- Shredded newspaper, shredded dried leaves are better. - Banana peels, dried and rehydrated with water. - Egg shells. - Manure, horse or cow, horse is better. - Star fruit (nah) papaya should suffice. - Sweet potatoes. - A calorie heavy fruit. - Avocados. - succulent green, purslane should suffice and it's better. - in place of 'all the beneficial microbes, add some JMS. - dried corn cobs/husks. - coffee grounds. - more 'fruit'. Tl;dr version
i mean it possible ive learned that growing certain plants in general can make you a good source of income if you got place or a group of customers to sell to dandelions can be used for medical uses including tea selling growing and drying Dandelions to turn into tea bags and add other dried herbs into it and then selling them for a good amount of money people buy them and a business can grow pretty fast.
The owner is honest ... he corrects John every time John overhypes how awesome the product is. I hope he finds the financing to scale out his business and end up being a huge supplier to the U.S. mainland.
wonder if he can source food from US growers that have waste fruit / vegetable product or set up a second business on USA mainland to reduce shipping if scaling up. I have two worm farms from the hardware store but they are full of food so I am building my own from 60 litre garbage bins to increase the composting. I have budgies and a parrot and need to process the waste product being seeds and faeces and used bedding. This is what is filling up my worm farms too much at the moment.
@@lazlohollyfeld3770@lazlohollyfeld3770 Yes, as hobbyists, we can do this ourselves on a small scale. But for a full-scale profitable business model, and given today's water shortages, you would need a diverse source of fructose/glucose/sucrose agricultural bio-waste (i.e., discarded tropical fruits) to invigorate the worms' appetite. That's what rainforest climates in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and maybe Florida provide. Puerto Rico and Hawaii also have many empty shipping containers that are returned to the mainland after goods are shipped to those islands. So, exporting from those islands to the mainland shouldn't be expensive.
I tried it on 1 basil plant. It made the leaves smell and taste like a stronger basil flavor compared to the other basil plant. I noticed it in 2 weeks. It repaired itself faster when we pulled leaves for cooking. Probably twice as fast. It took 15 days to arrive after I ordered it on eBay.
I'm fairly new to the worm/compost/mini homestead world and I'm learning everything from you tubers like urself and the awesome people leaving comments!!! I've learned to use my egg water from hard boiled eggs to water plants/worm compost. I grindthe shells and use them. I'm using just soil, paper, organic kitchen matter and egg shells in my compost bin. I plan to do the worm juice once I see what kind of results are yielded from the compost in my fruits and veggies. Thank you for the info!!!
Jenni from The Dock I started to grow worms with part of the compost from the kitchen.... they are growing good and I do add egg shells and coffee grounds... bought mine at Walmart and added some more from the yard.... it’s easy and my plata are growing pretty good
Great to see you travel to PR and help the local businesses!! There is a lot to this production! Nice to see PR begin to get back on its feet after the hurricane. Looks like a great product!
I had rabbits outdoors in a gated enclosure growing up. We cleaned up their poop but the area under their hutch where they would dig would fill up with droppings. The amount of worms in there was crazy, I'd see them whenever I went to clean it out
"Creating a product to sell is the easy part. The hardest part is finding the customers that want your products." That's a fact. The hardest part of business is getting attention. Staying motivated while your building and not making much is also hard. But keep grinding. Work ethic always pays off in the end. Many people who quit were only 3 feet from gold.
Its really not difficult to market if your not in it for the money people that expect to make money overnight always struggle but people that truly add value and give endless free advice end up with endless clients. Its all about lifestyle and wanting to do what youre doing and not just being focused on the end goal
Give product samples to landscapers. Let the landscaper show a greener thumb. Trade a pre-diluted sample for scraps, peels and yard trimmings from the small farmers? They share good news. Will sugar and rock dust in dirt feed the microbes into multiplying and spreading out fast? Will sugar in dirt draw worms?
I know this is an older video but he spot on. There so much outlets for income sources with worms. Got into it for when my son needed bait and I have a worm empire locally that bring in 12k every 2-3 months with just red-ENC
I know many people are put off by this guy for some odd reason. You can’t deny his passion and knowledge, he is a brilliant man literally giving away gems of information he has gleaned over the ages. More willingness to learn versus burn
The problem is the abysmal lack of basic knowledge. If you want to learn how to raise worms, just maintain decent temperature/moisture/PH levels, feed them composting vegetable matter with decent a C:N ratio and you'll have millions of worms in a few months. If you want to listen to this guy yell his half-baked recollections of what some other guy told him about his AMAZING HYPOTHETICALLY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR business, for a dose of "passion", knock yourself out man.
I think John is just a garden "geek". He is a little awkward and unrefined in his delivery of information. Some people require a more polished and perfect delivery like what would come from a TV series like HGTV. But John provides a lot of information on his channel and does it with enthusiasm and curiosity.
He talks pretty fast and leaves no moments of silence. It becomes hard on the nerves. I agree he has good info. I try to listen to him and learn. He could slow down and pause more often.
I personally would enjoy him not talking and letting the people he's showcasing do the talking. Not only does he constantly interrupt but constantly basically mocks the people or their products or offers his unwarranted 2cents about their products as if they aren't sitting next to him. Like he makes the video for revenue and attention but couldn't give two shits about their business. When I click video's like this it's to learn from the business owner. Not the guy that loves the sound of his own voice talking for 70% of the video and then bringing in the guest for the last 30%. 35min of this video is this dude. We all clicked to hear from the owner
The farmer started his business through a science project for his college biology course. I think it's funny that in my life as a subsistence farmer and artist, I am now back to where I started as well. My project when I was younger was feeding graywater to plants, and that is what I am still doing atm. I want to get off the grid one step more and get into more waste composting using worms. I admire this farmer's DIY attitude. Sometimes it is hard to find the psychological strength to keep dealing with failures and keep on keeping on with the isolation in farming. We have had a lot of challenges and losses with 10 years dairy animals in the sub-tropical area we live in, for instance. I am hoping worms and composting will work out for us better. Watching this has saved me a lot of trial and error so far.
