they got blended

@Crystal-xm6zu 4 года назад

This is amazing thank you! I just bought a tiered worm system with a tap on the bottom. I’m trying to translate your bin system into how I would need to use mine but have an annoying amount of questions. When you say you have the one big bin to harvest them all into, Is that just the castings you out in there? Do you take some of the worms too so you reduce the population each time, to prevent overcrowding? The bottom layer in your table collects the liquid? See, I need to watch all your vids and come back so I know what to ask. I’m so green!

@NaturesAlwaysRight 4 года назад

Just the finished castings go into that "Big" bin. Some worms are still in those finished castings but that's ok. The worms will manage their own population.

@Crystal-xm6zu 4 года назад

Nature's Always Right Thank you!

@novicebets 3 года назад

great video. i was wondering i live in Florida and i felt it too hot to leave them outside. during the summer. will they survive if i leave it outside. thank you.

@michaelbrown-sw2zj 11 месяцев назад

Thankyou for you video on what to feed red wig let’s. I have Kentucky bluegrass. Clippings I compost for about 3 months. Would the grass clippings be good to feed my worms?

@stevederheim2114 2 года назад

Great channel! Ive heard that the worm juice is pretty good stuff did I hear you right that its no good? I'm new to worm composting. Thanks! 🤠

@LiliansGardens 3 года назад

I enjoy orgabic gardening because the microbes and earthworms help recycle all wastes back into food . thanks for showing us ow to do this.

@jamestomlin5525 2 года назад

You should look into jadam then :D

@vuongle9084 3 года назад

Thanks 👍

@blasttorres 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing, how do your worms do in the heat?

@johnwyss8417 3 года назад

Thank you 🙏

@fourdayhomestead2839 4 года назад

Lots of great info in this video. I'll share it with my homestead facebook friends.

@americanman9297 2 года назад

Last month I passed a restaurant that dumped a bunch of vegetables out the back boor so I collected a bunch of it for my worms. I brought home several large bags with apples, carrots, potatoes, lettuce and cabbage. I gave them the lettuce right away but I've been breaking up the rest and adding it to a bucket to break down into a slurry. I peel the cabbage and cut the apples, carrots and potatoes and mix it all up. I then add a couple scoops of the slurry to the bin every few weeks. But now after all the things I read about cabbage I am wondering if I can give it to them and if they'll even eat it. Do you think the cabbage is ok to give them?

@miamimusicman 2 года назад

We live in Miami, FL where it gets very hot and humid in the summer. We do have lots of shade in our backyard due to two HOA trees in the backyard. I have no room in my small house for worm bins but I’m wondering if I can keep them outside under the shade? Any information on this would be most helpful because I don’t want to kill worms. But I really, really want to do this!!

@harryhotdog7777 4 года назад

The caption is Worm Farm in Melbourne. Please check guys.

@jean-pierreposman7282 2 года назад

hello , i have lots of coffeegrains can i better use them directly in my soil {worms are verry attracting to it and love it) or better make wormcastings with the coffee grains ?

@therocklicker8287 3 года назад

I was thinking about adding some kombucha to my mixture but that might be too acidic what do you think for microbial

@reneebrown2968 3 года назад

I would think corn husks would make awesome bedding.

@yarriorourke6694 4 года назад

If you can get stable manure, that is already aged a few months, that makes awesome food for the worms and very light and fluffy castings.

@tonysu8860 Год назад

To be absolutely certain, I don't recommend feeding even stable manure if the compost will be used for edible crops, there's just too much unnecessary risk involved potentially infecting with e-coli and salmonella. If you do use any kind of animal meat or derivatives (like manure), I recommend not using that compost for fertilizing edible crops for at least 90 days after the last time that animal meat or byproduct was given to the worms. The possible catch is remembering and counting the days because worm compost is normally "ready" to be used long before 90 days. So, why the 90 days? It's an estimate I've developed that more or less ensures the worms have reprocessed the castings enough times that the worms would almost certainly have eaten all the harmful bacteria that might have been introduced. That number might have been influenced by some research I read long ago but can't remember where.

@gavan1988 2 года назад

Good morning I am very newI am just starting my worm bin my question can I use mushrooms as food. I bought some to use but for got them in the fridge.

@clarabell60z 2 года назад

Great system! I tried adding compost to my (back porch-enclosed) worm bin and introduced ants to my bin.

