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Hi Ann, I love your videos & these longer videos are extra special. I’ve got a bin, it’s only 6 weeks old. But it’s expanding quickly. Thanks for all your helpful information.
I've recently had mushroom compost become available to me and have really liked the addition to my bedding. The worms like it and it seems to keep my bins fluffier.
Great projects in your wormery, you have lots of different worms and interesting experiments going on, enjoy watching the progress and seeing happy worms everywhere in the bin.
I like all your systems but my favorites are Lasagna, of course, and both Leftovers, I think they are very practical ideas when having limited time during the week to check the bins. Thanks for the review! Take care
Wow that was a lot of experiments! I love it! I vote for separate shorter videos, so we can give more likes 😉 My favorite was the eat my shirt bin although several got to eat shirts, great video!!!🪱🪱🪱
My favorite experiment that you do is the lasagna one, I just love when you peel the layers back and I see squirms of worms😂 I’m about to start one myself. Girl I’m a big Amazon shopper I will definitely remember your link
This was so fun to watch . Your bins look amazing! About a month ago, I got a rubbermaid tote and put in a bit of compost, some shredded paper and a bit of horse manure. I'm getting it ready for the worms that are currently out in an in-ground garden bin. The other day, I took off the lid and noticed a bit of what looked like mould? Will that hurt the worms? Maybe I will add more bedding and leave the lid off to help dry the mould?? thanks for your time,
Mold actually helps get the food in shape for the worms to eat. Getting more of the helper bugs will reduce the mold too. As the bin gets over 6 months it will.all fall into place.
Hiya Ann , now I need to change yr profession to wormy chef lookg at d variety in their food. He he. Like to watch d way u knead d dough though. All yr bins r doing well. Gd luck.
I leave my sifted material in buckets or grow bags to let cocoons hatch. In those systems I’m not concerned about surface area and need to conserve space. I wait about a month between check ins and pull out any larger worms I find. Sometimes I add to the bin if I harvested another bin. I have been experimenting with adding some weight to the surface, like if they were under a fallen branch in the wild, and have seen more worms congregate under the weight. Usually I just have a juice or water bottle on the top of newspaper and a bit of old towel. I find the baby worms really enjoy the texture of the towel and it’s always covered with young worms. Ive also been experimenting with downward migration to harvest castings. In my worm factory 360, I took all of what looked to be mostly completed castings from two trays and put it into one tray, putting the larger uncomposted items back into the 3rd tray (it’s ok if this tray is very full, it’s going to be the only “active tray right now”. In a fresh bus bin tote, I put prepared bedding in about 3/4 of the length with food scrapes on one end, and I keep SEVERAL INCHES of the other end EMPTY. Then I place that tray of castings on blocks, but on the fresh bedding/food. I keep the empty part of the bin uncovered (the tray is a little smaller than the length of the bus bin), and I am good with letting it hang over the side to get fresh air up into the tray to dry it out a bit. I only cover the top with a single sheet of paper AFTER I agitate the material for a bit. This makes the worms dive down into the bus bin. I left the tray for 5 days and today I checked it. The material is a little drier but not nearly dry enough to sift and definitely damp enough for the worms to want to stay put. I agitated the material again today and took out a bunch of worms from the feeding area. I replaced some of the feeding zone material but didn’t add more food. I think I’m going to let them forage a bit to complete the “upper deck” since there is still some food there. I know there isn’t very many worms now, so what’s in the feeding zone will do, I did add spray of water. Waiting to see if this downward migration is simpler to get the worms out of the material, as it may help to inoculate the lower bin and get babies too. I’ll keep you posted.
@@PlantObsessed I was watching this again and noticed in the mushroom bin that there are several extra wiggling/jumping thick grayish worms in there. Do you think that the mushroom compost could have had some Alabama Jumpers in there? I understand that they are an invasive species in many areas and can eat up a lot of ground cover is why I ask.