@@SharkFishSF Education? More like programming "school." How many college/high school educated people can grow an herb, let alone a garden or a farm? Last year exposed a lot: a sheep mentality, a lack of critical thinking skills, AND no life skills (cooking, growing food, preserving food, building, you name it).
@@irmasanchez5274 I don't know why I commented that, but you're right, in my country, someone earning 18000₹ per month (200$) in a village growing small crops is seen as a mediocre job, while earning the same in a cubicle with no future prospects in a city is seen as prestigious. Pretty fuxked up. It's changing now though.
@@SharkFishSF Yes, this is an exciting time! We're learning to value our health and people who grow our food. I finally started a windowsill garden, soon to become a biodynamic windowsill garden, plus worm composting in a small NYC apt. It can be done! Best of luck to you.
Worm juice, that's what I lovingly call it :) I've just started a small wormery. The first crop of juice was last week :) Lettuce, garden waste, kitchen scraps, cardboard, and anything biodegradable works a treat for my tiger worms
If you're wondering, the pendant around his neck is a QLink, which the company says doesn't need batteries because it "interacts directly with the body's own natural energy systems."
To everybody complaining how loud he is- turn down your volume. I appreciate being to hear. Next subject...i have been worm farming for 30 years. Worms eat my garbage. And yes, use leachate and worm castings in my organic garden. If you don't want a worm farm , then you need to try it. It will change your mind.
@@RoRo0490 still worm farming but am disabled so that was the end of the 40×100 veggie garden and orchard.and goats....left a dairy farm years and years ago.
Not I Marjorie, love and appreciate John speaking loud, as I help around our home with cleaning chores, I turn the volume up high and whenever I hear something or feel John's showing something of interest, I scurry over to my pc. On the other hand, I've never complained to Prepper Princess on account her videos are just as interesting as John's but that lady speaks so softly, lol....I remember one time she asked us in one of her 'streams, but I guess she's a soft spoken and discreet lady. ;) Anyways wishin' ya an IRIE day and catchin' up on my John Coley videos! :D
@@marjoriejohnson6535 I had to get out of goats for now, since we have so many parasite losses, and then this recent freeze really did us in. I miss them so much. I am disabled too, but do square foot/ no till gardening (and we had tiny little goats and and have even a tiny but sadly unproductive cow I need to sell.) I didn't do worms yet because I figured our chickens would get them, but I really want to try them.
@@KKIcons I do it in my cellar...but i have one going in my kitchen right now..i use restraunt bus bins with a card board cover I cut to fit.. there is NO smell..or flies or anything but worms...and happy house plants.
Keep talk castings an teas. ant get enough because you add new tips each time. Thank you for your hard work and commitment. Don't forget Reef Maddness was a state of mind at the time :D
Excellente video. I love to read about or see an entrepreneur’s total from scratch experimentation and then succeed Very gracious of you to help and I hope that this man is rocketship successful.
Best of Luck this season GroBro! I enjoy watching the step by step of the season. Mostly because alot of the time we all change things up season after season. Much respect brother ! Let’s get it! 🌱🌱🌱
Just some things to put out there. There are a few things that I want to point out as you seem to lack some info, either due to just hearing about this or misinformation. As a person that raises worms for castings for personal use, there's nothing proprietary about what one feeds their worms, just treat them like any other pet, feed a balanced diet and the castings will come out just as good. Second, is the identification of leachate[i think that's how it's spelled] within the video, it seems that the term is being used interchangeably with worm tea which is something way different. In the video, it seems, what is being made is as he stated to be leachate that's been processed and sold in bottles to be diluted by users as straight leachate will burn your plants. It's not worm tea as that has a very small window of use after making [use within 4 hours of making it] in order to be effective.
@@CuriousinNY There are more detailed information over the web, but here's a somewhat condensed version. Worm tea is a liquid made from purposely cultivating beneficial bacteria. This is done by adding completed worm castings to water and essentially aerating the solution[via air stone or pump[maybe]] to provide oxygen for the beneficial bacteria/microbes in the castings to grow and multiply. Some people like adding additional amendments to their worm tea during the the aerating stage as well to enhance the effects. The resulting solution can be applied to your plants directly without risk of burning them; just know that the solution is best used within 4 hours of making it. The video itself does a good job of explaining what leche is, and any questions you may have can easily be answered by more seasoned veterans on dedicated sub reddits for vermiculture
You are correct, although I personally use the 24 hour time table for best results. (Of course the sooner the better) Worm tea is worm castings that are steeped and aerated with some molasses for the beneficial bacteria to eat and reproduce quickly. Best used as soon as possible for best results. Leachate is the runoff from the worm bin. Leachate is inferior in my opinion, it smells completely different from proper worm tea which smells sweet and earthy. Using leachate is like playing Russian roulette, the quality and results are inconsistent. It may be ok if it was processed by the worms or it may kill your plants... Just reuse the leechate back into your worm bin when you are needing to add moisture into the bin. I use my leechate to wet newspaper instead of using water. The worms will reprocess the leechate and make worm castings which you can use a handful of castings in a sock or whatever to make your own worm tea that has been aerated with molasses; this method is more consistent and concentrated then shown in this video. :/
A huuuuuge thank you to the 'farmer' [Giovanni, I later found out] for letting this guy do the tour for us. Wishing you all the best for your venture!!! regards, from Australia
13:49 i would just like to point out that star fruit is highly toxic and you should avoid eating it not sure about using it for castings either, i suspect you might me contaminating your food with neurotoxin "Studies show that eating starfruit can have a harmful (toxic) effect for people who have kidney disease. The substances found in starfruit can affect the brain and cause neurological disorders. This toxic substance is called a neurotoxin. People with healthy, normal kidneys can process and pass this toxin out from their body. However, for those with kidney disease, this is not possible. The toxin stays in the body and causes serious illness. The symptoms of starfruit poisoning include: Hiccups Mental confusion Seizures Death (in serious cases)"
Thanks for pointing out the rabbit habitat. They're at risk for foot sores and fly strike out there like that and it's possible they're upset about floating over the ground the way they are. Those aren't secure containers.