@jakebarnes3054 2 года назад

How do the ants and worms interact?

@arcturusbbqsausagemaking2435 2 года назад

New to this, Now you have the bottom bin With the top bin set on top with the quarter inch holes drilled into the bottom Does the top bin with the 1/4" holes drilled into it have to be touching the bedding or castings in the bottom bin for the worms to transfer or migrate to the top bin ,If you can Please answer this question does it matter if its touching or not ? In need of answers here ....Just subscribed

@benjamintaine4476 Год назад

Hi thx for the video. Learnt a lot. What do you use the worms for? Are you selling them? Thx again

@jhrhiggi 4 года назад

That’s far more work than is necessary, I started with a worm farm feeding block (peat), add worms, food scraps, coffee grounds & cover with a thick amount of paper or cardboard...the vermicompost is BEAUTIFUL!! So dark, airy and highly nutritious for the garden.

@dfwquiltr37 4 года назад

and you can also add chopped up leaves or make a leaf mold with just leaves from the yard and add some fruit juice to start the process. I just add water and mix it up every few days or so. But have heard they like it dry so I will do some dry leaves and see

@casualpreparedness2347 4 года назад

Hello from the Gulf Coast of Alabama. New Subscriber Here. Excellent Video. 💯👍👍😎

@dorotheawitham7776 2 года назад

Can you use this indoors? In a cool spot. And where do you get the red worms from! I live in Maine and don’t think that I have seen any of them. Thank you very much

@mtd0766 3 года назад

I'm starting an apartment worm farm and would like to use the castings next growing season. How do I store the castings or should I just add what I get to my pile of soil in the yard under my tarp prior to the start of the season.

@donisenberg3032 3 года назад

I ‘store’ my castings on the soil of my garden beds for the most part. But I keep some in a storage tub for use in my pots where I mix it with potting mix.

@timothyb627 3 года назад

I know this videos have been told but spring is coming in a couple months so I was thinking about getting started. I've one question are there any woods that are toxic to worms

@andrazcerne1268 4 года назад

It is nice what are you doing. you can also use egg shells for calcium and it also help neutralize earth and it crush easier, you can also feed them to chickens four calcium but I do not recommended to you because i have heard the chicken can star eat his own new egg (but maybe you just haw to crush them good before you feed) .....Thank four video and have a nice day

@fishingscotland3068 2 года назад

Got a 25l tub with top soil in it and food for them with holes in top for air so far so good haha

@ilienicolae Год назад

AV is old best worm channel

@dfwquiltr37 4 года назад

You can add Citrus to the worm bins but not a lot so I usually add just a little bit to mine and the rest is fruit and vegetables, I just mine up really small so they digest it faster and once I start getting more than my freezer can hold i will start grinding it up and put in some really small ice cube tray's and freeze them and give them to them that way as well. They love it. I also add leaves dry and make a leaf mold with it as well, Crushed up egg shell from a blender I sprinkle that on top and some times i will switch it up and sprinkle Corm Meal on top as well. That the Jiffy kind the one's you have to add the egg and flour ect to. They love Melon peels, banana Peels and sense I have my bins inside I cover my food so it does not attract insects. So far so good, I have had my worms 2 weeks now. I have European Night Crawlers.

@jimwilleford6140 4 года назад

Deana Lynn Allen Rogers Call me crazy, but I both compost in place with well stocked lazy beds with a worm tower in each end of each bed. All beds are thriving with castings and worms. For me anyway, it is so much simpler.

@jimwilleford6140 4 года назад

Deana Lynn Allen Rogers When bananas are going bad, and prices are cut way back, I buy. I add one half of a banana in each end of my lazy bed. I got the idea from another Utuber, whose name I cannot recall.The worms congregate there en mass, and no search is necessary if I need to move some elsewhere, or go fishing.

@ezyjack826 2 года назад

I've seen where people feed there worms grains. I have some flour that we are not going to use. can I add a cup at a time to my bin? ty and enjoyed the video. 🙂

@joshott1334 3 года назад

The reason why I'm watching this is so cuz I'm building a worm farm

@KooKooKITTY64 3 года назад

Same

@BaloosCluesOriginal 3 года назад

I recently built some in a way none of my neighbors will know what they are. I want to make sure I'm taking care of them properly. If you want to see how I hid mine in plain sight, you can find it on my page. I'd attach a pic here if it'd let me.