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@@jonn40853 he’s not asking for handouts. He’s saying that if people want to support the channel, they can pay for more content and higher quality content. That’s business, not charity.
@@douglasharley2440 fdr was a progressive that hated black and Japanese Americans , lbj was a socialist that kept us in Vietnam for profit. Lincoln was ok . You are 1 for 3.
@@dragondad7733 don't make perfect the enemy of better! by your ILL-logic, lincoln should also have been dismissed, because he was a vehement racist. (i've read his personal writings.) your argument was essentially that every politician ever hasn't done sh!t, and i gave 3 examples that proved you wrong. the only really bad politicians i see these days are republicans...
I am amazed at the size differences. Obviously some are older and bigger, but sometimes you see a massive worm all sprawled out on the plastic wall, and then there's a tiny little speed demon darting all around. Really neat.
@@binanocht6110So you started out with six and now there's a big population and they're all close relatives? That's how the west was won! In Mississippi that's called "a famulee".
After keeping worm bin for over 30 years, i found they prefer corn cobs to lay their eggs. Then when they hatch they eat their way out of the cobs. They are one of the easiest creatures to house and provide incredible by products.
I’ve been vermicomposting for a month now. There’s no bad smell and I’m diverting 100% of my kitchen waste to the worms. It’s very cool to get a peek into what they’re doing in my bin!
If only more people would take these simple steps to reduce the amount of stuff they deposit into their local landfills. I'm glad to hear that things are working well in your new worm farm 👍🏻
I just have a small spot in the back yard next to the woods to toss out vegetable scraps. Works great. Breaks down quickly outside and feeds many of the wildlife and plants nearby.
Composting worms generally live in the top couple inches of soil & feed on the surface... consuming decomposing materials. I'm sure they are probably present to some degree in landfills, but in landfills most of what we would want them to break down is buried deep beyond their reach. I'm no expert on the subject - but that seems like it might explain why. Thanks for watching!
Our life on earth would not be possible without these humble little slimy bois, and they don't even ask anything in return. I always rescue them when I see them out on the sidewalk for too long.
@@snivy6846 of course, dudes eat all rotting fruits and vegetables and there’s so many species of em, feel like the rest of the decomposer gang is just being left out
@@sov19871987 well one day, maybe not tomorrow, you will understand the cycle of life and how humans actually survive and thrive in/with Nature. Or, you will continue to think food comes from the store.
@@wojohowitz5432 why don't you go and get your own salt, other spices, filter your own water, ohhh my the list goes on and on. Or you can trade your labor for all these amazing goods and services that other people provide.
The decrease in volume is AMAZING. And so slow I didn't even realize at first. At the start of the video, soil is spilling over the edge. By the end, it's easily reduced by a third.
I have always wondered how they pass on the info. Perhaps some kind of pheromone trail (?) as seen in ants? So cool to see when it happens! Thanks for watching!
This exposed some glaring ignorance on my part. I work in lawn care and am usually surprised when I find worms on the surface, or near to it. I had thought that worms reside decently deep into the dirt. As it turns out, worms spend quite a lot of their time right below the grass! This has been quite informative. I feel like a bit of a dingus, working in the dirt without being familiar with its residents. Thanks for the informative video!
Many earthworms do live deep in the ground, but the few kinds that are used for composting are the surface dwelling types since their diet consist mainly of decomposing matter. Thanks for watching!
I'm wondering if they live near the top but I have a bunch of hard dry clay soil a few inches down how do they get past that to find richer soil with decomposing matter
Excuse, can you answer my doubt? I wanted to ask if I can put in some old ground I have inside a compost so it can get nutrients. It has light brown tone and it lacks porosity. I would like it to get black and to have more porosity. Do you know any method that may help me?
@@pollolor15 you can but most people want to do the opposite. At least, that's what I've heard. Add your finished compost to the old soil to boost the soil nutrients without causing shock to plants. It's easier to mix compost into old soil because it keeps the soil consistency with the soil around it rather than having a random patch of just compost with regular soil all around. The roots will travel farther when the soil is consistent. You can do either one if you're putting it in pots and itll make potting compost whether you add compost to the soil or soil to the compost.
I don't know why, but I always find myself so mesmerized by these time lapse videos! Thanks for making these! I found it interesting, too, to notice that some of the worms 'weren't moving', and then to see these worms being cleaned up by the smaller younger ones. One of my favourites is still the 'Pumpkin vs Red Wrigglers' time-lapse, especially the one in reverse! If you haven't watched it yet, I'd highly recommend it!!
Fascinating! I've seen videos claiming that Reds, do not migrate into soil, but remain in the active composting scrap area only. This certainly proves otherwise. Thanks for doing this video.
at 3:21 a very large worm comes into view to the left of the D and then dies, its last movements are captured in the time lapse. for two days it goes largely untouched, then as it finally begins to break down the other worms move in and between days 11 and 12 it vanishes completely. what a fascinating time lapse! thanks for uploading!
what i love about this vs making a compost bin, is that you dont have to mix and dig everything up to allow air flow. with vermicomposting, you just bury the scraps, put the worms, and wait for them to do their job :) you just have to water it a bit occasionally or put ice and you're good to go.
There are static composting methods as well. Have a compost mix that is really carbon dominant by way of wood chips and/or leaves and let the fungi do their thing. Certain ways the pile can be constructed too, to allow enough air flow, and having a lot of wood chips helps air flow on its own as well.
@asdfasdf some do yes but mostly are overwhelmed by something new or out of the ordinary. For instance spider mites they are a dust mites in the home that take a fancy to plant juice which devastates plant infrastructure and destroys the plant.
recording something for over so much time must be alot of work. thanks for taking the consideration. i am so impresed and fascinated with this little guys.