I always wondered about the ink in news paper and the chemicals used to make paper and their tendency to persist or pass on to what we eat. Any information on this? One person told me in healthy soil will lock the poisons in carbonic acid. And then its no threat to your diet. I dont want to work to grow good food only to poison myself. Any information on this?
Thanks John for the inspiration. I'm in my 2nd year w/ a small worm farm project. I feed them the best ingredients from my kitchen. They love Avocado peels. I recently put in a whole dragon fruit that was going bad and they devoured it in matter of hours. Forgive my cranktified American brothers and sisters who thrive off spewing negativity in comments and elsewhere. Trifle annoyances.
Pareja7 that’s so fascinating!!! I’d love to learn how to get started. Something that would use avocado or banana peels to make worms or worm castings that could be sold is something that I would love to learn how to do.
@@hottiemchot2998 I agree with you this is fascinating. I'm hoping to start up my veg garden soon and have watched hundreds and hundreds of RUclips videos re all aspects. Look for videos re worm farming and theres enough to satisfy everyone, I love the little wrigglers and you will be endlessly fascinated by them. Hope you do well!!
such a load of bull! Worms don't eat the scraps rather the decomposed state which happens as a result of other micro-organisms working on them..Takes a couple of days at the least.
I have worms to trade or sell; challenge the rich celebrities who argue about climate change to help people like me achieve a sustainable practice. They bear the capital to fund sustainability yet they prefer to talk. And scream. Best video on worms I’ve seen in awhile! Been farming em for seven years 👍🏼
You could use an old bathtub or water tank. My parents had a worm bin with a water tank, they collected the juice from a tap on the bottom and had a really good fertiliser for the vegetable patch.
You're a goofball. Which I'll admit took a little bit to get used to, but adding humor into videos is always great. Thank you so much for this insightful, educational flick. Well done.
i got an old bathtub in the backyard covering up some lawnmowers that i want to get fixed, i think i may move the lawnmowers under the shed and cut the back wall off the tub insert and get a worm bed started tomorrow with the worms i couldn't catch anything with that i caught today, because i have pink worms that i found at a store today and i would like to go buy the entire supply where i found them and start growing pink worms because they are very hard to find in georgia ... dont know what to feed pink worms, but maybe they eat the same things? i got all the supplies i need to build my first worm bed. Going to start building a raised frame for it tomorrow.
I love your videos John! Could you please consider adding a few questions about things that have gone wrong or what they would do differently if they had to start over? Thanks for all you do!
I appreciate that you pointed out that the rabbits are not kept in an ethical way. That’s really disappointing that the owner is allowing them to walk on wire for their whole lives. Animal abuse.
king quail would produce poo and king quail are prolific breeders . Trays that could pull out under the rabbits filled with soil would absorb the waste and be kinder to the rabbits.
Loveeee your videos man thank you! But can someone please help me out? I can’t pin the spelling of “seyloce” ? “Sayloce” degraders? I know my spelling is soooo off but I’m trying many different letter combinations on google but I just can’t get it. He talks about it at 11:09 when he’s showing the shredded newspaper.
@Rumor I think I can help -only bc I know this stuff and not bc I heard him, haha (cuz this guy kinda stumbles thru his words bc of his real fast talk). Lol. He said "cellulose" it's the result of the natural breakdown of the newspaper - which came from trees to begin with so upon decomposition it reverts back to its basic original component... hence 'cellulose'. Hope that helps! GOD BLESS 🌿💕🌿
@@mjk6618 lol Why didn't I read your reply first before clicking on the timestamp and having to find my way back lol? Now what is a cellulose degrader process he is talking about in the worms? I guess at least now we know where to start to look that up.
I put some worms in a Garden Tower I bought a while back, inside my spare bathroom, as the extreme outside Vegas heat would kill them. The worms flourished in it, but so many spawned that they started spilling out of the tower and, of course, died on the floor, making it a hassle of constant cleanup. I did try putting some of them in a raised garden bed outside, but the heat was just too much for them to survive, even underground. So bottom line, they are easy enough to grow, but you need to live in a fair weather climate so you can grow them outside.
Cripes, you have some snippy followers or commenters. I don't know what they are talking about. I find this video very helpful, gives me ideas for myself. Thank you! Good job.
Everyone learns different. I find having random facts or off tangents thrown into a discussion is way more informative for a big picture. Honestly if you don’t care and just want a summarized info sheet just use google and scan articles. That’s a hell of a lot more time efficient, but these long RUclips videos hold a lot more info sometimes for those that truly care to learn.
MO JO you have to be really ignorant and backward to leave such a comment. It’s unnecessary and as far as me being brain dead? I have a very strong mind sooooooo you wasted your time and efforts. Sucks for you.
Catherine Grace amen! So many people have the attention span of a fly. Not this youtubers fault that they aren’t smart enough to learn the small things too
Hi! Enjoyed the video and interview. A question occurs to me regarding the "elixir" which (please correct me if I'm mistaken) relies on natural bacteria collected from the beds as part of a tea or leachate. My question is simply this, if the bacteria are alive and present within the leachate collected and filtered (multiple times) what is the shelf - life of these beneficial bacteria? It seems to me that without the bacteria being "alive" in the solution, your product is little more than a soluble nutrient-dense solution. If the product is to perform at a level of a solution with "active" bacteria, it would be nice to know just how long your product is able to maintain that level of performance. Thanks again for a glimpse into your business model!
