Skip This 1 Thing Before Rotation or Harvest | Vermicompost Worm Farm
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- Use this technique in your worm bin to maximize worm casting harvests in the minimum amount of time! Your garden will love the natural organic fertilizer compost worms make with your food scraps & shredded cardboard & paper!!
Plus we do a top feeding to test different foods & give you a sneak peak time lapse to see how quick my red wiggler compost worms devour them!
Epigeic worms or composting worms are fascinating natural composters & fertilizers that are in most homesteaders bag of tricks to make free organic fertilizer & soil amendments as well as fishing bait. If you've ever thought about vermicomposting or composting with worms to make organic fertilizer & natural soil amendments with your plant based kitchen scraps or food waste, this is the channel for you. I have 4 worm composting bins which you can watch from start to finished worm castings on the 4 playlists following each worm bin. If you haven't started yet, get started now and vermicompost with me!🪱🪱🪱 Visit my Channel at / @vermicompost
Happy Vermicomposting Everyone!!!🪱🪱🪱
Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel! / @vermicompost
Worm Bins I use:
Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3w15lQt
Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT
20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr
3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO
Other Worm Bins:
Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version amzn.to/3AHnjqK
Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version amzn.to/3tYfWY4
Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP
Equipment I use:
12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu
Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 or amzn.to/42SQ4w9 (with extra coffee bean & nut blade)
Worms Red Wiggler mixes amzn.to/3yGNhwl & amzn.to/3R5tKvD ENC's amzn.to/4bXN5XP
Mesh screen patches for DIY worm bins amzn.to/3xJjK4r
Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO
Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Wrigglebrew Worm Casting Tea amzn.to/46PhV2A
Food Dehydrator amzn.to/3O5Uj2H
Mosquito Dunks 6 pack amzn.to/3Oe4Sl0 granular amzn.to/42KDtM0 or 20 pack amzn.to/42Br4Kf
Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg
Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n
Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN
Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j
Compost Tea Bags amzn.to/3fCb5o1
Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq
Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6
Other useful equipment for worm farming:
5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184
Cameras & camera equipment I use:
Insta 360 ace pro amzn.to/3vgdmR8
Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF
Insta360 GO 2 camera amzn.to/3oxCc80
Insta360 One X2 camera amzn.to/3nqV6hp
iPhone 13 Max Pro amzn.to/3nq52aU
Canon EOS Rebel T8i amzn.to/3HcBuX6
4 Ocean bracelets I wear
Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/3HMbHEx
Books on worms & worm farming
Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2
Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com
/ @vermicompost
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00:00 Intro
00:38 How to feed your worms
01:30 Last feeding recap
02:13 Digging into the feeding zone
02:45 Don’t ever listen to the Executive Producer!
04:20 Exploring the sides
06:06 Put bedding in every time you feed
07:10 The 1 technique you need to do before harvest or rotation
08:05 Feeding time!