I appreciate your acknowledgment of the effort that goes into making a video such as this. You are correct - it does take some doing... :) I invite you to check out some other similar time-lapses here: ruclips.net/p/PLMXQWDlzK6p82BlI_uK0xs2locpu7L7xp Thank you for watching!
I love that for the first few days they were all like nah I'm good right here in this little spot with all my friends except that ones who's like "BWEEEEEEEEE!!!"
They help loosen up the soil so roots can grow easily. The loose soil also allows more air so the roots can absorb nitrogen. It would also allow water to seep down more quickly so the roots don't rot due to too much moisture. Their poop basically has hastened the breakdown process of other organic material so the roots can also absorb the freed up nutrients at a shorter time (as compared to if you simply let the same organic stuff just decay). Worms = healthy soil = healthy plants.
@@boxy_tocs2035 unfortunately many worms you just find out in your garden are invasive. they dont do a great job breaking stuff down and sometimes even eat the roots. These red wigglers will usually have to be reintroduced to your garden first
Fun video to watch. We keep a "compost pile" in a plastic bin all winter and keep worms in it (in the basement). They do a great job of breaking down the food scraps and give us incredible fertilizer in the spring. Cheers from Minnesota!
God... could you imagine that instead of funerals for older friends or relatives, you just have a big dinner with their corpse as the main course? Despite the fact that there's obviously a quick and affordable restaurant right down the street?
Looks like the worms don't always go for the fresh food material. Some will go to the fresh food material and stay there, some will go there and come back to the semi decomposed portion, and some just stay at the semi decomposed area and just feed there for days! Now I know I don't have to try feed my worm so often, and that I don't have to check progress after just one day 😂 Thank you so much for this video. It's probably more educational than even you realise
Great video! This is how I handle the worms in my compost bins as well, by starting a new pile in the space next to the old one. That migrates basically every single one of them.
Fascinating watch. I have a vertical stacking wormery, a 4 storey high rise that gets fed my teabags, coffee grounds, shredded paper and vegetable waste and the dendrobena worms turn it into a very rich compost. I understand how it works and just leave them to it but it's great to see in action. It does also have the additional benefit of; You take a wiggly worm And you watch him squirm Then you stick it on a hook And drop it in the brook And if things just turn out right Ya gonna fry fish tonight!* Johnny Cash 'Country Boy' *I don't generally keep the fish I catch. Catch and release. Except Mackerel. I like Mackerel.
2 things you should consider: 1- cover up so don't get flies and 2- a tap at the botton so you dnt leave them that wet but its great to c how fast they do that work! thanks for the vid
You don’t need to be adding ice. You can add some damp newspaper to the top to keep in moisture so it doesn’t evaporate. They need more dry material such as cardboard and torn up newspaper
@@arvinkim3037 Our leaves bin often steams in winter, normally about 20-40 bags worth so a fair amount. We just have a huge pile outside though, so we dont introduce any worms articially and goign through it I dont spot that many. May have an affect
Having used your cardboard separator method with success it's great to see it in action. I don't know what conclusion you can draw from it though, It seems 2/3 stayed in the soil most of the time. Thanks for another great look into their world!
I think worm behavior hasn't been studied enough. This video shows things are barely mentioned elsewhere. Fantastic. I'm taking notes. Thanks! Take good care
Thank you a lot for sharing this amazing video I'm currently try to understand how decomposition work And your video show us that worms help a lot with decomposition
First of all, thanks for putting out videos like these! I have a couple of questions: 1. With a bin setup like this, how do you prevent ant infestation? 2. In the same vein, how'd you keep bugs and flies from laying eggs on such an exposed bin? Thank you and more power.
The time-lapse videos I make about worms are all filmed in my basement. With the exception of a few varied types of insects that co-habitate my bins with the worms, other bugs from outside are unable to get into the bin. In a bin that I keep outdoors I don't really see insects either. Thanks for watching!
Interesting to see that once a worm is separated from its main body, the cells try to form a new Head. But when that doesn't work, it stitches together whatever closest similar mass. Then once the other worms notice that it isn't regenerating, they consume it themselves. All the old worms are consumed by the newest ones. The separated parts attempt to always regenerate to a new body. But eventually gets consumed by other worms.
I used to fish in the ocean. When I caught smelt or some other small fish & fish guts & heads, I'd bury them in the garden & toss in some worms. They ate everything - even my neighbors smelly bucket of rotten veggie scraps. I had good soil.
seeing the soil "fluff up" is great for me as a gardener. i also sirect buty most of my kitches scraps in the garden rather than bothering to compost....worms love it
We had a worm farm for about a year in elementary school but it was outside and the worms ended up escaping. We have since only ever had hole in the dirt pile style composting. I anticipate living in an apartment in a year or two though and will be setting one of these up so I continue composting my scraps.
Wow, wow, wow Nunca había visto el proceso, sí hago mi compost, pero nunca he visto de cerca y tan claro como se reproducen de rápido las lombrices 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✌🏻🌿🌱🍃 Sigamos sembrando !!!! Saluditos en español 😂😁 aunque muy poquitos lo entenderán 😂😂😂👋👋👋👋
Hi! Congrats for your amazing work from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! I've been composting my family's organic residue for a year now... in a small apartment!! I use what I make from composting to grow (part of) my own greens in a small balcony. The transformation is really amazing! I also like to do experiments (but don't film it). My last experience is using a green coconut shell. In about a month, let's see what I manage to get!
I have had numerous people ask me what would happen if I tried giving a green coconut shell to the worms. Since I do not have green coconuts I have no way of trying to find out. Maybe you should prepare a short video of the before... and then film it again in a couple months so we can see the after too. I know there are people out there interesting it knowing the results of what you are experimenting with. Anyhow... thanks for watching!
