Thank you so much for this video. I am in Australia and your video has made me realise that I am doing things right by pre composting. I started this to keep all the food waste out of landfill. I get large volumes of potatoes, carrots, lettuce, brussel sprouts and pomegranates from my neighbour veggie farmer. From them I also have a constant supply of cardboard. I have 2 large bins made out of spud bins, which I will need to keep an eye on as they are wood, but they were free but will change to something more permanent when needed. My aim is to get more people into worm farming and try and convert the locals to regenerate their soil.
I'm wondering for someone who wants to make vermicompost at home (I like the wedge continuous method best) and has farm animals could we feed the earthworms with animal manure and some of the bedding (straw) that inevitably gets with the manure? I am also wondering how much vermicompost gets produced depending on how much manure you get daily to feed the earthworms?
If I'm just beginning in either a worm bin or a CFT, would harvested microgreen trays be enough for browns and greens? It'll be just coco coir and roots mixed. Also, i add a USDA certified organic nutrient once per grow. Just curious if extra grit or worm chow would be necessary. I could use chicken feed as a chow, though. I'm looking at, gleefully, building 4x2x3 CFT and starting with ANC's. May have to resort to bins, though.
Awesome ‘The Dynamic Duo’ deliver once again. I use totes at home nothing large scale(also have a ‘Tower of Wormpocalypse Power’ which is where I started . Regards Vermicomposting, fungi, Jonhson Su bioreactors… and regenerative farming.. if a farm has been using commercial fertilizers and herbicides… how long would it take for the soil on these farms take to recover BEFORE adding Vermicompost or funji rich compost or is it a case of stopping one season and beginning afresh the next with regenerative methods/fungi rich compost and vermicast? I understand that ‘forever chemicals’ last… (forever) but can fungi rich compost reverse/eliminate those chemicals?
Using a quality vermicompost or compost immediately is best. The microorganisms will work to break down chemical residues. It is not a good idea to go "cold turkey" when transitioning. Soils need to wean off chemicals over a period of time as biologics are steadily incorporated. Fungi has the ability to remediate soils, however when it comes to PFAS, fungi won't break those chemicals down.
I've always wondered if you just used vegetables and fruit scraps all the time would that be good enough or would the castings have any deficiencies compared to compost containing some sort of manure?
Well you couldn't use veggies and food scraps *all* the time as you would need a carbon source for the precomposting period. Both food scraps and manure would tend to make a more bacterial vermicompost but both are fine to use as the sole nitrogen-rich input. Manure can often be pre-composted without another carbon source, but food scraps would require a carbon source for pre-composting. I hope this helps!
I stumbled upon your stream. Great info. What can I do with "compacted" vermicompost? would you just try to break it in smaller parts? I build a CF box that is sort of locked. So all that falls through gets soaked with the liquids that keep coming from above. I will drill holes into the bottom next I disamble all. For now I have lots of that compacted vermicompost which is probably also anaerob by now. Any ideas ?
You can crumble it up into small-sized bits and let it get some air for a few days to a week. If there are funky smells, make sure to allow the material to get air until the material smells earthy.
I wonder how long can nitrogen source only food can be feed because I forgot about the carbon/nitrogen balance for almost 4 months and I never once added any carbon source. I didn’t see any changes of concern. Also in Kna the concept is opposite of modern farming as I practice this. I find it odd they say anaerobic is bad but 100% of my knf fertilizer is made this way and I haven’t seen the dangers that come about that corporation has been instilling in us.. after all in the soil is mainly anerobic microbes so why not focus on feeding these “so called danger microbes”
Thank you so much for this video. I am in Australia and your video has made me realise that I am doing things right by pre composting. I started this to keep all the food waste out of landfill. I get large volumes of potatoes, carrots, lettuce, brussel sprouts and pomegranates from my neighbour veggie farmer. From them I also have a constant supply of cardboard. I have 2 large bins made out of spud bins, which I will need to keep an eye on as they are wood, but they were free but will change to something more permanent when needed. My aim is to get more people into worm farming and try and convert the locals to regenerate their soil.
You got it Zilpa!
Sounds like you have a great system going!
I'm wondering for someone who wants to make vermicompost at home (I like the wedge continuous method best) and has farm animals could we feed the earthworms with animal manure and some of the bedding (straw) that inevitably gets with the manure? I am also wondering how much vermicompost gets produced depending on how much manure you get daily to feed the earthworms?
Great Video. It's very useful with me
How should the finished product be packaged? If sealed in plastic, won't it favour mostly anaerobic microorganisms only! Any ideal packaging ?
If I'm just beginning in either a worm bin or a CFT, would harvested microgreen trays be enough for browns and greens? It'll be just coco coir and roots mixed. Also, i add a USDA certified organic nutrient once per grow. Just curious if extra grit or worm chow would be necessary. I could use chicken feed as a chow, though. I'm looking at, gleefully, building 4x2x3 CFT and starting with ANC's. May have to resort to bins, though.
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Awesome ‘The Dynamic Duo’ deliver once again.
I use totes at home nothing large scale(also have a ‘Tower of Wormpocalypse Power’ which is where I started .
Regards Vermicomposting, fungi, Jonhson Su bioreactors… and regenerative farming.. if a farm has been using commercial fertilizers and herbicides… how long would it take for the soil on these farms take to recover BEFORE adding Vermicompost or funji rich compost or is it a case of stopping one season and beginning afresh the next with regenerative methods/fungi rich compost and vermicast? I understand that ‘forever chemicals’ last… (forever) but can fungi rich compost reverse/eliminate those chemicals?
Using a quality vermicompost or compost immediately is best. The microorganisms will work to break down chemical residues. It is not a good idea to go "cold turkey" when transitioning. Soils need to wean off chemicals over a period of time as biologics are steadily incorporated.
Fungi has the ability to remediate soils, however when it comes to PFAS, fungi won't break those chemicals down.
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I've always wondered if you just used vegetables and fruit scraps all the time would that be good enough or would the castings have any deficiencies compared to compost containing some sort of manure?
Well you couldn't use veggies and food scraps *all* the time as you would need a carbon source for the precomposting period.
Both food scraps and manure would tend to make a more bacterial vermicompost but both are fine to use as the sole nitrogen-rich input.
Manure can often be pre-composted without another carbon source, but food scraps would require a carbon source for pre-composting. I hope this helps!
I stumbled upon your stream. Great info. What can I do with "compacted" vermicompost? would you just try to break it in smaller parts? I build a CF box that is sort of locked. So all that falls through gets soaked with the liquids that keep coming from above. I will drill holes into the bottom next I disamble all. For now I have lots of that compacted vermicompost which is probably also anaerob by now. Any ideas ?
You can crumble it up into small-sized bits and let it get some air for a few days to a week. If there are funky smells, make sure to allow the material to get air until the material smells earthy.
@@UrbanWormCompany I will try that. Was also thinking to mix with vegetable scraps to get it digested and biologicaly active thank you
I wonder how long can nitrogen source only food can be feed because I forgot about the carbon/nitrogen balance for almost 4 months and I never once added any carbon source. I didn’t see any changes of concern. Also in Kna the concept is opposite of modern farming as I practice this. I find it odd they say anaerobic is bad but 100% of my knf fertilizer is made this way and I haven’t seen the dangers that come about that corporation has been instilling in us.. after all in the soil is mainly anerobic microbes so why not focus on feeding these “so called danger microbes”
Hi I am from India I can supply Vermicompost in large scale if required with standard results
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