09:03 In with the amendments
10:18 Top feeding
11:36 Sneak peak time lapse
![MURDER DRONES Series Finale [TRAILER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/p6mhC5Iatns/mqdefault.jpg)
Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel! www.youtube.com/@vermicompost?sub_confirmation=1
Worm Bins I use:
Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3w15lQt
Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT
20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr
3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO
Other Worm Bins:
Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version amzn.to/3AHnjqK
Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version amzn.to/3tYfWY4
Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP
Equipment I use:
12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu
Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 or amzn.to/42SQ4w9 (with extra coffee bean & nut blade)
Worms Red Wiggler mixes amzn.to/3yGNhwl & amzn.to/3R5tKvD ENC's amzn.to/4bXN5XP
Mesh screen patches for DIY worm bins amzn.to/3xJjK4r
Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO
Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Wrigglebrew Worm Casting Tea amzn.to/46PhV2A
Food Dehydrator amzn.to/3O5Uj2H
Mosquito Dunks 6 pack amzn.to/3Oe4Sl0 granular amzn.to/42KDtM0 or 20 pack amzn.to/42Br4Kf
Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg
Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n
Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN
Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j
Compost Tea Bags amzn.to/3fCb5o1
Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq
Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6
Other useful equipment for worm farming:
5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184
Cameras & camera equipment I use:
Insta 360 ace pro amzn.to/3vgdmR8
Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF
Insta360 GO 2 camera amzn.to/3oxCc80
Insta360 One X2 camera amzn.to/3nqV6hp
iPhone 13 Max Pro amzn.to/3nq52aU
Canon EOS Rebel T8i amzn.to/3HcBuX6
4 Ocean bracelets I wear
Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/3HMbHEx
Books on worms & worm farming
Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2
Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com
www.youtube.com/@vermicompost?sub_confirmation=1
Miss your videos when you and the family are away! Looking forward to your next installment and thanks for all your hard work.😃
Thank you so much!! Lot's of moving parts this summer helping our boys move, one after graduating college, the other moving out of the dorms and into apartments plus a couple of other out of town trips...but our worms are still working!! I'm hoping to get the next video out in a couple of days! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱
Hahaha 😂 Autumn gets a thumbs 👍 from all of us 🤣
Reminds me of an old joke 😃
I'm guessing that potato was cooked or it was frozen since you didn't mentioned smell🤪
Amazing how fast the worms 🪱 gooble up the eggshells
❤Peggy❤
😁 She's the better half for sure!! That potato was cooked, frozen then eaten by the worms so luckily it had no smell or I would have upchucked right into the bin!!🤢 I almost did with that carrot!! I never would have believed how fast they gobble up egg shells until I started doing these time lapses!! Thanks so much for watching Peggy!!🪱🪱🪱
The clarity of the video was wonderful! Not sure what you did but it was so clear and I could see the worms more clearly. Great work Patrick and I'd like to see more current Vermihut videos. Thanks for all you do for all of us..😀
Thank you!! I've been experimenting with camera angles & different cameras so hopefully I can recreate this for future videos!! Thank you so much for the kind words and for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱
Good reminder to make more egg shell grit. Looking forward to the final results.
It is amazing how fast they go for the egg shell grit!! Almost like that is their favorite "food"??!? Thanks so much for watching Mikko!!🪱🪱🪱
That looks interesting to me. Well done as always your worms never seem to let ya down
Thank you Cheryl!! These worms are impressive...Autumn always tells me I'm overfeeding but these worms seem to enjoy the challenge!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
I am amazed how much you feed them in one small tray! Well fed worms 😂🪱🪱🪱🪱.
If it wasn't for the Executive Producer making me stop, I'd probably way overfeed and have a nasty smelly mess on my hands😂 She helps to moderate me in so many ways!! Thanks so much for stopping by Ann!!🪱🪱🪱
Love your videos
Thank you Renee!! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and leave a nice comment!!🪱🪱🪱
❤️👍🤣smell it!! Great stuff!!
Nooooooo!! She tricked me!!😂🤣😂 Thanks so much for watching Tory!!
Executive producer for the win!!!🤣😂❤️✌️
😂🤣😂She always wins!!
Hi Patrick and sensible Autumn, Great video as usual. Good information. Still amazes me how much food you feed in one go. Look forward to the upcoming time lapse. Have fun, Mark : )
Thanks Mark! Yes, she is by far, the sensible one in the family!! I am astonished by how fast they eat the food we give them...the time lapse went faster than I thought it would even with all that food underneath!! It really shows the difference between a mature worm bin and one just starting out! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
My vermi hut is out side. Has been doing amazing. Just lost almost all my worms in the heat past two weeks !
Oh man!! I had some run ins with heat in my VermiHut as well. Check out this video from my heat emergency: ruclips.net/video/_fJNg0-1X6M/видео.html Maybe your worms went down to the lower levels??!? Wishful thinking on my part? In the past I've used ice and frozen water bottles in my VermiHut to help with the heat, but it can be a pain if you can't relocate your VermiHut inside for the summer. I hope the ones that are left make a come back!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost thanks , will do my best the rest of this summer. Then purchase some more in the fall.
And be more prepared next year.
I think the worse smell I had from a worm bin was too much broccoli, yikes!