@@luancastela9408 ainda esta acontecendo! Nasceu alguns cogumelos que pesquisei e sao parte da cadeia para a quebra do material organico. O coco esta bem escuro mas duro!!! Vai demorar... Vc mora aonde?
@@christinnem77 que legal!! Moro aqui na barra da tijuca,minha composteira só tem 7 dias. Tô até preocupado com ela , as minhocas estavam saltando para fora dela
@@luancastela9408 ta muito quente!!!! Eu tenho colocado gelo na minha... Outra coisa que acho que ajuda eh estabelecer areas dentro da composteira pq qdo o material ta decompondo esquenta muito
thanks for the video. I've had a worm farm for 10 yr and have seen some pretty crazy (inhouse) migrations myself. it should be mandatory to have these.
This gives me an excellent idea. I bought a healthy bin of worms but the substrata consists of organic soil which is pretty much thick mud as they were always fed wet food. I’ll use this method to get them to move into some coco coir bedding.
I had a worm box for years, turned my dad living in Napa Valley who kept a small victory garden onto worms. Your vid was fascinating to watch how the worms did their thing, even saw some baby worms.
Interesting they like to hangout far away as possible from the food, happens in my bin too. Figured they would stay near the food. I'm up to 3 trays and want them to migrate all to the top but they like hanging out all over.
This proves several hypotheses i had. Maybe the most important being that worms go back thru what we consider finished. Next that damp areas attract worms. And maybe worms arnt wild about ice cubes and i will stay with using syphoned water from my fish tank to add water when i think the bin is getting to dry for worm comfort( but only to feeding end)
As I watched the worms re-ingest their castings I thought to myself how interesting it would've been to do your "water test" to see how much was pure castings before and after. I too was surprised at how much the volume of the "finished" castings was reduced after the worms plowed through it a couple more times :)
@@A-V Seems that the number of worms has doubled in this time span? I think the finished casting was reduced also because the worms release around 60-70% quantity from what eat
Did you notice if the ones who migrated to the left, returned to the other side ? (in the first days when the cardboard was rather intact and the separation was clear) Great video.
My neighbour gave me a shot glass full of these little guys for my new compost bin and they made short work of everything i put in there and my garden was awesome this year
Thank you! I invite you to check out other similar video that I have made. Follow this link to see my playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLMXQWDlzK6p82BlI_uK0xs2locpu7L7xp
Я всегда уважал дождевых червей. В детстве если на дороге лежал, уносил в травку или кусты, чтобы не раздавили. Теперь еще больше зауважал дождевых червей, ведь они всё это перерабатывают.
They primarily feast on decomposing organic matter, which is mostly found at or near the surface - so that is why they are considered to be surface feeders. Thanks for watching!
I'm glad you enjoyed it - for more similar time-lapse videos visit my playlist. I invite you to check it out here: ruclips.net/p/PLMXQWDlzK6p82BlI_uK0xs2locpu7L7xp Thanks for watching!
Great video :) I got a compost box outside for the garden ans kitchen waste, old soil, flowers etc and every worm in the garden i find i'd add to my compost :) Nice to see what these guys actually doing there. Thank you for uploading that stuff, so cool.
You guys should perform an experiment, with different compactioned dirt/soil tests to evaluate how much pressure mass these worms can actually move before or too failure. Like for example, a worm on top of concrete will be complete failure.
Well, a worm on top of concrete will die of dessication anyway, and quickly too. They're even more vulnerable to that than, say, slugs. On a rainy day, it might last half an hour if it doesn't get drowned in a puddle; on a hot sunny dry day with wind, about one minute and maybe less.
From time to time I noticed a few worms trying to escape.. but this evening I saw a bunch of worms on the surface of the material and appearing to be in distress. I will have to dump the din tomorrow and set those little guys loose in a regular bin where there's adequate moisture and food. To hold them over I just dropped a number of ice cubes into the bin. Hopefully the injection of moisture is enough to keep them calm till I can get them relocated... Keeping' my fingers crossed; hopefully I don't find a slew of escaped worms dried out around the container......
@@A-V Is that what you kept putting on the surface of the bin that kept disappearing? Ice? Why do that, I am curious? For adequate moisture? I have found that excess moisture actually encourages the worms to try to evacuate as they can feel "drowned". EDIT: I also just realized that I keep mine mostly covered, unlike the bins in the video. That would help mine retain moisture better, meaning I wouldn't need to add the ice. I usually get a lot of escapees if I have too many worms and not enough food. This is inevitable because the bin space/food can't grow exponentially like their population can. This is my observations over the past year, but I am curious what others have observed. Great video, thanks!
Sounds like you follow my same line of thinking. Since the bin was uncovered, I added the ice to make sure things wouldn't dry out. I also had concerns about there being too many worms. Had there been fewer worms I think it may have resulted in a better outcome. Nevertheless, it is always fun to watch the worms at work. Here I found it interesting to see how they made a number of passes through the finished compost. Thanks for watching!
Awesome. Interesting to see they go for the the easy paper first, and seem to careless about natural stuff. And Super Fun to see they use the same worm holes and quickly move thru them, in comparison of course.
That reminds me, I should buy some worms for my compost bin. I love the way the worms break down the food matter so fast. They get a good life, and I get great soil. It's a win-win. Also less waste in the garbage dump is even better.
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Pls make more video like this
Will do. Thanks for watching!
I would if it didn't also support amazon. Try leaving links to independent grower/farmer/manufacturers.
No handouts sorry
@@jonn40853 he’s not asking for handouts. He’s saying that if people want to support the channel, they can pay for more content and higher quality content. That’s business, not charity.
Those worms did more beneficial work in that short time than every politician did in their lifetime.
