Their operation seems very efficient and the way it is organized and laid out! They definitely have a system that works well for them. They seem to market one thing worm castings and not a whole line of products that require more expensive equipment and labors. I am very %amaised by there operation!
Just purchased a 5 lb bag of eden best ....and my ladies can't wait to eat ...thank you for this video I see how natural and 100% organic it truly is ...
Peat moss is sustainable depending on where you get it. Canada has peat bogs that regenerate very rapidly. And there are different grades of castings but they are all very good. And way better than any synthetic. And a worm will eat anything that will fit into its mouth. That was proven in the 40s. As far as mites and other critters go. That happens when your bedding turns acidic which is not good for the worms. The solution to that is keeping the bedding on the dryer side or adding agro lime in small amounts to their food to set the ph level back to neutral. DO NOT USE GARDEN LIME. IT CONTAINS CHEMICALS THAT WILL KILL YOUR WORMS. Straight pulverized limestone is what you need with no additives. And for those trying to do this on a commercial level. The most successful worm farmers share their info and knowledge. Because they know its impossible to satisfy the demand on their own. This industry isn't that old and it hasn't been taken over and monopolize by the government and big business. Open sourced knowledge will bring you a better business and more customers. Don't let greed and selfishness ruin it
This was a very interesting video. They have a great setup for rapid turnaround of castings. Anyone have info on their harvester they use? Guessing it is a custom build? It's so efficient looking.
Peat is fine, but I use coco coir and also sounds as if they feed organic flowered mixes and not food scraps. That is something Ive gone to more recently because I dont always have enough kitchen scraps for them. Oats and cornmeal are a nice mix and the oats are first ground into a fine flour size. My worms love it. Plus it can fatten your worms.
I wonder if his castings with such a limited diet are different than mine that are fed mostly organic vegetables and fruit. And ground eggshells and clay/ sand as dirt for grit.
The castings produced with this advanced method will not have any seeds that grow into volunteer plants. The castings will also be rich in humus containing humic substances such as humins, as well as humic and fulvic acids.
I'm with you. I eat a variety of organic.... I use that vermi-cmpst for me & family. I have secondary bins that I use grocery store produce, and give that away to people. I have a 3 for my paper waste, and that goes onto park landscape and bushes.
@lukelucy1980 great ideas..myself I had large flower and flowering shrubbery that my outdoor worm bed castings ( with alot of newspaper ( I was teaching world history so I had alot of newspaper went into..or it was used when in summer i put perennial beds in for other people..
Dear Sir, Could you please answer or confirm. 1. you use around 2 and half gallon of Black Peat Moss + How much Grain ( ? in Grams ). 2. You stack the bucket one over another with a layer of card board in between so that no worm come out of them right. Will there be problem of oxygen in 2 weeks of keeping them like it. 3. You just keep them like this for 2 weeks and don't ever open the bucket or see it. Right ?
They use ply wood not cardboard and the buckets have holes on the side for air flow, with thier method of feeding and the facility checking into each bucket isn't as necessary as if you have a worm bin that you feed food scrap
It seems like more and more large commercial worm farms are not using scraps and it seems to reduce the extra labor and the multiple management problems of worm buckets@@masrurbule2868
He’s using 2.5 gallon buckets. There are several manufacturers of them, best bet is to find a plastics manufacturer near you as shipping will be the biggest savings when ordering bulk.
I'm on an acreage and each year can make about 10 to 12 heaping big wheelbarrows of high quality compost from veggie scraps, peelings and mass amounts of garden debris, annual flowers and weeds. I liberally use compost upon the planting rows and spot plantings, it's every bit as good or better than manure! How much more nutrient packed are these worm castings compared to the use of compost, I imagine worm castings are rather expensive, why not just use and apply a bit more compost instead, my plantings are never lacking for nutrients when solely relying upon compost.
Well some people live in area’s where there are lots of rules and regulations and they are prohibited from using not ground find compost mixes and that have orders. You live in the country so you do not have to deal with and follow a lot of rules and regulations and some HOA’s roulette and regulations are insane!
@@hopehope938 Yes, totally understood, the amount of compost I make and the odor it generates would not be well appreciated if having nearby neighbors.
In the early 2000 I was experimenting with winter cover crops and I was working towards a living organic soil. I my experimenting with worm container set up I am using a half a inch of organic soil with peatmoss,cardboard, and paper. I know in a saleable product I would have to remove big chunks of uneaten vegetables.