The last image of your top feeding would make an awesome poster (11:30) really a piece of art, at least to someone who raises worms, lol.
You have the best produced worm videos my friend.
Stay Well Patrick!!!
😂 I think rotten broccoli is a very close second to rotten potatoes for me!! This was one of the quickest and most fun time lapses I have done! I could not believe how fast they ate everything with all the food they had below...even the onion disappeared before I thought it would!! Thanks for the kind words Brian, I'm trying to get better with every video...my first ones were pretty bad😂🤣😂 Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost All my videos are really bad, lol.
🤣😂🤣 I disagree!!
I alternate between 2 halves. They mix it all up anyways. Also, your exec producer is right, see how quickly the mystery was solves with a sniff. Not pleasant but effective 😅
😂 Yep, she's always right, even when she's (almost) wrong!! It definitely was not pleasant to sniff, but then again she usually gets the first whiff of something gone wrong when we are filming so I deserved it! That is a good idea doing one half then the other!! But you are right, no matter what they seem to mix it all up themselves!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
The egg shells may be being broken down by acid as well. Calcium carbonate dissolves in moderately acidic conditions. It's a great ph buffer and if you overdose it, it's just more grit for the worms. I use chalk
I had not thought about that! That would be fascinating if that was what was helping the worms with all the grit...because it just does not seem like they could possibly be going through it so fast!! What kind of chalk do you use? Like from a chalk board or the kind gymnasts use or is there some way to buy it in a different form? Do you think they use it as grit as well? I get lots of questions about different things to use for grit besides egg shells. Thanks for passing on the info & thanks so much for stopping by to watch Christian!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost I get it in powdered form. I use it for winemaking and usually have it around in bulk. My "worm chow" is a mix of chalk, corn meal, and coffee grounds
Awesome, thanks for passing on the info!!
Tray is looking very good Patrick. I think the kale stem will be around for a while. I like seeing the food scraps on the top too. With doing that do you notice any issues with flies?
I haven't had any issues at all with flies in my VermiHut even when I feed on top. Have you ever had any issues? I always assume it's because any gnat or fruit fly would find it hard to get through the labyrinth in the lid with that coco coir mat. But then again they are sneaky little insects!! Thanks so much for watching Rick!!🪱🪱🪱
So i have been following this channel for quite a long time now and around 6 weeks back i got my first worm hotel that i am very proud of its a 4 layer hotel.
The package came with some instructions that i followed but im noticing quite a lot of moisture is building up within the tower, on the bottom part i found quite a few disolved worms its moist but there is no sitting water on the bottom so im not quite sure why they disolved also a bunch of red termites were sitting on the bottom empty tray so i washed those off. I only had a single feeding tray on top since this was advised by the company that delivered the hoteL.
Today i decided it was time to do something about the moisture problem, since i do not have micro shredder yet i decided to use dry peat moss on my 2 bottom trays[innoculation trays] then have a empty tray that will become the pre harvest tray and then have my active feeding tray on top, the package came with a hennep fiber mat to keep the moisture inside but i have decided to get rid of that thing since it makes it almost impossible for the moisture to evaporate.
Do you think this will help the bin or was adding peatmoss to the innoculating trays a bad idea and should i switch to dry cococoir?
Thank you for your long time support!! Congrats on your worm hotel!! What you are experiencing is pretty normal as you tweak your worm tower to find the perfect way to run it in your climate conditions (temperature & humidity outside or in your home). Compost worms are pretty curious creatures so they most likely went exploring down below and couldn't get back up. The mites you saw down with them we probably there to dispose of the dead worms. The only way I have found to keep the worms from going down there is to have the bottom 2 or 3 trays be filled with dry bedding so that their path to the basin is very inhospitable. The great thing about that, as you know, is the dry bedding also becomes inoculated with microbe filled liquid that seeps from the top feeding tray! Peatmoss is just fine to use in your innoculating trays and with each feeding, but I prefer to use what I have around the house for free. You can use coco coir as well but it is even more expensive in the stores around me. When you do get a 12 sheet cross cut micro shredder it will be a game changer for you & your worm tower!! You can also use leaves but they may bring in some unwanted pests!! I think you are doing very well with your new setup and the way you have made adjustments for moisture so keep it up!! Overtime you will have that worm hotel running at peak efficiency!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Thank you so much for the advice and kind words i appreciate it.