And that fact that we absolutely appreciate the shit they spew.
haha politician bad worm good
how about fdr?...how about lbj?...how about LINCOLN??? *dipsh!t.*
@@douglasharley2440 fdr was a progressive that hated black and Japanese Americans , lbj was a socialist that kept us in Vietnam for profit. Lincoln was ok . You are 1 for 3.
@@dragondad7733 don't make perfect the enemy of better! by your ILL-logic, lincoln should also have been dismissed, because he was a vehement racist. (i've read his personal writings.) your argument was essentially that every politician ever hasn't done sh!t, and i gave 3 examples that proved you wrong. the only really bad politicians i see these days are republicans...
I am amazed at the size differences. Obviously some are older and bigger, but sometimes you see a massive worm all sprawled out on the plastic wall, and then there's a tiny little speed demon darting all around. Really neat.
the correct way to watch this is while making vroom sounds, or at the very least imagining them
babies ;) worms will double in population very quickly. thats why its so easy to breed and sell them
@@binanocht6110So you started out with six and now there's a big population and they're all close relatives? That's how the west was won! In Mississippi that's called "a famulee".
Speed demon 👹
bigger maybe not older u fascist
After keeping worm bin for over 30 years, i found they prefer corn cobs to lay their eggs. Then when they hatch they eat their way out of the cobs.
They are one of the easiest creatures to house and provide incredible by products.
Cooked or raw corn cob? Can I just throw a few whole corn cobs in the bottom of my garden to get more worms?
Corn cobs are the best found this out a while ago when I split one open that was in the worm farm for some time. Apsouletly full of babies
Interesting to watch the way the cobs shrink down too
@@TomBielecki always after I have steamed them for dinner. Never tried in garden
Wow! 30 years of that?
I’ve been vermicomposting for a month now. There’s no bad smell and I’m diverting 100% of my kitchen waste to the worms. It’s very cool to get a peek into what they’re doing in my bin!
If only more people would take these simple steps to reduce the amount of stuff they deposit into their local landfills. I'm glad to hear that things are working well in your new worm farm 👍🏻
That's really cool, Tracy. Best of luck to ya !
I just have a small spot in the back yard next to the woods to toss out vegetable scraps. Works great. Breaks down quickly outside and feeds many of the wildlife and plants nearby.
@@A-V why don’t we just put worms in landfills?
Composting worms generally live in the top couple inches of soil & feed on the surface... consuming decomposing materials. I'm sure they are probably present to some degree in landfills, but in landfills most of what we would want them to break down is buried deep beyond their reach. I'm no expert on the subject - but that seems like it might explain why. Thanks for watching!
Our life on earth would not be possible without these humble little slimy bois, and they don't even ask anything in return. I always rescue them when I see them out on the sidewalk for too long.
I thought I was the only one who did that! Glad I'm not alone.
I do this too :)
When I see one I pick it up and save it for fishing
I have a lot of respect for worms. They allow our plants to live and take care of things we don't want.
Darwin like them too
Did u know that fact ?
@@larietournelle7904 neat. there's a buncha them, i could see why he liked em. one of the first animals too
It's like God thought of everything or something...
It never ceases to be fascinating. There's a reason we just love these little guys in the garden. They do so much for us, and our plants! 🌱
@fuzzy Moon King rip the rest of the decomposers
@@ALouisae yeah, dont forget cockroach jobs too
@@snivy6846 of course, dudes eat all rotting fruits and vegetables and there’s so many species of em, feel like the rest of the decomposer gang is just being left out
Some areas they cause more damage then the do good, not all plant life are geared towards worms, they are actually an invasive species in the US.
And they're fun to eat
this is how you get the younger generation excited about food production. Awesome video. thank you.
Yes, u will be eating many worms soon..Go Leftists!!!
Huh? What are you talking about 😂, like I am going to grow my food tomorrow because I saw this?! Aahahah
@@sov19871987 well one day, maybe not tomorrow, you will understand the cycle of life and how humans actually survive and thrive in/with Nature. Or, you will continue to think food comes from the store.
@@wojohowitz5432 ??? You're not making any sense.
@@wojohowitz5432 why don't you go and get your own salt, other spices, filter your own water, ohhh my the list goes on and on. Or you can trade your labor for all these amazing goods and services that other people provide.
The decrease in volume is AMAZING. And so slow I didn't even realize at first. At the start of the video, soil is spilling over the edge. By the end, it's easily reduced by a third.
Thinking a good bit was filling in the air gaps on the left
Actually came down to the comments to see if it was that
A large portion of it was converted to CO2 during respiration.
@@CamRStanford Wait, come again? A large portion of the SOIL? was converted to CO2? Is that what you were saying?
Indeed most of organic waste is converted to CO2, heat and water when composting.
Do all the stuff get eaten and turned into worm "meat"?
Cracked up when that first one discovered the goods and all the others followed them
I have always wondered how they pass on the info. Perhaps some kind of pheromone trail (?) as seen in ants? So cool to see when it happens! Thanks for watching!
@@A-V seems like the young are the explorers
@@A-V dd
@@A-V Xdddf
@@A-V Xdddfd
When I die, I don't want to be bury or cremated. I want the Red Wiggler experience!!!
A red wiggler experience sounds like a monochromatic acid trip.
Absolutely
Except that they won't eat your body. They are vegetarian afaik.
If you are buried, the worms will find you body
The worms crawl in the worms crawl out...
This exposed some glaring ignorance on my part.
I work in lawn care and am usually surprised when I find worms on the surface, or near to it.
I had thought that worms reside decently deep into the dirt. As it turns out, worms spend quite a lot of their time right below the grass!
This has been quite informative. I feel like a bit of a dingus, working in the dirt without being familiar with its residents.
Thanks for the informative video!
Many earthworms do live deep in the ground, but the few kinds that are used for composting are the surface dwelling types since their diet consist mainly of decomposing matter. Thanks for watching!