I’d say 24 hrs tops from The initial brew date... Seems like it would be a difficult transaction involving USPS in overnight shipping and all that seems like the substrate would be dead by the time it arrived
These bacteria have spores and so forth in the mix, so, as it is applied, they will spring forth in your soil and do magic things without much help from us. Reverse your question - if you were trying to get completely rid of bacteria and mycorrhizae, spores, mycelium etc. What lengths would you have to go to by only filtering and letting sit on the shelf, until you were sure there was no viable life in the mix? If none of thats satisfyingly comforting, simply take a bucket with "not fresh from the tap" water, play with the mix and the water until a just darker than tea color ( you cant mess this up, go heavy go light, it will all fine of benefits) add a couple of tea spoon dollops dark unfiltered mollases and stick a fish air stone init. Maybe stirring once a day cuz you like to stir, maybe not because you dont. After 3 or so days, you'll have a wicked yummy treat for your plants. At this point , i strain through cloth for the sprayer and dilute until watered down tea colored,, a 5 gallon bucket easily makes 20 gallons. Keep it off the leaves unless very weak and rinsed off after 10 minutes for foliar feeding. Use liberally and regular with a healthy bed of composted leaves and leaf mulch. And enjoy! Youve really got a good amount of lee way, as true balanced organic beds wll simply use what they need and leave the extra for the next plant, without forced uptake that causes imbalance and burns.the basic idea is- aerobic = good stuff= oxygenated = 🌻 No oxygen= an aerobic= stagnate = 🤢🤮 If it smells repulsive, pour it out, it should have a earthy non acrid odor,
@@dont.ripfuller6587 Thanks for your reply. I get what you're saying about there always being spores or elements of active oxygenated bacteria to provide for a brand new and fresh "bloom" when you have the right recipe. My real question however goes to whether or not those same good, oxygenated, latent bacterial components from "worm-tea" can continue to exist by way of suspended animation within a moisture free substrate derived from processing the tea to a powder!
@@dennishayes544 weeell....dang. That escalated from garage work bench to science lab faster than i can say kombucha...the answer is yes. But the in-between part Id have to do some research. The tough part would be identifying and standardizing what amount of what kinds of beneficial fungus/ bacteria are in each packet (assuming youre thinking of marketing). Theoretically,if you use the exact same ingredients and amounts for your tea, you should get consistent growth of what types it favors, then have it tested somewhere that can tell you what you have. Then, straining, through cloth followed by percolating through a fine filter, and flash dried in an oxygen free environment. What's the goal? To see how long on the shelf it will last and remain viable?
not enough nutrients would be collected in a week to do anything more like a month then only drain/do a partial water change and he uses the water run off from his giant muck (worm beds) weekly to get the "elixer" then filters out several times
There are Home Depots in several cities in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is not some little backwater in the Caribbean, as you could easily tell from the general infrastructure on the island, John. As far as the worm "elixir" goes, I'd like to see some controlled studies showing that it say, produces better or more vegetables than just plain worm castings. I'm skeptical that all the gentleman's work in raising worms and producing the final product is going to produce a superior fertilizer, that is cost effective.
Did you know that not all worms are beneficial, nightcrawler worms damage the soil and leaves it depleted and worse off. Up here in Canada nightcrawlers are the only worms that survive our winters, I'm sure the US can relate where winter sets in.
I make a similar product and it is the best feritlizer ive ever used. The key to it in what you feed the worms and to keep it aerobic aka oxygenated. If you buy from stores the product microbes turn anarobic and wont work as well. Also important to water with non clorinated water.
Wondering if he dries the fruit out before he adds it to the worm pot and if he doesn’t I wonder if he worries about the bugs that might be in the fruit or rabbit poop??
It's 2023 and i'm getting hyped about worm farming, but i will not eat the bugs! not until some chickens have eaten them first and they make me compost.
I'm really enjoying this. Very similar to my strategy. I am not going for quality right away, and I am primarily using free cardboard, along with kangkong, and moringa leaves. I am planning on including grass clippings, sweet potato, and sweet potato leaves, mulberry leaves and mulberries. Lots and lots of other feedstocks as they come available.
16:57 "I mean it tastes alright, huehue.." 17:46 "A warning before I go on.. don't eat that green stuff!!!" Rofl.. Perhaps you should have asked the owner if it was edible or not BEFORE you ate it..
My farm only owns about 5 oars so far (wait do kayak oars count as one or 2?) and it is a long way from becoming oarganic. We dream of the day though. When I can frigging afford a good quality lightweight oar or the price goes down a bit.
John- you said you would post a link to the source for your favorite worm castings; but I don’t see anything listed as a worm castings. Can you add a link to them?
@@hvt8147 I have a bottle of white mycorrhizae on my gardening shelf specifically for that. It adds beneficial fungi to the soil that promotes root growth for certain plants.
Okay, 11 minutes in and you have given about 30 seconds with of information. I can't sit through an hour of this. I think I like where you're going with this, but shorten it up. 20 minutes or less with far less rambling. I neither liked nor disliked this one as far as stats go.
It's like he's high and drunk at all times and just rambles and semi shouts haha. He's got a ton of good info but there's so much that could be cut. Reminds me of what my English professor always said, "clear and concise".
Most of his videos are like this, it's terribly painful to sit through. Good guy though and he's passionate about this stuff, so I guess that's why I keep watching and torturing myself... Keep it coming John
I ordered 4 bottles of this thing cause I used to do this with my grand pa I let you know how I works in addition of buying some casting to add my damaged soil (dogs from previous owners used to pop and pee in my back yard) I hope it works.
That poop and pee would fertilize the soil. The problem with fertilizer from dog poop is that they are close enough to humans that the bacteria from it may be a problem.
Ok it’s been 4 months since I’ve ordered and unfortunately I ended up removing 2inches from the soil first. However once we reseeded the soil and added the new soil the grass has grown thick and the mixture of this fertilizer made a big difference including for my vegetables. So it works!
so what you feed your worms is important to get what you want on the downside is the verity of earth worm as important? Do different worms give different results with the same foods?
been following you for a long time bro.. but your video's are too long for me to keep up.. in my country (south africa ) we pay for data streamed... watching your one hour video cost me more than going out for a movie... please make them shorter and more to the point.. Love from africa...
Thats a political problem. Become politically active and change the laws or regulations where you're at. Its 2021...how the hell are people still not allowed access to the internet and streaming..? Good luck to you.
@@yohananeliyah You have a self righteous problem. Become a decent human being and keep your dumb unfounded opinions about South African problems to yourself...who the hell do you think you are..? Good luck to you.
- Shredded newspaper, shredded dried leaves are better.
- Banana peels, dried and rehydrated with water.
- Egg shells.
- Manure, horse or cow, horse is better.
- Star fruit (nah) papaya should suffice.
