How to build a worm composter | Natural History Museum
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- A worm composter, or wormery, can turn your kitchen food scraps into fantastic fertilizer for your house plants and garden. Read our step-by-step instructions and extra tips for success: www.nhm.ac.uk/...
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So once top bin is full and you swap with middle bin do you transfer worms to top or do they get through holes in bottom of the newly placed top bin. All these Vids omit this detail for a begginer.
Yeah if you put new scraps into the new container and give your worms a week or two they should mostly all migrate as long as they don't still have food to eat in the original container!
Often we meet worms in our food forest.. and there's always someplace shady with something planted which might need that lil jeuje/something extra.. that's just where we're likely to dig a deep enough thin hole. Or they like the raised beds.. there's mini composters which we built in. Black gold is everyplace on this sanctuary of herbal haven.. humbled and overwhelmed to gratitude and reverence for all life; every moment 🙂✌🏽
Is the second bin has a hole in the bottom?
Yea I guess they work their way up into the holes as long as they could reach it
*beginner
This video could be slowed down by a couple of minutes. Holy cow had to keep rewinding it
you can change the speed of your video in settings.
@tangokaleidos1926 you shouldn't have to is my point. 🤦🏻 it's going to turn people off to the video. How many people are really gonna go change their settings just to watch a video?
@@notsomadscientist9602 it's on the screen, takes just a few seconds. I usually use it to speed up videos but in this one to slow it down. really, it is much easier than posting a comment.
@tangokaleidos1926 neat story... I don't give a damn. The video should be made FOR the viewer. You shouldn't have to adjust settings everytime you watch a video 🤦🏻
@@notsomadscientist9602 cute
Love this. Ive got a bit bogged down in different types but this is so easy and a great way to start. I have bought a worm kit like this in the past but this should be cheaper option.
10000 like for the one minute and for the video material & modesty
I found the editing very hard to follow but after many rewinds I’m caught up
You have an extra chromosome by chance?
@@timothycastillo9263 your name is Timothy?! Dude I’m so sorry that sucks!
@@timothycastillo9263 nah man im watching this while faded its hard to follow
@@timothycastillo9263 for instance at 0:38 there is no newspaper like they added when the worms settled in at 0:31
and do we repeat process for middle box? after swap like not specified
Absolutely love this!
Thanks for making it so simple. We have a tumbler, and a free-standing hot composter.. and often will just leave piles of woodchip in specific areas of our already biodiverse area, teeming with life, wild foxes kinda special, toads & other amphibians.. even hedgehog & other rodents come around.
Every time we find something growing that we might not want to spread, it simply goes back in root upwards & feeds the worms.
So i might just get this schizzness sorted... watch more worms thrive_be born/lil tiny baby ones & see them become juicy red wrigglers (best compost worms here!) then all migrate to the next space where they can dine & poop. That method you got is excellent.. and goes a long way to creating the best freshness & microbes of which is required & necessary for healthy soil for all the land(s) ~ everyplace.
☆♡☆ gratitude and humility 🙂✌🏽
What about flies and larvae? How to prevent those from entering the compost?
Usually mesh on the holes, but most people claim if you make the holes small enough air still comes in but bugs don’t get in. Or they can’t get out after like a trap. Can’t speak to it, just what I’ve heard
You usually won't have a problem if you don't compost dairy or meat
Add extra bedding ( shredded newspaper and cardboard) over top of the food waste
If you don't mind lizards. Centipedes . Isopods......looks like a worm bin design that.will. House these critters easily...and maybe a couple of black soldier flies.
Worm move through the holes? So the holes should be big enough for them?
These never disappoint! One for the adults and the kids 🥳
Updating to say ours is still going strong and the compost we get is lush. We've had to buy a new lid a couple of times but that's it 🪱
Going to attempt to make one of these this year. Thanks for the advice.
Good luck!
At 0.39 it looks like materials are being added to the bin with bricks in it (bottom bin). That is not correct, is it? Also at 0.35 it shows food scraps being left on the surface, not covered with bedding, also not correct?
Great stackable worm bin.
At what point is a bin "full"?... How far from the top?
Thank you for this information, cant wait to start my own worm farm, also can this stack more times? like a 4 bucket design
Does the bin need to be food grade plastic?
Does this mean that the top box should also have two bricks like the box below it? so that when the top box is full and moved to the second box, the now empty top box stands on top of the two bricks in the box containing the worms, or is it true that the initial box containing the worms was not given bricks so that there would be pressure from the top box so that the worms would move to the top? Thank You
Hi do you need smaller holes in middle bin to stop worms falling through to the juice in the bottom??
Thanks for your question. I think it's fine. I haven't made a wormery myself, but all the designs online use similar sized holes in both bins. So the worms must manage! 🦖
Ours just hang about in the next level of food coming in. Never find them in the juice
why peat free?
So nice!
Is this one smell ? Im afraid my neighborhood will complain about it
Dont forget to get Tiger worms they are the best for this and really the correct ones to use in this system
Thanks @chrisleigh5715 🪱🌱🪱 We also have more information about our wiggly friends and tips for success here: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-make-a-worm-composter.html
What is the downside in using any other worms?
@@albinmiftari1832they just not as quick at breaking stuff down. It would take a lot longer.
any links to where i can purchase these specific bins?
Any hardware store or diy centre has boxes like this. I'd advice to invest in a nice and sturdy box as you will rearrange them a lot.
Quick and concise, but mayhap too much so? A bit of info as to why the steps taken on the video could go a long way. Still good, though.
I thought you can’t use colored news paper
Infinite worm glitch???
Are these the 27l boxes or the 50l?
Hi there, great question. We've used boxes which are 40 x 50 x 20cm. Follow the link to our website for tips and advice: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-make-a-worm-composter.html
Does this smell bad?
Ours doesn't! Very neat and easy
After seeing the billion flies in the video I think ill Pass
That all depends. I do vermicompost inside my house and don’t have flies. If it’s too moist, too much food that rots and they can’t eat quick enough will attract flies but so long as you regularly mist it for humidity and add adequate food you could avoid it. It’s not always 100% proof but you can always add stuff to kill them off without harming the worms
Video #2,456,345 on how to build a worm composter.
Did anyone else notice they are not stackable boxes, but stowable boxes. They must have put bricks in both lower boxes.
Idiots teaching ignorami. A bit like our education system. 😞
It does say to put bricks in both lower boxes.
@@FindingGreenOS this is true. Boxes that height you wouldn't want to stack. I've basically done a very similar system, but I've used copper strip along the top of each box to discourage exploration beyond the boxes. I've also got it insulated to keep it temperate, and avoid it getting too hot or too cold.
Did you not watch the video and you want to call names 😏
You can set the playback speed to 0.5 if you have trouble comprehending 😉