Great video! I definitely like how you did this with all the bins. I was hoping you were going to show your outdoor bin. I thought mine was a bust but it's coming back to life. It was over run with centipedes but I checked today and I didn't see any. So how many total bins do you have with your project bins and regular ones? I like the long videos.
Great video! In the last bin, the 'baby bin' - how did you manage separating out cocoons to make a baby bin? How long have these bins had to get to the point they are at? I'm impressed with the amount of castings!
I have been screening the casting with a 1 eighth inch screen. Most red wiggler and European Night Crawlers cocoons will stay on top. There is a link in my pinned comment to the screen set I have.
Can you feed them only popcorn and coffee grounds. I live near a movie theatre that throws out garbage bags of popcorn at end of day and coffee grounds from local coffee shop
I used to work at a popcorn factory. They put quite a bit of salt and butter on the corn. That might end up badly if not rinsed. I have asked the local coffee shop and they compost their own grinds. I haven't found a good source of coffee lately. It is one of the problems living in a rural area.
For my cocoons I put them in a mixed stacking system, the Worm Cafe and I put cocoons in sump area with bedding. My harvest tray is on top with the age going from oldest to youngest from the top down. When I harvest a tray or add bedding I grab from the sump and refresh sump with new bedding material. So by the time they get to the top tray they are mature worms.
GREAT TOUR! • Lasagna: One of these days I've gotta give the lasagna method a try... • Mushroom: Hmmm... next experiment in here? Nope - no ideas come to mind. Maybe its just time to harvest... • Eat My Shirt: Anything with a Kokopelli design on it is OK in my book! 👍🏼 • Worm Chow Only: One of these days I've gotta try making some chow for my worm too. Yeah - your blue worms look pretty chunky. Well fed! • No Grit: They seem to do just fine without grit. Go worm! • Small Leftovers: That really, really soaked coco coir, plus the surplus H2O, will probably do the bin good • Large Leftovers: Ditto.. same as last bin • Baby Bin: How long do I wait for cocoons to spawn off babies? The average of my most recent 4 such systems is 61 days - with my most recent, and still actively migrating, cocoon nursery bin at day 75 & counting.... Only 20 more subs till 1k! :)
It's an exciting time to be a RUclips creator. Do you have the other minimum requirements (ie. watch time) in order to join the RUclips partner program? Have you submitted your application for membership??..
I recently moved my worms from a stackable round wormery to bins and last week for the first time there were mushrooms in both bins. Unfortunately they were ink cap shrooms, and I at first thought there had been a fire in the bins. The sides were blackened and smoky.
I love your videos. I was moving some little guys from a bed that wasn't working well. A few down in the corners were very weak. So I am moving them to my big bin. Found a couple of very little ones and one cocoon. I wonder if worms have families. Have you ever read or heard anything about that or know of someone who might know. Thank you for what you do
I think the "All-In-One" is fine for quarterly or semi-annual posting. It might make playlists hard to manage. I personally find it difficult to track that many subjects in one sitting. And I really shy away from more than about 15 minutes of one video. All seems to be going really well! 😊 I'm sure there are those that would probably feel much differently, possibly even the majority of your viewers.
I have an observation about your squirmies, I believe the balling in the lasagna bin is because its only place where they can breathe, I rewatched a few times and they are piling on the edges and under a crack on the top layer. maybe not use a goo the dry cardboard might have turned it into apple cake.
Actually, IMO, you run most of your beds just about right, not too dry. Most people on RUclips run them too wet. Same as I run mine and my worms continue to explode in health and population.
One comment on how you deep mix things; mixing the castings towards the top, I've found is a degradation to the population. I've read research that suggests that worms who reprocess old casting can die but in my observation they just try to leave the area. My systems are continues harvest and I try to only stir the top 1-2 inches for this reason, for bins you likely need to handle it slightly different. Overall though, good management on your part.