I'm wondering if they live near the top but I have a bunch of hard dry clay soil a few inches down how do they get past that to find richer soil with decomposing matter
Loved the part where the worms finished consuming the cardboard that separated the two areas and it was joined into one!
Excuse, can you answer my doubt? I wanted to ask if I can put in some old ground I have inside a compost so it can get nutrients. It has light brown tone and it lacks porosity. I would like it to get black and to have more porosity. Do you know any method that may help me?
@@pollolor15 paint it black
@@pollolor15 you can but most people want to do the opposite. At least, that's what I've heard. Add your finished compost to the old soil to boost the soil nutrients without causing shock to plants. It's easier to mix compost into old soil because it keeps the soil consistency with the soil around it rather than having a random patch of just compost with regular soil all around. The roots will travel farther when the soil is consistent.
You can do either one if you're putting it in pots and itll make potting compost whether you add compost to the soil or soil to the compost.
Day 12??
cardboard: exists
worms: "so, you have chosen death"
man, that one guy at 1:25 was an EXPLORER! Set the pace for the rest of the worm crew.
"Tell the boys I found the good stuff"
That's the sperm cell that gets the egg fertilized.
I don't know why, but I always find myself so mesmerized by these time lapse videos! Thanks for making these! I found it interesting, too, to notice that some of the worms 'weren't moving', and then to see these worms being cleaned up by the smaller younger ones. One of my favourites is still the 'Pumpkin vs Red Wrigglers' time-lapse, especially the one in reverse! If you haven't watched it yet, I'd highly recommend it!!
Thanks for watching!
Timelapse is magical. The seamless speed gives you an unexplainable sense of joy.
I have others - I invite you to check them out: ruclips.net/p/PLMXQWDlzK6p82BlI_uK0xs2locpu7L7xp Thank you for watching!
Fascinating! I've seen videos claiming that Reds, do not migrate into soil, but remain in the active composting scrap area only. This certainly proves otherwise. Thanks for doing this video.
Every school age kid needs to see this. Maybe the next generation will do better with the environment. We can only hope.
Do better with the environment because worms exist?
@@dickbutt7854 composting and recycling. Yes
@@RH-nk7eo well recycling have been proven to be an overall loss
I am 17 I plane on helping the environment
@@RogerJayYang how
I’ve been wanting to wipe off that right upper edge since the beginning
at 3:21 a very large worm comes into view to the left of the D and then dies, its last movements are captured in the time lapse. for two days it goes largely untouched, then as it finally begins to break down the other worms move in and between days 11 and 12 it vanishes completely. what a fascinating time lapse! thanks for uploading!
Thank you for watching!
what i love about this vs making a compost bin, is that you dont have to mix and dig everything up to allow air flow. with vermicomposting, you just bury the scraps, put the worms, and wait for them to do their job :) you just have to water it a bit occasionally or put ice and you're good to go.
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There are static composting methods as well. Have a compost mix that is really carbon dominant by way of wood chips and/or leaves and let the fungi do their thing. Certain ways the pile can be constructed too, to allow enough air flow, and having a lot of wood chips helps air flow on its own as well.
It’s amazing how worms know the difference between old peels and plant roots. Like plants don’t get eat but anything around them will
A lot of worms will just eat the roots too lmao
They taste. :3
@@KatchRocketman possibly
@asdfasdf some do yes but mostly are overwhelmed by something new or out of the ordinary. For instance spider mites they are a dust mites in the home that take a fancy to plant juice which devastates plant infrastructure and destroys the plant.
I think worms like decaying stuff but root r still alive..
its so crazy that, around day 10, one of the worms in the center dies and gets decomposed itself. gosh
You saw that too, I was watching and waiting for it to move. I was wondering how long they rest before moving to food, he never moved again.
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True!! And more than one
Good observation
I think it got eaten by the other worms after it decomposed. That's the cycle of life.
Wigglers make the best pets. They improve their living space by pooping all over it.
Too bad the same can't be said for people. 😀
pls poop on me
I was actually looking for the trailer from the movie "Time lapse".
Now i'm addicted watching worms composting 😆
Ooo - I just watched the "Time lapse" movie trailer. Sounds intense. Another mid bending film is similarly named - "Time Trap". Thanks for watching!
@@A-V Great video's👍
I will take a look.
@@A-V I read an article and apparently researchers from Belgium found out that they communicate 'by touch', that's why the bundle up sometimes
It makes sense - thanks. And thank you for watching!
recording something for over so much time must be alot of work. thanks for taking the consideration. i am so impresed and fascinated with this little guys.
I appreciate your acknowledgment of the effort that goes into making a video such as this. You are correct - it does take some doing... :) I invite you to check out some other similar time-lapses here: ruclips.net/p/PLMXQWDlzK6p82BlI_uK0xs2locpu7L7xp Thank you for watching!
I love that for the first few days they were all like nah I'm good right here in this little spot with all my friends except that ones who's like "BWEEEEEEEEE!!!"
:)
Your time-lapse videos show in detail why we love worms so much. I'm always fascinated by them and your videos help me see the work they do clearly
Thank you for watching!
That was super neat to witness.
I knew worms were really good for soil, but now I understand why.
They help loosen up the soil so roots can grow easily. The loose soil also allows more air so the roots can absorb nitrogen. It would also allow water to seep down more quickly so the roots don't rot due to too much moisture. Their poop basically has hastened the breakdown process of other organic material so the roots can also absorb the freed up nutrients at a shorter time (as compared to if you simply let the same organic stuff just decay). Worms = healthy soil = healthy plants.
@@mocabe01 I shouldn't of killed innocent worms :(
I thought they were going to eat my entire plant up but I guess it just eats up dead roots
They aerate the soil as well.
