Worm Breeding for Beginners - Part 1 

I'm so happy to see you getting back to instructional videos. This is what I subscribed for. I've watched a couple of worm presenters who pretty much stopped altogether once the business end of things became successful. Thank you, and please keep up the good work.

such a respectful young man you are raising and teaching the trade!

Another great video Capt. Matt & Jude - perfect timing as I’m looking to start to do some breeding bins. My kitchen composting worms have been breeding enough to give breeding bins a go - looking forward to the next videos. God bless you & your family, be safe in that garage of yours.

Wohoo!! I’ve been waiting for a step by step breakdown on this topic. Glued to the screen! Thanks Cap!

Thanks for the video Captain and Jude!✊🏽✊🏽

About time somebody’s talking real worm stuff that can help my breeding worm have more. Eggs and have the right amount of breeders in one bin 🇳🇿❤

I did everything you explained here in these videos but into a 15lt bucket as thats all i had available. Today was 21 days and I harvested the cocoons, I didnt think i had too many until i started digging through and holy man i had so many cocoons literally hundreds and hundreds. Thankyou for your video. Breeding Worms setup and going again now. From Australia regards Dan

Thanks Capt. Matt!

Just staring up my worm farm. Thanks for all the info!

I am so glad to have found you ❤, so much great info helping me to get started ❤

Your a awesome teacher, I’m excited every time I see your videos

Love this! Thanks for all of your knowledge, Captain Matt! (and Jude!)

You are an excellent teacher. Thank you for sharing and may God bless the work of your hands.

Hello again Captain Matt. Am I wrong or is 2' x 1.5', 3 sq feet, or 2.5 sq feet? I think 3 square feet. Maybe it doesn't matter. Not trying to be a smart a**, but it will affect the volume of worms to place in bin. Thanks again for all your vids. You're the best!

good information thanks Captain Matt.God bless you

Great, great video, Captain Matt❤ Jude is really growing up 💪 Your vision is really expanding Take care ❤Peggy❤

Thanks, Captain! We need more worms around the world! hehe

Great young man of the future!

Excellent video!!!!! 🤗🪱

Hi Captain Matt, I am really enjoying watching the great videos on breeding worms with you grandson, both sharing valuable time together as well as learning and sharing skills. After watching the video where you explained how to get an awful lot of moisture into the bedding, I have just set up my new bedding in the same way , as I write this the bedding has been very wet and is now draining. I am using Cocoa Coir compost as bedding and will let you know how I get on. You mentioned some have had problems with Coco coir though I have also seen ' The Garden and Worm Lady' using Cocoa Coir again quite wet to breed worms in. Thanks again for great informative videos, and please say 'Hi, and well done' to your grandson, I hope he is enjoying the time with you! Regards Guy

Good information

Funny thing is I'm about to begin my breeding setup and was going to use cococoir as the bedding (I have a huge surplus of it). As you weren't able to give an actual reason why not to use it, I'll use it as planned but will keep you updated on my results!

My bins are very healthy but much too wet to sift. How do I fix this? Thank you!

Hello Captain Matt, I find your great videos very informative, Thankyou. Sadly, I only have room for a ' one tote wormery ' at home. Could I please ask "How do you know when the worm casts are ready to use?", before removing and replacing with fresh bedding. Many thanks Guy

Hi Captain Matt. May i have your favor. Can u please teach us demonstration in making bedding of african night crawlers?😊

I have an horticultural lime but it’s also hydrated. Is this ok to use? Thanks

I SO PROUD AND THANKFULL TO FOIIOW YOU FROM IRAQ👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏🍒🍒🍒💐💐💐👍👍👍

Hey Capt Matt. How do you maintain aerobic conditions with all the moisture?

Oops you already answered! Thanks! I prefer real videos like these with pleanty of respectable room for minor glitch’s as opposed to an actor cutting it just perfect. You are an inspiration! Captain Matt, I hate to ask but when measuring square feet of top surface you said one side was 2’ and the other was 1.5 foot =2.5 foot but did you mean to say 3 foot or did you round down?

I started raising european night crawlers a couple of years ago, but they are just to tiny for fishing. Is there a particular worm or night crawler thatvyou suggest?

So how many worms would you put in a 30 gal plastic tote..??

Yeah you could’ve touched the other kind of lime & water activates it can get so hot it catches fire 🔥

Hi sir, I am from Indonesia and I do like your video . I have a question, can we use 100% of biochar as the living medium for worms ?

Could I use baking soda instead off lime?

Just found your channel and think it is great my question is what size continuous bin would be for a beginner thanks Carl from Michigan

What r the cocoons?

Hi Matt I was wondering where do you buy your one ton bags from

I've just decided to do it basically the same way. It's great to see a pro moving to the same system. I use coco coir and composted manure (mostly horse, chicken added to heat it up to 140+). In just 2 weeks I had so many dark cocoons, that I decided to sort the worms out by hand. Only took 20 minutes. I don't have a bin of reserves so I keep the breeders breeding and dump cocoons into one of those cubic yard bags. Just getting started with this method so no results from the cocoons quite yet I think the hesitation about coco coir is that people think that it's full of sea salt and needs rinsed. I've been using different brands for years in gardening and my crops thrive in it with no rinsing. I've never rinsed. The absolutely best results for breeding that I've had were in coco by far. I've tried wood chip compost but got too many pot worms with ok levels of breeding. Aged horse manure almost no breeding at all. Then hot composted horse manure was good, but excelled when I mixed it with coco coir. It's also better for the environment than peat moss and no need for the dolomite to bring the pH up. I do add crushed limestone for grit and that also raises the pH on its own

Please advise if you microwave your new compost before using it in the breeding bins to get rid of other unwanted insects ? Thanks from South Africa.

Hey Captain Matt! How do you keep the pests under control with your CFTs? I can't imagine you're freezing all of your scraps for that, and I don't see a swarm of insects flying around in your garage!

hai captain matt, is it possible that i use tea media to grow my worms? and i used cow dunk to feed my worms too

2:17 I think you mean 3 sq ft.🤔

Hello sir I have found some green “stink” worms on my riverbank, they smell like sewer and are fantastic for fishing. What are chances i can use the very few i can find to breed enough to obtain thousands?

Cpt. Mat, A 2'x1.5' is 3 square feet not 2.5 square feet.

How or where do you get the compost when you are first starting out

2 ft x 1.5 ft = 3 sq. ft, not 2.5 --> 600 worms

Please don't use peat, please leave it in the ground where it should stay, it's holds massive amount of carbon. It takes thousands of years to lay down a few inches and has its own environment.

why is my worm farm stinking and my worms dying