Hi. I just moved worms who weren't doing very well from a small bed that I been that I set up when my big bin was overheating and they too did not do well and when I pulled them out they do not move very much
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Hi Ann, I love your videos & these longer videos are extra special. I’ve got a bin, it’s only 6 weeks old. But it’s expanding quickly. Thanks for all your helpful information.
Thank you for the kind words 👍🏼😃🪱
I've recently had mushroom compost become available to me and have really liked the addition to my bedding. The worms like it and it seems to keep my bins fluffier.
That is a good idea. Also the wood is a biological sink for the beneficial microbes.🪱👍🏼😃
Get it for $35 a yard in Missoula and get some still moist in the bags, too. My smaller worms, in the outside compost, seem to like those quite a bit.
Wow that’s a lot of experiments, great job! The castings look amazing and I love the lasagna and the eat my shirt bin. Do you have a favourite?
I think the lasagna bin is my favorite because it is unique.
@@PlantObsessed I agree
This video was so much fun too watch 👀 thanks for sharing 👌
Thank you 😄
Great projects in your wormery, you have lots of different worms and interesting experiments going on, enjoy watching the progress and seeing happy worms everywhere in the bin.
Thank you.😁
Amazed at how shallow your bedding is and worms are doing great
I like all your systems but my favorites are Lasagna, of course, and both Leftovers, I think they are very practical ideas when having limited time during the week to check the bins. Thanks for the review! Take care
Thank you for watching. 😁
Wow that was a lot of experiments! I love it! I vote for separate shorter videos, so we can give more likes 😉 My favorite was the eat my shirt bin although several got to eat shirts, great video!!!🪱🪱🪱
I know I will watch short video in the week when I have time but save long videos for the weekend when I have time to pay attention.
My favorite experiment that you do is the lasagna one, I just love when you peel the layers back and I see squirms of worms😂 I’m about to start one myself. Girl I’m a big Amazon shopper I will definitely remember your link
Thank you. 😊
This was so fun to watch . Your bins look amazing! About a month ago, I got a rubbermaid tote and put in a bit of compost, some shredded paper and a bit of horse manure. I'm getting it ready for the worms that are currently out in an in-ground garden bin. The other day, I took off the lid and noticed a bit of what looked like mould? Will that hurt the worms? Maybe I will add more bedding and leave the lid off to help dry the mould??
thanks for your time,
Mold actually helps get the food in shape for the worms to eat. Getting more of the helper bugs will reduce the mold too. As the bin gets over 6 months it will.all fall into place.
@@PlantObsessed Thank you!!
Hiya Ann , now I need to change yr profession to wormy chef lookg at d variety in their food. He he. Like to watch d way u knead d dough though. All yr bins r doing well. Gd luck.
Fluffing the bin is sort of like mixing bread .lol
What a fantastic video simple lasagne but very rewarding
Might try that myself
It is really so easy. Hard for me to peek in at to see what they are doing.
Love, love, love this video, Brava
Thank you.😊
I leave my sifted material in buckets or grow bags to let cocoons hatch. In those systems I’m not concerned about surface area and need to conserve space. I wait about a month between check ins and pull out any larger worms I find. Sometimes I add to the bin if I harvested another bin. I have been experimenting with adding some weight to the surface, like if they were under a fallen branch in the wild, and have seen more worms congregate under the weight. Usually I just have a juice or water bottle on the top of newspaper and a bit of old towel. I find the baby worms really enjoy the texture of the towel and it’s always covered with young worms.