My pleasure!!
Your smelling of the stinky carrot happened out of view of the camera... so I'm not sure if you took a direct whiff, or if you used the safer method they teach in chemistry class - which is to waft the odor in the direction of your nose rather than taking a direct sniff. I usually try to use the latter approach to avoid getting overwhelmed :) Looking forward to seeing how the wormies do with those yummy foods left for them out on the top surface!
Ya, I should have known better on that one😂🤣😂 Too much trust in the Executive Producer!! I was expecting nice smelling apricot almost how citrus smells in a worm bin!! I suppose if it was not so bright and fun colored I would have been more cautious or passed on her attempt to get me to smell it. Chemistry....especially Organic Chemistry I & II were not my strong points in college as demonstrated by my poor lab technique here (yes, I took a direct hit/sniff)😂 Thanks so much for stopping by to watch AV!!🪱🪱🪱
You're not alone - I'm easily lured in by shiny, bright & fun colored objects too :)
Hey there. Amazing video as always. I was wondering, how long have you been running this worm bin to get all the healthy microbes and what not to help with breaking foods down?
Thank you for the kind words!! I started this VermiHut 3 & a half years ago. The bottom tray on the system makes 19 trays that have run through it (it came with 5, I use one as a sifter and always have 4 on it, but recycle the trays back on to the system each time one is harvested). I think the age of the system and the build up of a good microbiome is what makes it run so well! No way I could feed this much right from the start, but it wasn't too long after that we got used to each other and it was off to the races! In my experience a 6 month old worm bin has been through enough cycles to have a fantastic microbiome but it continues to get better with age! I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Autumn and I think alike--I was saying "smell it, smell it!" Worms are in the final stretch now before the harvest!
~ Sandra
😂🤣😂 Big mistake listening to her!! Next time I hold it up for her to smell. I should have done as AV suggested and just wafted the odor in the direction of my nose instead of doing a full on sniff! After this upcoming mini rotation I'll finally have my Worm Tower running properly again after my long absence earlier this year! Thanks so much for watching Sandra!!🪱🪱🪱
I'm really curious how you keep track of ALL your worm bins? How do you keep track of when to rotate the vermihut trays?
That's a great question Laura! I have a spread sheet I created with several auto functions that update the number of days since last feeding, age of bin, age of each tray, number of feedings since last harvest etc. All I have to do is put the date I fed and it does all the rest. I also add little notes about the bins and rewatch the previous video to prepare for the next feeding & video. It makes it really easy to do when you take pictures and video of each feeding...If I forget to input the date I fed, I just look back at the date of the video, input it in my spreed sheet and it calculates all the other info! I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost WOW very organized, very impressive! It really comes through seamlessly on you videos. Thanks for all the helpful info and the interesting videos! Love your channel.
Thank you very much!! We appreciate the great feedback and your support!!
Patrick has spreadsheets to track his spreadsheets.
Hi, what do you do about pot worms in your worm castings?
Generally nothing since they are present in small quantities in almost all worm bins. But if their populations get so big that I can see them right away it usually means I am overfeeding. So what I do in that case is skip a feeding and add more dry bedding to try to lessen the conditions that caused their population to bloom. I hope that helps!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost Thank you! I harvested some castings recently and noticed them still in there after drying the worm bin a little and adding dry bedding. I wasn’t sure if they eventually go away on their own in the harvested castings. I was planning to use the castings in my grow bags and raised beds. I didn’t want to then introduce them to there if it would make them multiply.
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Thanks for the feedback! I'm trying a new test feature where RUclips has you try three different thumbnails, but it takes up to 2 weeks for the results so, I appreciate the direct feedback and I appreciate you stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
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