- Sweet potatoes.
- A calorie heavy fruit.
- Avocados.
- succulent green, purslane should suffice and it's better.
- in place of 'all the beneficial microbes, add some JMS.
- dried corn cobs/husks.
- coffee grounds.
- more 'fruit'.
Tl;dr version
This is Good what types of worms are this?
Can't forget the malted barley
@@gubbleguy good addition
So you're telling me that Lloyd and Harry from Dumb and Dumber actually were geniuses when they tried to save up money for their own worm store? 💀
I’m sitting here thinking if I ever started a worm farm it would be called “I got worms”. Lol
outstanding...wish i could like it twice, one for each of em
Mind blown!!!!!!
🤣 yeah, I got worms!
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
Next video I'm gonna see on my recommended: "make $200k a year by collecting dandelions"
i mean it possible ive learned that growing certain plants in general can make you a good source of income if you got place or a group of customers to sell to dandelions can be used for medical uses including tea selling growing and drying Dandelions to turn into tea bags and add other dried herbs into it and then selling them for a good amount of money people buy them and a business can grow pretty fast.
@MarSar Fishin' Thats awesome
@MarSar Fishin' Weeds are very invasive, it's not just about appearances, although that is the main reason they aren't liked.
For the price of dandelion jelly you probably could get rich making it....
@@charismatic9467 To me regular chemically maintained grass is ugly. Seeing a lawn of dandelions is beautiful.
The owner is honest ... he corrects John every time John overhypes how awesome the product is. I hope he finds the financing to scale out his business and end up being a huge supplier to the U.S. mainland.
wonder if he can source food from US growers that have waste fruit / vegetable product or set up a second business on USA mainland to reduce shipping if scaling up.
I have two worm farms from the hardware store but they are full of food so I am building my own from 60 litre garbage bins to increase the composting. I have budgies and a parrot and need to process the waste product being seeds and faeces and used bedding. This is what is filling up my worm farms too much at the moment.
Nah we can do it here.
@@lazlohollyfeld3770@lazlohollyfeld3770 Yes, as hobbyists, we can do this ourselves on a small scale. But for a full-scale profitable business model, and given today's water shortages, you would need a diverse source of fructose/glucose/sucrose agricultural bio-waste (i.e., discarded tropical fruits) to invigorate the worms' appetite. That's what rainforest climates in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and maybe Florida provide.
Puerto Rico and Hawaii also have many empty shipping containers that are returned to the mainland after goods are shipped to those islands. So, exporting from those islands to the mainland shouldn't be expensive.
I tried it on 1 basil plant. It made the leaves smell and taste like a stronger basil flavor compared to the other basil plant. I noticed it in 2 weeks. It repaired itself faster when we pulled leaves for cooking. Probably twice as fast. It took 15 days to arrive after I ordered it on eBay.
What did you try?
@@ale347baker worm juice i guess
Dit you spray the leaves and roots?
WOW !!! Thank You for letting us see this! A Great Operation! I wish him speedy success in overcoming his loss!
I'm fairly new to the worm/compost/mini homestead world and I'm learning everything from you tubers like urself and the awesome people leaving comments!!! I've learned to use my egg water from hard boiled eggs to water plants/worm compost. I grindthe shells and use them. I'm using just soil, paper, organic kitchen matter and egg shells in my compost bin. I plan to do the worm juice once I see what kind of results are yielded from the compost in my fruits and veggies. Thank you for the info!!!
Check out knf korean natural farming lots of videos here on RUclips.
@@caseG80 Thanks! Will do.
Jenni from The Dock I started to grow worms with part of the compost from the kitchen.... they are growing good and I do add egg shells and coffee grounds... bought mine at Walmart and added some more from the yard.... it’s easy and my plata are growing pretty good
omg I have been throwing away all the good stuff lol
John, this guy needs to write a book about his journey, with steps on how to
Great to see you travel to PR and help the local businesses!! There is a lot to this production! Nice to see PR begin to get back on its feet after the hurricane. Looks like a great product!
I had rabbits outdoors in a gated enclosure growing up. We cleaned up their poop but the area under their hutch where they would dig would fill up with droppings. The amount of worms in there was crazy, I'd see them whenever I went to clean it out
"Creating a product to sell is the easy part. The hardest part is finding the customers that want your products." That's a fact. The hardest part of business is getting attention. Staying motivated while your building and not making much is also hard. But keep grinding. Work ethic always pays off in the end. Many people who quit were only 3 feet from gold.
can´t agree more! selling any product is the hardest part
It wasn't like this 10 years ago.
It's only like this because we live under global Fascist Bolshevism now.
Its really not difficult to market if your not in it for the money people that expect to make money overnight always struggle but people that truly add value and give endless free advice end up with endless clients. Its all about lifestyle and wanting to do what youre doing and not just being focused on the end goal
Survivorship bias. Most businesses fail, not just because of lack of hustle.
Give product samples to landscapers. Let the landscaper show a greener thumb.
Trade a pre-diluted sample for scraps, peels and yard trimmings from the small farmers? They share good news.
Will sugar and rock dust in dirt feed the microbes into multiplying and spreading out fast? Will sugar in dirt draw worms?
i enjoyed the full hour, great video, thanks from Canada.
Such a great episode. I’m a huge fan. Your changing the world. One exciting video at a time.
I know this is an older video but he spot on. There so much outlets for income sources with worms. Got into it for when my son needed bait and I have a worm empire locally that bring in 12k every 2-3 months with just red-ENC
I'm needing to supplement my income. I would love to learn how you started and operated your business. Did you watch videos or read a book?
I know many people are put off by this guy for some odd reason. You can’t deny his passion and knowledge, he is a brilliant man literally giving away gems of information he has gleaned over the ages. More willingness to learn versus burn
The problem is the abysmal lack of basic knowledge. If you want to learn how to raise worms, just maintain decent temperature/moisture/PH levels, feed them composting vegetable matter with decent a C:N ratio and you'll have millions of worms in a few months.
If you want to listen to this guy yell his half-baked recollections of what some other guy told him about his AMAZING HYPOTHETICALLY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR business, for a dose of "passion", knock yourself out man.