@@boxy_tocs2035 unfortunately many worms you just find out in your garden are invasive. they dont do a great job breaking stuff down and sometimes even eat the roots. These red wigglers will usually have to be reintroduced to your garden first
Fun video to watch. We keep a "compost pile" in a plastic bin all winter and keep worms in it (in the basement). They do a great job of breaking down the food scraps and give us incredible fertilizer in the spring. Cheers from Minnesota!
Thank you for watching!
It's so cool to see how they eat, and what they eat. I've been wanting to start one of these for my wife and son I think he would really enjoy it
The thought that the same thing happens to the human body does not leave me
Aight ima go cry
If it makes you feel better, it looks like it's also happening to the dead worm bodies... 🙄
@@Blaublahblue that cannibalism
@@kkirill4633 different species
actually earthworms mostly eats plants and fungi between the soil, your body will be eaten almost entirely by fungi, insect larvae and bacteria
My mom loves worms she has a garden and she has a ton of worms I love these little guys
Reminds me of when I stand up too quickly and get those darting light spots in my vision.
Love these types of videos. I made my own worm bin and it's been 1 month since I started, my worms are reproducing and I am happy.
It takes a month for them to start reproducing?
3:23 Large worm dies (bottom centre, next to "Day 8"). At Day 10 it gets swarmed with smaller worms. By Day 12 it's gone.
That's the super-efficient clean-up crew making sure the bin remains tidy :) Thanks for watching!
God... could you imagine that instead of funerals for older friends or relatives, you just have a big dinner with their corpse as the main course? Despite the fact that there's obviously a quick and affordable restaurant right down the street?
you're amazingly observant. I would have never caught that.
First time i noticed that
Thanks!
I thought they dragged a leaf from the left side! Good catch!
I love how you can physically see the worms dying and then being "recycled". A true circle of life.
"circle of life" is such a shit simplification
@@kopi6850 Well that’s your perspective. It’s not fact.
@@kopi6850 oh what is a better one Einstein?
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The torus of existence!
@@strangelee4400 Morbius strip of existence
Looks like the worms don't always go for the fresh food material. Some will go to the fresh food material and stay there, some will go there and come back to the semi decomposed portion, and some just stay at the semi decomposed area and just feed there for days! Now I know I don't have to try feed my worm so often, and that I don't have to check progress after just one day 😂 Thank you so much for this video. It's probably more educational than even you realise
Checking progress daily is certainly not necessary; sometimes I got weeks between check-ins & they do just fine without me :)
Great video!
This is how I handle the worms in my compost bins as well, by starting a new pile in the space next to the old one. That migrates basically every single one of them.
Fascinating watch.
I have a vertical stacking wormery, a 4 storey high rise that gets fed my teabags, coffee grounds, shredded paper and vegetable waste and the dendrobena worms turn it into a very rich compost. I understand how it works and just leave them to it but it's great to see in action.
It does also have the additional benefit of;
You take a wiggly worm
And you watch him squirm
Then you stick it on a hook
And drop it in the brook
And if things just turn out right
Ya gonna fry fish tonight!*
Johnny Cash 'Country Boy'
*I don't generally keep the fish I catch. Catch and release.
Except Mackerel.
I like Mackerel.
:)
This whole bin will worth a lot. It is a very good fertilizer. Thanks for sharing.
2 things you should consider: 1- cover up so don't get flies and 2- a tap at the botton so you dnt leave them that wet but its great to c how fast they do that work! thanks for the vid
You don’t need to be adding ice. You can add some damp newspaper to the top to keep in moisture so it doesn’t evaporate. They need more dry material such as cardboard and torn up newspaper
Maybe he is also keeping the temp down?
Yes.. compost are warm if you touch it
@@adellyaanggitakinasih1031 my worm bin is never warm to the touch
@@arvinkim3037 Our leaves bin often steams in winter, normally about 20-40 bags worth so a fair amount. We just have a huge pile outside though, so we dont introduce any worms articially and goign through it I dont spot that many. May have an affect
Depends how hot the climate and it's humidity
I did this exact same experiment in grade 8. Easiest setup ever, no work involved, got an A.
Should've been an A+ :)
Why is this so satisfying to watch?
13:00 I am wondering if the are congregating on the compost side (away from the food) for breeding purposes.
I noticed that too, wonder if the right side was too wet?
You'll only ever find earthworms breeding on top of wet soil, whilst the rain falls, for the most part.
Having used your cardboard separator method with success it's great to see it in action. I don't know what conclusion you can draw from it though, It seems 2/3 stayed in the soil most of the time. Thanks for another great look into their world!
It's part broken down and spread out, where the plants would benefit from the nutrients and bio actives released
I think worm behavior hasn't been studied enough. This video shows things are barely mentioned elsewhere. Fantastic. I'm taking notes. Thanks! Take good care
Смотровая вермиферма - это отличная идея надо будет такой же себе сделать
Привет русскоговорящим!
@@sergei_belianov 🖖
Thank you a lot for sharing this amazing video
I'm currently try to understand how decomposition work
And your video show us that worms help a lot with decomposition
First of all, thanks for putting out videos like these! I have a couple of questions:
1. With a bin setup like this, how do you prevent ant infestation?
2. In the same vein, how'd you keep bugs and flies from laying eggs on such an exposed bin?
Thank you and more power.
The time-lapse videos I make about worms are all filmed in my basement. With the exception of a few varied types of insects that co-habitate my bins with the worms, other bugs from outside are unable to get into the bin. In a bin that I keep outdoors I don't really see insects either. Thanks for watching!
I keep a little sheet of linen fabric over mine with a large elastic band around the bin to hold it in place.
i use carrotfly netting!