First, understand why this guy uses peat (& grain based "worm chow."). I can't dis this guy too much for using peat. He pulverizes it to provide a softer bedding for the worms to work through & mate & for easier sifting on the back end. I have heard this fron other commercial worm farmers who need shorter product turn around times to be profitable and a consistent product to satisfy repeat customers. With that being said, at least one worm farmer has replaced some of the peat with pulverized paper. Of course pulverized coconut coir may be an option, but it is only sligjtly more sustainable when considering transportation costs from the tropics. Pulverized locally sourced fall leaves might be a good partial replacement for the peat. It would up the microbial value of the castings. He would have to take care (sterilize?) to kill off mites & other pesky ctitters. Of cousre all this "pulverizing" uses time & energy. Both time & energy equal money. What you can do as a small scale home worm farmer is much different from what you can do when you have to scale-up for commercial production & provide a consistent product to repeat customers.
@@ruthsolomon-thompson293 That is what he said, but those are Cultured Nightcrawlers 3:41-3:44. He may have misspoken as the common word on RUclips for those worms are ANCs. Or he may have said ENCs for proprietary reasons. Another tell-tale sign is he said 250 worms per 2.5 gallons every 14-days,10-11 days for conversion, 14 days for maximum cocoon production. With ENCs 250 4"worms at 2.5 gallons takes 17-18 days to convert into pure castings. The cycle for ENCs is 21 days to maximize cocoon production. Enjoy worms and have a great Day!
Sorry but you're wrong here. I just went there with a class I was taking and this is a great thought out process here. I punched some castings and wow my mums and Zinnias are loving these castings. Oh FYI these worm castings are most sought after in Oklahoma growers market sells it by the tons.
@@bcwindowcleaning7360 If you dont put good food infront of the worm you do not get good poop at the rear end. All Oklahama can cosider that these are second from the heaven dust but that doesn't change what is wrong with his feeding regiment.
Well don't buy any then fine with me. It will be your loss here my friend. Go visit his business bc osu-extension office would not be here if you were right. So I disagree and so does my garden. Thanks for responding helps this video get more views with RUclips algorithms. I'm not a scientist nor am I a farmer. This is worm poop and I saw the process. So please tell me why would he give away his feed mix for others to copy? You must be trying to start your own castings business and aren't passing the lab tests this guys worm castings product passes. Here in Oklahoma we know our shit literally good luck and go visit see for yourself. Or buy your own bag of heavenly dust figure out why he's selling tons
@@KALSINFILMS LOL I agree. I feed my worms a wide variety of food, even super foods like moringa, spirulina, etc. The better the food, the better the castings. 👍
Have you ever really tried Peat? I only ask because I think you are confusing peatmoss with black peat (reed sedge). Reed sedge (black peat) is not the same as sphagnum peatmoss. Try it your worms will absolutely love it. When you see how much your worms love it, you will like it.
Thank you, Mike and Casey, for sharing this tour!
Great organization and production... both the vermicompost facility and the video.
Thank you for sharing the details of your production. Great product, and great virtual tour!
Thanks. Worm castings are back gold, the single best overall soul amendment.
Outstanding! Cheers from Tulua, Colombia 🇨🇴
Their operation seems very efficient and the way it is organized and laid out! They definitely have a system that works well for them. They seem to market one thing worm castings and not a whole line of products that require more expensive equipment and labors. I am very %amaised by there operation!
Great video 😊
Very interesting information!
Just purchased a 5 lb bag of eden best ....and my ladies can't wait to eat ...thank you for this video I see how natural and 100% organic it truly is ...
Well a month later I say it some good freaking stuff I love about to order 2 more bags
Peat moss is sustainable depending on where you get it. Canada has peat bogs that regenerate very rapidly.
And there are different grades of castings but they are all very good. And way better than any synthetic. And a worm will eat anything that will fit into its mouth. That was proven in the 40s.
As far as mites and other critters go. That happens when your bedding turns acidic which is not good for the worms. The solution to that is keeping the bedding on the dryer side or adding agro lime in small amounts to their food to set the ph level back to neutral. DO NOT USE GARDEN LIME. IT CONTAINS CHEMICALS THAT WILL KILL YOUR WORMS. Straight pulverized limestone is what you need with no additives.
And for those trying to do this on a commercial level. The most successful worm farmers share their info and knowledge. Because they know its impossible to satisfy the demand on their own. This industry isn't that old and it hasn't been taken over and monopolize by the government and big business. Open sourced knowledge will bring you a better business and more customers. Don't let greed and selfishness ruin it
Super organised facility… I like it… and interestingly what the make they sell each month…worms are cool…
WORM POWER!