I think John is just a garden "geek". He is a little awkward and unrefined in his delivery of information. Some people require a more polished and perfect delivery like what would come from a TV series like HGTV. But John provides a lot of information on his channel and does it with enthusiasm and curiosity.
He talks pretty fast and leaves no moments of silence. It becomes hard on the nerves. I agree he has good info. I try to listen to him and learn. He could slow down and pause more often.
I, for one, am drawn into watching specifically because of his excitement, passion, and enthusiasm.
I personally would enjoy him not talking and letting the people he's showcasing do the talking. Not only does he constantly interrupt but constantly basically mocks the people or their products or offers his unwarranted 2cents about their products as if they aren't sitting next to him. Like he makes the video for revenue and attention but couldn't give two shits about their business. When I click video's like this it's to learn from the business owner. Not the guy that loves the sound of his own voice talking for 70% of the video and then bringing in the guest for the last 30%. 35min of this video is this dude. We all clicked to hear from the owner
This guy literally found a way to sell poop juice.
Nope. He just found a way to _collect_ it...
@@jengleheimerschmitt7941 in old (hazardous) paint buckets.
@@trytobetheballpeople I was thinking the same thing, and PVC toxic pipes.
@ArmchairWarrior Perfect!
Brian, the best poop juice in the world dude
The farmer started his business through a science project for his college biology course. I think it's funny that in my life as a subsistence farmer and artist, I am now back to where I started as well. My project when I was younger was feeding graywater to plants, and that is what I am still doing atm. I want to get off the grid one step more and get into more waste composting using worms. I admire this farmer's DIY attitude. Sometimes it is hard to find the psychological strength to keep dealing with failures and keep on keeping on with the isolation in farming. We have had a lot of challenges and losses with 10 years dairy animals in the sub-tropical area we live in, for instance. I am hoping worms and composting will work out for us better. Watching this has saved me a lot of trial and error so far.
The real reason why education exists 😂
@@SharkFishSF Education? More like programming "school." How many college/high school educated people can grow an herb, let alone a garden or a farm? Last year exposed a lot: a sheep mentality, a lack of critical thinking skills, AND no life skills (cooking, growing food, preserving food, building, you name it).
@@irmasanchez5274 I don't know why I commented that, but you're right, in my country, someone earning 18000₹ per month (200$) in a village growing small crops is seen as a mediocre job, while earning the same in a cubicle with no future prospects in a city is seen as prestigious. Pretty fuxked up. It's changing now though.
@@SharkFishSF Yes, this is an exciting time! We're learning to value our health and people who grow our food. I finally started a windowsill garden, soon to become a biodynamic windowsill garden, plus worm composting in a small NYC apt. It can be done! Best of luck to you.
Dealing with failures is how we learn. Blessings for doing what most of us can't! Isolation in farming? Be in your moment of what you are creating
Worm juice, that's what I lovingly call it :) I've just started a small wormery. The first crop of juice was last week :) Lettuce, garden waste, kitchen scraps, cardboard, and anything biodegradable works a treat for my tiger worms
This video is awesome. I learned a lot from the farmer interview. Thank you!
If you're wondering, the pendant around his neck is a QLink, which the company says doesn't need batteries because it "interacts directly with the body's own natural energy systems."
wasn't that stuff proven to be full of radiation?
To everybody complaining how loud he is- turn down your volume. I appreciate being to hear. Next subject...i have been worm farming for 30 years. Worms eat my garbage. And yes, use leachate and worm castings in my organic garden. If you don't want a worm farm , then you need to try it. It will change your mind.
Why are you not a farmer anymore?
@@RoRo0490 still worm farming but am disabled so that was the end of the 40×100 veggie garden and orchard.and goats....left a dairy farm years and years ago.
Not I Marjorie, love and appreciate John speaking loud, as I help around our home with cleaning chores, I turn the volume up high and whenever I hear something or feel John's showing something of interest, I scurry over to my pc. On the other hand, I've never complained to Prepper Princess on account her videos are just as interesting as John's but that lady speaks so softly, lol....I remember one time she asked us in one of her 'streams, but I guess she's a soft spoken and discreet lady. ;) Anyways wishin' ya an IRIE day and catchin' up on my John Coley videos! :D
@@marjoriejohnson6535 I had to get out of goats for now, since we have so many parasite losses, and then this recent freeze really did us in. I miss them so much. I am disabled too, but do square foot/ no till gardening (and we had tiny little goats and and have even a tiny but sadly unproductive cow I need to sell.) I didn't do worms yet because I figured our chickens would get them, but I really want to try them.
@@KKIcons I do it in my cellar...but i have one going in my kitchen right now..i use restraunt bus bins with a card board cover I cut to fit.. there is NO smell..or flies or anything but worms...and happy house plants.
I need to move my wife out of my basement and set up a worm farm
Graham Wright
Fuck that. Just grow wives in the basement.
😂😂😂😂
And extract the juice...
Graham Wright I need to move out of the basement or be eating by the worms or the wife
@@gustavomiranda932 ain't nobody gonna want wife juice. It'll turn your hair grey on the first sip.
does anybody know what that aquaculture plant is at 16:51???
Water lettace
@@russelllynch7606 I found it, thanks. Apparently it forms silica crystals in its leaves, I'm sure it was a bad eating experience.
Keep talk castings an teas. ant get enough because you add new tips each time. Thank you for your hard work and commitment. Don't forget Reef Maddness was a state of mind at the time :D
Excellente video. I love to read about or see an entrepreneur’s total from scratch experimentation and then succeed Very gracious of you to help and I hope that this man is rocketship successful.
Gonna make some worm elixir myself. Sounds like a great project...