Interesting to see that once a worm is separated from its main body, the cells try to form a new Head. But when that doesn't work, it stitches together whatever closest similar mass. Then once the other worms notice that it isn't regenerating, they consume it themselves. All the old worms are consumed by the newest ones. The separated parts attempt to always regenerate to a new body. But eventually gets consumed by other worms.
So if there was no new food added to the system, would the worms eat each other for survival? Until there was just one left, a Hannibal lecter worm?
I used to fish in the ocean. When I caught smelt or some other small fish & fish guts & heads, I'd bury them in the garden & toss in some worms. They ate everything - even my neighbors smelly bucket of rotten veggie scraps. I had good soil.
What a wonderful video, it shows how beautiful nature is, the endless but delicate balance of life
Thank you for watching!
2:16 Goodbye everyone! I'm outta here.
Thank you for stopping in to visit!
Had to slow it down to see but yup little guy just took flight😂
@@jasonscott598 haha. It took about 7 seconds for me to get what you said then I blew a booger on my screen laughing.
@@A-V HAhAAHA they meant the worm lol
I saw that lil dude too, I was like he doesn't care about lettuce 😭
Worms be like : Commander there's wall obstructing us in the path!
Worm Commandar : EAT THAT TOO!
Ask *not* what the worm bin can do for you... instead - ask what *you* can do for your worm bin! :) Thanks for watching!
Wow that was amazing. Thank you for taking the time to make this and edit for our enjoyment
Thank you for watching!
Круто, что вы догадались это делать 😊👍 в России мы всегда это делаем. Точнее, фермеры 😁 ничего сложного в этом нет.
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Don't increase volume this video has no sound 🤣
And I thought I had a technical problem with my sound 🤦♂
It is so beautiful and so natural. Indeed, worms - angels of the earth.
Nobody:
The dirt on the edge of the tank: Gone reduced to atoms
seeing the soil "fluff up" is great for me as a gardener. i also sirect buty most of my kitches scraps in the garden rather than bothering to compost....worms love it
We had a worm farm for about a year in elementary school but it was outside and the worms ended up escaping. We have since only ever had hole in the dirt pile style composting. I anticipate living in an apartment in a year or two though and will be setting one of these up so I continue composting my scraps.
I watched this while eating a big bowl of spaghetti 😨
Me too 😅😅😅
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How the red wiggler taste😅
Savage.
I watch drone drop videos from Ukraine while I eat my dinner.
Thank you! It is nice to see what si happening there inside
Wow, wow, wow
Nunca había visto el proceso, sí hago mi compost, pero nunca he visto de cerca y tan claro como se reproducen de rápido las lombrices
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Sigamos sembrando !!!!
Saluditos en español 😂😁 aunque muy poquitos lo entenderán 😂😂😂👋👋👋👋
¡Gracias por ver!
I just started a worm farm with my youngest grandson I will show him this it is amazing thank you :)
Thanks for watching & sharing!
Thank you for not adding annoying music throughout the video.
Looks like a great setup to raise flys too!
Hi! Congrats for your amazing work from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! I've been composting my family's organic residue for a year now... in a small apartment!! I use what I make from composting to grow (part of) my own greens in a small balcony. The transformation is really amazing! I also like to do experiments (but don't film it). My last experience is using a green coconut shell. In about a month, let's see what I manage to get!
I have had numerous people ask me what would happen if I tried giving a green coconut shell to the worms. Since I do not have green coconuts I have no way of trying to find out. Maybe you should prepare a short video of the before... and then film it again in a couple months so we can see the after too. I know there are people out there interesting it knowing the results of what you are experimenting with. Anyhow... thanks for watching!
Caramba uma BR por aqui, também sou carioca e faço compostagem aqui e fiquei curioso. O que aconteceu com a casca do coco?
@@luancastela9408 ainda esta acontecendo! Nasceu alguns cogumelos que pesquisei e sao parte da cadeia para a quebra do material organico. O coco esta bem escuro mas duro!!! Vai demorar... Vc mora aonde?
@@christinnem77 que legal!! Moro aqui na barra da tijuca,minha composteira só tem 7 dias. Tô até preocupado com ela , as minhocas estavam saltando para fora dela
@@luancastela9408 ta muito quente!!!! Eu tenho colocado gelo na minha... Outra coisa que acho que ajuda eh estabelecer areas dentro da composteira pq qdo o material ta decompondo esquenta muito
thanks for the video. I've had a worm farm for 10 yr and have seen some pretty crazy (inhouse) migrations myself.
it should be mandatory to have these.
That's an interesting thought! Most still have never heard of it!!!
This gives me an excellent idea. I bought a healthy bin of worms but the substrata consists of organic soil which is pretty much thick mud as they were always fed wet food. I’ll use this method to get them to move into some coco coir bedding.
Good luck!
I had a worm box for years, turned my dad living in Napa Valley who kept a small victory garden onto worms. Your vid was fascinating to watch how the worms did their thing, even saw some baby worms.
Thanks for watching!
Interesting they like to hangout far away as possible from the food, happens in my bin too. Figured they would stay near the food. I'm up to 3 trays and want them to migrate all to the top but they like hanging out all over.
I don't know much about worms, but my guess is the food is probably too toxic for the outside of their bodies, so they feed and head back.
Nice and very interesting idea. I have a worm box so I know how the worms benefit my garden.
OAG
Thank you for watching!
This proves several hypotheses i had. Maybe the most important being that worms go back thru what we consider finished. Next that damp areas attract worms. And maybe worms arnt wild about ice cubes and i will stay with using syphoned water from my fish tank to add water when i think the bin is getting to dry for worm comfort( but only to feeding end)
As I watched the worms re-ingest their castings I thought to myself how interesting it would've been to do your "water test" to see how much was pure castings before and after. I too was surprised at how much the volume of the "finished" castings was reduced after the worms plowed through it a couple more times :)
@@A-V Seems that the number of worms has doubled in this time span? I think the finished casting was reduced also because the worms release around 60-70% quantity from what eat
I started a farm today to produce fishing worms. I hope they will be happy in their new home for now
Congratulations! Enjoy your worms :) And thank you for watching!