Oh i.wish I had all that stuff
I don't make a great profit. I draw from my V.A. disability to live. I love helping young people to start gardening.
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This was a very interesting video. They have a great setup for rapid turnaround of castings.
Anyone have info on their harvester they use? Guessing it is a custom build? It's so efficient looking.
We built a small one- screen is about 4 foot long. It’s made out of 4x4, 2x4, Hardware wire, shower curtain and a little shaker
Wonderful set up, harvesting machine price?
What is the manufacturer of the shaking/sorting/sieving device?
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Where can i get one of them sifters???
Did this place close down?
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Director
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How much does a sifter like that cost ?
Great information. Where did you get the harvester machine? Thank you
There are a variety of worm harvesting machines from popular suppliers: Hungry Bin, The Worm Factory, and The Worm Harvester.
google: MK-11 worm harvester.
do you know where i can buy black peat, by the bag, not truckload? thanks
Peat is fine, but I use coco coir and also sounds as if they feed organic flowered mixes and not food scraps. That is something Ive gone to more recently because I dont always have enough kitchen scraps for them. Oats and cornmeal are a nice mix and the oats are first ground into a fine flour size. My worms love it. Plus it can fatten your worms.
I wonder if his castings with such a limited diet are different than mine that are fed mostly organic vegetables and fruit. And ground eggshells and clay/ sand as dirt for grit.
I have been doing this for about 35 years.
The castings produced with this advanced method will not have any seeds that grow into volunteer plants. The castings will also be rich in humus containing humic substances such as humins, as well as humic and fulvic acids.
I'm with you. I eat a variety of organic.... I use that vermi-cmpst for me & family. I have secondary bins that I use grocery store produce, and give that away to people. I have a 3 for my paper waste, and that goes onto park landscape and bushes.
@lukelucy1980 great ideas..myself I had large flower and flowering shrubbery that my outdoor worm bed castings ( with alot of newspaper ( I was teaching world history so I had alot of newspaper went into..or it was used when in summer i put perennial beds in for other people..
Dear Sir,
Could you please answer or confirm.
1. you use around 2 and half gallon of Black Peat Moss + How much Grain ( ? in Grams ).
2. You stack the bucket one over another with a layer of card board in between so that no worm come out of them right. Will there be problem of oxygen in 2 weeks of keeping them like it.
3. You just keep them like this for 2 weeks and don't ever open the bucket or see it. Right ?
They use ply wood not cardboard and the buckets have holes on the side for air flow, with thier method of feeding and the facility checking into each bucket isn't as necessary as if you have a worm bin that you feed food scrap
It seems like more and more large commercial worm farms are not using scraps and it seems to reduce the extra labor and the multiple management problems of worm buckets@@masrurbule2868
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What size are the buckets and where can I buy them ?
He’s using 2.5 gallon buckets. There are several manufacturers of them, best bet is to find a plastics manufacturer near you as shipping will be the biggest savings when ordering bulk.
Thank you BiLLy 150
did you find the place to buy those black buckets?
I'm on an acreage and each year can make about 10 to 12 heaping big wheelbarrows of high quality compost from veggie scraps, peelings and mass amounts of garden debris, annual flowers and weeds. I liberally use compost upon the planting rows and spot plantings, it's every bit as good or better than manure! How much more nutrient packed are these worm castings compared to the use of compost, I imagine worm castings are rather expensive, why not just use and apply a bit more compost instead, my plantings are never lacking for nutrients when solely relying upon compost.
Well some people live in area’s where there are lots of rules and regulations and they are prohibited from using not ground find compost mixes and that have orders. You live in the country so you do not have to deal with and follow a lot of rules and regulations and some HOA’s roulette and regulations are insane!
@@hopehope938 Yes, totally understood, the amount of compost I make and the odor it generates would not be well appreciated if having nearby neighbors.
I want to make and sell locally organic soil that has worms,eggs, cocoons, and worn castings. In it for gardens and potted plants
In the early 2000 I was experimenting with winter cover crops and I was working towards a living organic soil. I my experimenting with worm container set up I am using a half a inch of organic soil with peatmoss,cardboard, and paper.
I know in a saleable product I would have to remove big chunks of uneaten vegetables.
@@hopehope938 Sounds like you're doing your best helping to enhance and enrich your soil. 👍
היי יש לך ערוץ ניפלא .
