Subpod & Inground Vermicomposters (Do They Work?)
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
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Video Summary: Steve looks into the concept of inground vermicomposting setups like the Subpod and lets you know why he thinks they're a good idea
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Video Timeline:
0:00 Start of Video
0:31 How a reader wanted to use an inground vermicomposter to turn horse manure into worm castings
1:03 How inground vermicomposting protects against extreme temperatures
1:15 What I think of PVC Worm Towers
2:15 The downsides of inground vermicomposters
2:48 How & where I plant to make my own below-ground composting system
3:23 What I think of the Subpod and why it's misunderstood
5:03 Download the Rookie Vermicomposting Mistakes Guide
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My inground 5 gallon food grade buckets work like a charm. We pull them out of the ground twice a year to harvest them and reset with new bedding. Sooo convenient to toss in your garden scraps!
~ Sandra
How deep do you put them? Do your buckets have any holes in them? What do you cover the bucket with? I’m interested in trying this as I just don’t have the space indoors anymore.
@@k.f.becker1502 we put 3/8 inch holes all around the sides, on the bottom and about six in the lid. Rainfall and irrigation flow through the bucket, keeping the materials suitably moist. The 5 gallon bucket is sunk to about 1-2 inches of the top level of soil/mulch. I do have a playlist on my garden worm towers if you are interested.
~ Sandra
UV rays make a plastic bucket brittle. Put an extra cover over the buried bin to block direct and reflected sunshine. I use a wooden board. @k.f.becker1502
@@tomboehme8114 That's a great idea, Tom. Our buckets are 95% recessed into the garden bed, but we may have to replace the lid if they get brittle. We also put a brick on top of the lid to stop any rodent interest in the contents of the bucket.
~ Sandra
We use the inground as an overflow of kitchen scraps that we don't have room for in our urban worm bag. It's a great setup for us. We also use the subpod when we don't have enough brown material and don't have to worry if the temp or moisture levels get a little off there. To put it simply, both composters give us the flexibility to make good compost and keep the food and paper trash at a minimum going to the dumps. And we get great additions to our soil for gardening from both, it's win from every angle. Happy worms, happy gardens!
I took a couple 5 gallon buckets, took the bottoms off and drilled holes in the sides and started my compost with 100 ordered worms. I now have thousands and have bring some inside to make compost all year around. I’m constantly finding worms all over my garden when I plant and they even snuck into my above ground hot compost set up. I will admit that my garden was hand tilled so it was soft and fluffy when I first set it up, but I practice regenerative agriculture so I try to not disturb the soil as much as I can and the worms are still everywhere. So I would say that if you do a below ground set up correctly, they will create a good product to spread around AND go through your earth. I’ve only recently had a couple of the deep dwelling nightcrawlers come in to take some food with them, but I also attract springtails and isopods (which I collect as pets) and have a very healthy ecosystem. The only real downside is that they are, in fact, a pain in the back to harvest. I’ve settled on pulling everything out and sifting through it above ground.
Yeah, it definitely works better if you start with fluffy soil from the beginning. Most folks aren't doing that though!
Def interested in this! In ground!
Good video I do inground recycled bathtubs with great success.
Have one DIY and it improving bed around like a charm
That's interesting because I have one of those bigger subpod units that I put in my raised garden bed. When I say raised, I mean the bottom of the bed is about 8"off the ground in one side and about 16"on the opposite corner because the bed sits on a hill. Anyway, there's no way for worms to get in my bed other than the ones I put in. I have pictures of worms in different parts of the bed nowhere near the subpod. Mind you, the bed is 4 feet wide by 10 feet long. I do have a mix of euros, red wiggler and blue Indian or India blue, I forget how it goes sometimes. So it's hard for me to say that the worms leaving the subpod is not true because I've seen otherwise.
I have a question if I pre compost things like grass and leaves before adding them into a worm bin do I still need to add extra bedding?
Nope! The precomposting deadens the mixture in the same way that adding bedding does.
So, how do you deal with ants? I vermicompost indoors, as West Tx heat will kill them. I had a compost pile outside that I use to pre-compost food for them. Then...they came. The fire ants, big ants, you name it. I had to let them have it it wasn't even safe to get near to try to turn.
Ants suck....and I know Texas is tough for them. I'd keep your bin on the slightly wetter side. Ants seem to thrive in drier worm bins
I've seen various videos put out by subpod and reviews others have made of the subpod and some of both have mentioned that the worms leave the subpod, aerate the soil, and return to the subpod. Some of the actual tutorials put out by subpod say that the worms will travel throughout your garden bed. I find that to be, well, false advertising in fact. As you said, that's not how it works and it is a misconception. I've also read a lot of comments from people who were disappointed when their worms were not leaving the subpod and they weren't sure what they were doing wrong - which is of course, nothing.
I think for people who live in very cold climates such as myself, running an in ground vermicomposting simply isn't practical. My frost line is 48 in deep. Why would I want to struggle to dig out castings from a 4-ft deep hole when I can make them just as well above ground, nah. Not for me. Great video and a good explanation of how the in ground systems work. I have two Urban worm bags and love them❤
I know its not, but the voice and video being off gives it AI generated vibes.
Unfortunately, "Subpod" went out of business so their products are no longer available.