Best of Luck this season GroBro! I enjoy watching the step by step of the season. Mostly because alot of the time we all change things up season after season. Much respect brother ! Let’s get it! 🌱🌱🌱
Just some things to put out there. There are a few things that I want to point out as you seem to lack some info, either due to just hearing about this or misinformation. As a person that raises worms for castings for personal use, there's nothing proprietary about what one feeds their worms, just treat them like any other pet, feed a balanced diet and the castings will come out just as good. Second, is the identification of leachate[i think that's how it's spelled] within the video, it seems that the term is being used interchangeably with worm tea which is something way different. In the video, it seems, what is being made is as he stated to be leachate that's been processed and sold in bottles to be diluted by users as straight leachate will burn your plants. It's not worm tea as that has a very small window of use after making [use within 4 hours of making it] in order to be effective.
Htsw there must be chemical traces somewhere in your system
What is the difference between worm tea and leche?
@@CuriousinNY There are more detailed information over the web, but here's a somewhat condensed version.
Worm tea is a liquid made from purposely cultivating beneficial bacteria. This is done by adding completed worm castings to water and essentially aerating the solution[via air stone or pump[maybe]] to provide oxygen for the beneficial bacteria/microbes in the castings to grow and multiply. Some people like adding additional amendments to their worm tea during the the aerating stage as well to enhance the effects. The resulting solution can be applied to your plants directly without risk of burning them; just know that the solution is best used within 4 hours of making it.
The video itself does a good job of explaining what leche is, and any questions you may have can easily be answered by more seasoned veterans on dedicated sub reddits for vermiculture
Htsw Thanks
You are correct, although I personally use the 24 hour time table for best results. (Of course the sooner the better) Worm tea is worm castings that are steeped and aerated with some molasses for the beneficial bacteria to eat and reproduce quickly. Best used as soon as possible for best results. Leachate is the runoff from the worm bin. Leachate is inferior in my opinion, it smells completely different from proper worm tea which smells sweet and earthy. Using leachate is like playing Russian roulette, the quality and results are inconsistent. It may be ok if it was processed by the worms or it may kill your plants... Just reuse the leechate back into your worm bin when you are needing to add moisture into the bin. I use my leechate to wet newspaper instead of using water. The worms will reprocess the leechate and make worm castings which you can use a handful of castings in a sock or whatever to make your own worm tea that has been aerated with molasses; this method is more consistent and concentrated then shown in this video. :/
Hard to find news papers in my area anymore. What can be used in place of newspaper?
I cant believe i watch the whole video. Awesome job. Thank you for the video.
Very nice... ended up buying some West Knight Worm Leachate 12oz to test on the SPICES. Thank you for bringing this to all the people.
Can you explain how the string trimmer device was made? I am looking make my own! Thanks
I just started one in my old bathtub. Horse crap/worms/scraps. Can't wait for awesome fertilizer. Peace
Hi John, Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Recently I’ve seen so many vacuum blenders in my youtube news feed but you were the original!!
The BEST Video out their on this subject! Great Interview!!!
A huuuuuge thank you to the 'farmer' [Giovanni, I later found out] for letting this guy do the tour for us. Wishing you all the best for your venture!!! regards, from Australia
13:49 i would just like to point out that star fruit is highly toxic and you should avoid eating it not sure about using it for castings either, i suspect you might me contaminating your food with neurotoxin
"Studies show that eating starfruit can have a harmful (toxic) effect for people who have kidney disease. The substances found in starfruit can affect the brain and cause neurological disorders. This toxic substance is called a neurotoxin. People with healthy, normal kidneys can process and pass this toxin out from their body. However, for those with kidney disease, this is not possible. The toxin stays in the body and causes serious illness.
The symptoms of starfruit poisoning include:
Hiccups
Mental confusion
Seizures
Death (in serious cases)"
Awesome vid.. safe travels John. You rock!
Thanks for pointing out the rabbit habitat. They're at risk for foot sores and fly strike out there like that and it's possible they're upset about floating over the ground the way they are. Those aren't secure containers.
I always wondered about the ink in news paper and the chemicals used to make paper and their tendency to persist or pass on to what we eat. Any information on this? One person told me in healthy soil will lock the poisons in carbonic acid. And then its no threat to your diet. I dont want to work to grow good food only to poison myself. Any information on this?
When I delivered papers years ago I was told that the ink was made from soy. No idea if that's still the case.
How do you keep a chemical level consistency? Or, is it not measured?
Thanks John for the inspiration. I'm in my 2nd year w/ a small worm farm project. I feed them the best ingredients from my kitchen. They love Avocado peels. I recently put in a whole dragon fruit that was going bad and they devoured it in matter of hours. Forgive my cranktified American brothers and sisters who thrive off spewing negativity in comments and elsewhere. Trifle annoyances.
Pareja7 that’s so fascinating!!! I’d love to learn how to get started. Something that would use avocado or banana peels to make worms or worm castings that could be sold is something that I would love to learn how to do.
@@hottiemchot2998 I agree with you this is fascinating. I'm hoping to start up my veg garden soon and have watched hundreds and hundreds of RUclips videos re all aspects. Look for videos re worm farming and theres enough to satisfy everyone, I love the little wrigglers and you will be endlessly fascinated by them. Hope you do well!!
such a load of bull! Worms don't eat the scraps rather the decomposed state which happens as a result of other micro-organisms working on them..Takes a couple of days at the least.
Great episode, bro.
Wish that gentleman from the island a great luck with his business.
Thank you .
Lol@ the guys reaction @42:03 however, its great to see this farm in my native island, Puerto Rico😎
I have worms to trade or sell; challenge the rich celebrities who argue about climate change to help people like me achieve a sustainable practice. They bear the capital to fund sustainability yet they prefer to talk. And scream.
Best video on worms I’ve seen in awhile! Been farming em for seven years 👍🏼
Aliens are growing us in their basement.
So, how does one actually test what nutrients the leacheate contains and the efficacy of the product?
He could take it to a lab or conduct a side by side test.
Chris Foya Sr what type worms are these. Earthworms or black fly worms
You could use an old bathtub or water tank. My parents had a worm bin with a water tank, they collected the juice from a tap on the bottom and had a really good fertiliser for the vegetable patch.
I think the bath tub have lead paint.. maybe not but I know someone had a problem with this
I meet a guy who had a second hand milk vat and was trying to make the worm leachate and sell it years ago
Thank you John and Giovanni!