Ive also been experimenting with downward migration to harvest castings. In my worm factory 360, I took all of what looked to be mostly completed castings from two trays and put it into one tray, putting the larger uncomposted items back into the 3rd tray (it’s ok if this tray is very full, it’s going to be the only “active tray right now”. In a fresh bus bin tote, I put prepared bedding in about 3/4 of the length with food scrapes on one end, and I keep SEVERAL INCHES of the other end EMPTY. Then I place that tray of castings on blocks, but on the fresh bedding/food. I keep the empty part of the bin uncovered (the tray is a little smaller than the length of the bus bin), and I am good with letting it hang over the side to get fresh air up into the tray to dry it out a bit. I only cover the top with a single sheet of paper AFTER I agitate the material for a bit. This makes the worms dive down into the bus bin. I left the tray for 5 days and today I checked it. The material is a little drier but not nearly dry enough to sift and definitely damp enough for the worms to want to stay put. I agitated the material again today and took out a bunch of worms from the feeding area. I replaced some of the feeding zone material but didn’t add more food. I think I’m going to let them forage a bit to complete the “upper deck” since there is still some food there. I know there isn’t very many worms now, so what’s in the feeding zone will do, I did add spray of water. Waiting to see if this downward migration is simpler to get the worms out of the material, as it may help to inoculate the lower bin and get babies too. I’ll keep you posted.
Thanks. I think that is why I have such good castings under the makeshift lids. They like the natural log fall safe area.
@@PlantObsessed I was watching this again and noticed in the mushroom bin that there are several extra wiggling/jumping thick grayish worms in there. Do you think that the mushroom compost could have had some Alabama Jumpers in there? I understand that they are an invasive species in many areas and can eat up a lot of ground cover is why I ask.
The Lasagna Bin s proof that any apartment dweller with sparce time to shred boxes and paper that vermicomposting is possible.
I hope is shows that it can be easy and cheap.
Those left overs are all that is left for worm food. She is a great cook. Those worms should be happy they get what they get….LOL
Noone looks like have missed a meal in this house. Not even the worms.
Great video! I definitely like how you did this with all the bins. I was hoping you were going to show your outdoor bin. I thought mine was a bust but it's coming back to life. It was over run with centipedes but I checked today and I didn't see any. So how many total bins do you have with your project bins and regular ones? I like the long videos.
I forget about my outside bin except to feed it when I have rotten tomatoes or weeds. Lol. I'll get a look in on it this week.
Great video! In the last bin, the 'baby bin' - how did you manage separating out cocoons to make a baby bin?
How long have these bins had to get to the point they are at? I'm impressed with the amount of castings!
I have been screening the casting with a 1 eighth inch screen. Most red wiggler and European Night Crawlers cocoons will stay on top. There is a link in my pinned comment to the screen set I have.
Can you feed them only popcorn and coffee grounds. I live near a movie theatre that throws out garbage bags of popcorn at end of day and coffee grounds from local coffee shop
I used to work at a popcorn factory. They put quite a bit of salt and butter on the corn. That might end up badly if not rinsed. I have asked the local coffee shop and they compost their own grinds. I haven't found a good source of coffee lately. It is one of the problems living in a rural area.
For my cocoons I put them in a mixed stacking system, the Worm Cafe and I put cocoons in sump area with bedding. My harvest tray is on top with the age going from oldest to youngest from the top down. When I harvest a tray or add bedding I grab from the sump and refresh sump with new bedding material. So by the time they get to the top tray they are mature worms.
That is a cool idea. Migrating the baby worms.
GREAT TOUR!
• Lasagna: One of these days I've gotta give the lasagna method a try...
• Mushroom: Hmmm... next experiment in here? Nope - no ideas come to mind. Maybe its just time to harvest...
• Eat My Shirt: Anything with a Kokopelli design on it is OK in my book! 👍🏼
• Worm Chow Only: One of these days I've gotta try making some chow for my worm too. Yeah - your blue worms look pretty chunky. Well fed!
• No Grit: They seem to do just fine without grit. Go worm!
• Small Leftovers: That really, really soaked coco coir, plus the surplus H2O, will probably do the bin good
• Large Leftovers: Ditto.. same as last bin
• Baby Bin: How long do I wait for cocoons to spawn off babies? The average of my most recent 4 such systems is 61 days - with my most recent, and still actively migrating, cocoon nursery bin at day 75 & counting....