This is the first time i see such process. I am in love. Thanks, youtube, thanks, creator
Thank you for watching!
Truly the Cadillac of worms
Thanks for watching!
LOL! Came here to post this when I saw the title.
Did you notice if the ones who migrated to the left, returned to the other side ? (in the first days when the cardboard was rather intact and the separation was clear)
Great video.
I saw 1 or two.
Looks like smaller ones started to cannible other larger worms
My neighbour gave me a shot glass full of these little guys for my new compost bin and they made short work of everything i put in there and my garden was awesome this year
Very cool! Thanks for watching!
Hands down best worm video time laps I've seen so far! 💪🏾
Thank you! I invite you to check out other similar video that I have made. Follow this link to see my playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLMXQWDlzK6p82BlI_uK0xs2locpu7L7xp
Thanks. Your time lapses are very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to produce them.
Thank you for watching!
I would like to see a disclaimer. Was any worm harmed during the production of this movie?
well i did see a few die and get eaten so yes, yes there were
It looked like some of them drowned
Я всегда уважал дождевых червей. В детстве если на дороге лежал, уносил в травку или кусты, чтобы не раздавили. Теперь еще больше зауважал дождевых червей, ведь они всё это перерабатывают.
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I heard so many times that red wiggler were surface eater, this video contradict them all!
They primarily feast on decomposing organic matter, which is mostly found at or near the surface - so that is why they are considered to be surface feeders. Thanks for watching!
They seem to really enjoy their wormy ice water bath.
I knew that Nightcrawler earthworms liked the cold but didn't know Red Wrigglers did...? 🤔
Honestly, I was surprised they weren't avoiding the light more.
Maybe the room is fairly dark but they used high exposure photos.
Until now this is my favorite movie on RUclips
I'm glad you enjoyed it - for more similar time-lapse videos visit my playlist. I invite you to check it out here: ruclips.net/p/PLMXQWDlzK6p82BlI_uK0xs2locpu7L7xp Thanks for watching!
Great video :) I got a compost box outside for the garden ans kitchen waste, old soil, flowers etc and every worm in the garden i find i'd add to my compost :) Nice to see what these guys actually doing there. Thank you for uploading that stuff, so cool.
Thank you for watching!
Without these guys likely we as a species would not exist. I salute you, organic recycling toobs!
Thank you for watching!
You guys should perform an experiment, with different compactioned dirt/soil tests to evaluate how much pressure mass these worms can actually move before or too failure. Like for example, a worm on top of concrete will be complete failure.
Interesting idea. Thanks for watching!
Well, a worm on top of concrete will die of dessication anyway, and quickly too. They're even more vulnerable to that than, say, slugs.
On a rainy day, it might last half an hour if it doesn't get drowned in a puddle; on a hot sunny dry day with wind, about one minute and maybe less.
Best time lapse yet. I liked seeing the accumulation of castings grow on the food side. Impressive. Do you know how many escaped?
From time to time I noticed a few worms trying to escape.. but this evening I saw a bunch of worms on the surface of the material and appearing to be in distress. I will have to dump the din tomorrow and set those little guys loose in a regular bin where there's adequate moisture and food. To hold them over I just dropped a number of ice cubes into the bin. Hopefully the injection of moisture is enough to keep them calm till I can get them relocated... Keeping' my fingers crossed; hopefully I don't find a slew of escaped worms dried out around the container......
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I doubt there will be escapees. I thought I saw some in the beginning to middle of it. No worries.
@@A-V Is that what you kept putting on the surface of the bin that kept disappearing? Ice? Why do that, I am curious? For adequate moisture? I have found that excess moisture actually encourages the worms to try to evacuate as they can feel "drowned". EDIT: I also just realized that I keep mine mostly covered, unlike the bins in the video. That would help mine retain moisture better, meaning I wouldn't need to add the ice.
I usually get a lot of escapees if I have too many worms and not enough food. This is inevitable because the bin space/food can't grow exponentially like their population can. This is my observations over the past year, but I am curious what others have observed.
Great video, thanks!
Sounds like you follow my same line of thinking. Since the bin was uncovered, I added the ice to make sure things wouldn't dry out.
I also had concerns about there being too many worms. Had there been fewer worms I think it may have resulted in a better outcome. Nevertheless, it is always fun to watch the worms at work. Here I found it interesting to see how they made a number of passes through the finished compost.
Thanks for watching!
@@sweetbizil The ice also makes them more active for the camera. They move around to get out the cold. He’s said it before in comments.
Interesting video. Paige loved it . Now she will want to watch it over and over. Fine with me.
Fine with me too! :)
Awesome. Interesting to see they go for the the easy paper first, and seem to careless about natural stuff. And Super Fun to see they use the same worm holes and quickly move thru them, in comparison of course.
Thanks for watching!
That reminds me, I should buy some worms for my compost bin. I love the way the worms break down the food matter so fast. They get a good life, and I get great soil. It's a win-win. Also less waste in the garbage dump is even better.
So it's a win-win-win 👍🏻 Thanks for watching!
incredible! thanks for sharing!
Seems like 90% of the heavy lifting was done between day 4 and 11, no?
They sure made their way through the finished castings thoroughly during those days. Thanks for watching!
I wish I could one day lay in that bed of soil with the worms! So amazing!
Interesting wish - haha! :) Thanks for watching!
Don't worry, you will...
@@Lazarus-aap when i die i guess.
@@kayrealist9793 it's not a bad end to give yourself back to nature. :)