למה אין לך תרגום בעברית 😢😢.
אנחנו קבוצה גדולה שצופים בך מישראל ואין תרגום בעברית, נשמח מאוד אם תוסיפי תרגום בעברית😊😊
First, understand why this guy uses peat (& grain based "worm chow."). I can't dis this guy too much for using peat. He pulverizes it to provide a softer bedding for the worms to work through & mate & for easier sifting on the back end. I have heard this fron other commercial worm farmers who need shorter product turn around times to be profitable and a consistent product to satisfy repeat customers.
With that being said, at least one worm farmer has replaced some of the peat with pulverized paper. Of course pulverized coconut coir may be an option, but it is only sligjtly more sustainable when considering transportation costs from the tropics.
Pulverized locally sourced fall leaves might be a good partial replacement for the peat. It would up the microbial value of the castings. He would have to take care (sterilize?) to kill off mites & other pesky ctitters.
Of cousre all this "pulverizing" uses time & energy. Both time & energy equal money.
What you can do as a small scale home worm farmer is much different from what you can do when you have to scale-up for commercial production & provide a consistent product to repeat customers.
I started for my own garden. then the worms kicked into high gear and I sold worm dirt for profit. I never intended to make a profit.
That earthy smell you get from walking in the forest is worm castings.
I wish the worms were fed a more diverse diet. Peat isn't the most ecologically responsible input, either.
He comes from the oil industry. I'm sure this is just a business venture for him.
ruclips.net/video/7JbOjeX_3MI/видео.htmlsi=mIPMzH1oh7f-mU1O I find the guy on this to be more in line with how I use my worms
@@lukelucy1980 love Capt Matt!
Chicken farmers want my worms now.
How you harvest every 14 days with only 250 worms?
So you think 250 worms per containers are not enough?
That seems way to quick for 250 I agree
Not sure if he mentioned what type of worms they use. Suspect they are Red Wigglers
He said European Night crawler worms
@@ruthsolomon-thompson293 That is what he said, but those are Cultured Nightcrawlers 3:41-3:44. He may have misspoken as the common word on RUclips for those worms are ANCs. Or he may have said ENCs for proprietary reasons.
Another tell-tale sign is he said 250 worms per 2.5 gallons every 14-days,10-11 days for conversion, 14 days for maximum cocoon production.
With ENCs 250 4"worms at 2.5 gallons takes 17-18 days to convert into pure castings. The cycle for ENCs is 21 days to maximize cocoon production.
Enjoy worms and have a great Day!
Do I need a license to raise worms at home?
No👍
I wouldn't think so, but it depends on your state. I don't think they would catch you anyway unless your neighbor tattled.
he is feeding peat and what? I think he is selling peat. Not my choice of castings.
Sorry but you're wrong here. I just went there with a class I was taking and this is a great thought out process here. I punched some castings and wow my mums and Zinnias are loving these castings. Oh FYI these worm castings are most sought after in Oklahoma growers market sells it by the tons.
@@bcwindowcleaning7360 If you dont put good food infront of the worm you do not get good poop at the rear end. All Oklahama can cosider that these are second from the heaven dust but that doesn't change what is wrong with his feeding regiment.
Well don't buy any then fine with me. It will be your loss here my friend. Go visit his business bc osu-extension office would not be here if you were right. So I disagree and so does my garden. Thanks for responding helps this video get more views with RUclips algorithms. I'm not a scientist nor am I a farmer. This is worm poop and I saw the process. So please tell me why would he give away his feed mix for others to copy? You must be trying to start your own castings business and aren't passing the lab tests this guys worm castings product passes. Here in Oklahoma we know our shit literally good luck and go visit see for yourself. Or buy your own bag of heavenly dust figure out why he's selling tons
@@bcwindowcleaning7360 Dear Karen. I make my own castings for my own use. Say hi to eveyone on your Jan 6th committee.
@@KALSINFILMS LOL
I agree. I feed my worms a wide variety of food, even super foods like moringa, spirulina, etc. The better the food, the better the castings. 👍
I raise my own worms and gather my own castings . I don't like the Peat in mine.
What do you use instead?
Have you ever really tried Peat? I only ask because I think you are confusing peatmoss with black peat (reed sedge). Reed sedge (black peat) is not the same as sphagnum peatmoss. Try it your worms will absolutely love it. When you see how much your worms love it, you will like it.
Wow peat! Great for the environment! NOT