Only 20 more subs till 1k! :)
That you for the responses. I don't think I have paid more attention to my numbers as I have the last few weeks.
It's an exciting time to be a RUclips creator. Do you have the other minimum requirements (ie. watch time) in order to join the RUclips partner program? Have you submitted your application for membership??..
@@A-V I have the hours, I thought I needed to wait until after I cross the 1k to fill out the application.
I'm not sure what the deal is nowadays... but if my memory serves me correctly, I believe I had submitted mine prior to reaching 1000 subscribers :)
I am really excited for you reaching 1000 subscribers soon. You have a great worm zoo.
Thanks! It really is a worm zoo. Lol.
I recently moved my worms from a stackable round wormery to bins and last week for the first time there were mushrooms in both bins. Unfortunately they were ink cap shrooms, and I at first thought there had been a fire in the bins. The sides were blackened and smoky.
Yikes, that must have been scary. Not the good mushrooms. 😕
“They deserve to have another shirt” 😂
You know..you are right 👍🏼🪱😀
I love your videos. I was moving some little guys from a bed that wasn't working well. A few down in the corners were very weak. So I am moving them to my big bin. Found a couple of very little ones and one cocoon.
I wonder if worms have families. Have you ever read or heard anything about that or know of someone who might know. Thank you for what you do
I have not heard anything about that but I doubt it.
I think the "All-In-One" is fine for quarterly or semi-annual posting. It might make playlists hard to manage. I personally find it difficult to track that many subjects in one sitting. And I really shy away from more than about 15 minutes of one video.
All seems to be going really well! 😊
I'm sure there are those that would probably feel much differently, possibly even the majority of your viewers.
It is quite a bit of work to put them all together. Might be easier to break them up.
I have an observation about your squirmies, I believe the balling in the lasagna bin is because its only place where they can breathe, I rewatched a few times and they are piling on the edges and under a crack on the top layer. maybe not use a goo the dry cardboard might have turned it into apple cake.
That is totally possible. Thanks for watching.
Depends on the # of worms and amount of bedding. I cycle every 2 1/2 months or so.
Is that with paper bedding or a compost?
@@PlantObsessed very similar to yours.
Apple goo, TOO wet; the worms can't breath in so much moisture.
It seems all by itself yes but mixed in with bedding it is worm heaven.
In my cocoon bin I sift every month. 1/8 to catch babies, 1/16 for cocoons. Repeat.
That is about what I'm down to. I was doing it more often seemed like a waste of time.
@@PlantObsessed
1/16 in mm??
1/8 in mm?
@@cherylhowker1792 1/16 is about 1.5 mm. 1/8 is about 3mm
@@PlantObsessed ok I have 1,2,4,6,8,12mm so I can do that too. Which is good to know just need to try it some how.
Actually, IMO, you run most of your beds just about right, not too dry. Most people on RUclips run them too wet. Same as I run mine and my worms continue to explode in health and population.
Thank you for watching 😀
My take away from watching quite a few channels is composable bags aren't really composable by mere mortals.
Exactly, I started microwaving them before putting them In the worm bin. That helped but still not awesome.
One comment on how you deep mix things; mixing the castings towards the top, I've found is a degradation to the population. I've read research that suggests that worms who reprocess old casting can die but in my observation they just try to leave the area. My systems are continues harvest and I try to only stir the top 1-2 inches for this reason, for bins you likely need to handle it slightly different. Overall though, good management on your part.
Thank you.
Hi. I just moved worms who weren't doing very well from a small bed that I been that I set up when my big bin was overheating and they too did not do well and when I pulled them out they do not move very much
Shock maybe? I would not feed them at all for a week.
I would rather play in my worms than do laundry .
Yeah... me too 😀
Do you know what it means if a worm is very slow they're good and fat they're not dying but they sure aren't moving
Might be getting cooler, they slow down in fall and winter. I feed mine less in the winter for that reason.