16:45 those are water lettuce. theyre an emerging aquatic plant
I wonder if eating uncooked water lettuce from a bin of fish poop water was a wise stunt.
@@kilekillion3680 but he did eat a leaf that wasnt touching the water
They could make them boxes and cover the inside with that fiberglass wall panel stuff it’s about $40 for a 4x8 sheet
You're a goofball. Which I'll admit took a little bit to get used to, but adding humor into videos is always great. Thank you so much for this insightful, educational flick. Well done.
You sound like a nerd
i got an old bathtub in the backyard covering up some lawnmowers that i want to get fixed, i think i may move the lawnmowers under the shed and cut the back wall off the tub insert and get a worm bed started tomorrow with the worms i couldn't catch anything with that i caught today, because i have pink worms that i found at a store today and i would like to go buy the entire supply where i found them and start growing pink worms because they are very hard to find in georgia ... dont know what to feed pink worms, but maybe they eat the same things? i got all the supplies i need to build my first worm bed. Going to start building a raised frame for it tomorrow.
John, Awesome video my friend! Thank you.
Iam really enjoying this sharing from Puerto Rico. Thank you!
I love your videos John! Could you please consider adding a few questions about things that have gone wrong or what they would do differently if they had to start over? Thanks for all you do!
Hi sir! What is your proportion of dilution before u spray to,plants or water the plants . Thanks
I appreciate that you pointed out that the rabbits are not kept in an ethical way. That’s really disappointing that the owner is allowing them to walk on wire for their whole lives. Animal abuse.
king quail would produce poo and king quail are prolific breeders .
Trays that could pull out under the rabbits filled with soil would absorb the waste and be kinder to the rabbits.
Not sure on the guys study but worms do not eat egg shells. What it will do is add calcium to the soil but that is about it.
AWESOME job Giovanni! 😎👍
Cant wait to try your product. Great work.
The rabbit poop by itself is great for the garden.
Meat rabbits scare me, big ugly suckers and very poopy. Worms cleaner and simpler... ijs
Not sure why people are complaining about this guys long hour video he is entertaining. He is like this mix white/asian guy who is very enthuiastic
They hate knowledge he puts out🤔
Loveeee your videos man thank you! But can someone please help me out? I can’t pin the spelling of “seyloce” ? “Sayloce” degraders? I know my spelling is soooo off but I’m trying many different letter combinations on google but I just can’t get it. He talks about it at 11:09 when he’s showing the shredded newspaper.
@Rumor
I think I can help -only bc I know this stuff and not bc I heard him, haha (cuz this guy kinda stumbles thru his words bc of his real fast talk). Lol.
He said "cellulose" it's the result of the natural breakdown of the newspaper - which came from trees to begin with so upon decomposition it reverts back to its basic original component... hence 'cellulose'.
Hope that helps!
GOD BLESS
🌿💕🌿
@@mjk6618 lol Why didn't I read your reply first before clicking on the timestamp and having to find my way back lol? Now what is a cellulose degrader process he is talking about in the worms? I guess at least now we know where to start to look that up.
I put some worms in a Garden Tower I bought a while back, inside my spare bathroom, as the extreme outside Vegas heat would kill them. The worms flourished in it, but so many spawned that they started spilling out of the tower and, of course, died on the floor, making it a hassle of constant cleanup. I did try putting some of them in a raised garden bed outside, but the heat was just too much for them to survive, even underground.
So bottom line, they are easy enough to grow, but you need to live in a fair weather climate so you can grow them outside.
Cripes, you have some snippy followers or commenters. I don't know what they are talking about. I find this video very helpful, gives me ideas for myself. Thank you! Good job.
you must be brain dead to cope with his rambling
good info but he's annoying
Mo jo lol
Everyone learns different. I find having random facts or off tangents thrown into a discussion is way more informative for a big picture. Honestly if you don’t care and just want a summarized info sheet just use google and scan articles. That’s a hell of a lot more time efficient, but these long RUclips videos hold a lot more info sometimes for those that truly care to learn.
MO JO you have to be really ignorant and backward to leave such a comment. It’s unnecessary and as far as me being brain dead? I have a very strong mind sooooooo you wasted your time and efforts. Sucks for you.
Catherine Grace amen! So many people have the attention span of a fly. Not this youtubers fault that they aren’t smart enough to learn the small things too
Was that water lettece in the tanks. And is it coys in the tanks too
Hi! Enjoyed the video and interview. A question occurs to me regarding the "elixir" which (please correct me if I'm mistaken) relies on natural bacteria collected from the beds as part of a tea or leachate. My question is simply this, if the bacteria are alive and present within the leachate collected and filtered (multiple times) what is the shelf - life of these beneficial bacteria? It seems to me that without the bacteria being "alive" in the solution, your product is little more than a soluble nutrient-dense solution. If the product is to perform at a level of a solution with "active" bacteria, it would be nice to know just how long your product is able to maintain that level of performance. Thanks again for a glimpse into your business model!
I’d say 24 hrs tops from The initial brew date... Seems like it would be a difficult transaction involving USPS in overnight shipping and all that seems like the substrate would be dead by the time it arrived
RUclips has dozens of videos on making Bokashi Compost loaded with bacteria using rice rinse water etc etc please watch, fascinating!!
These bacteria have spores and so forth in the mix, so, as it is applied, they will spring forth in your soil and do magic things without much help from us. Reverse your question - if you were trying to get completely rid of bacteria and mycorrhizae, spores, mycelium etc. What lengths would you have to go to by only filtering and letting sit on the shelf, until you were sure there was no viable life in the mix?
If none of thats satisfyingly comforting, simply take a bucket with "not fresh from the tap" water, play with the mix and the water until a just darker than tea color ( you cant mess this up, go heavy go light, it will all fine of benefits) add a couple of tea spoon dollops dark unfiltered mollases and stick a fish air stone init. Maybe stirring once a day cuz you like to stir, maybe not because you dont. After 3 or so days, you'll have a wicked yummy treat for your plants.
At this point , i strain through cloth for the sprayer and dilute until watered down tea colored,, a 5 gallon bucket easily makes 20 gallons. Keep it off the leaves unless very weak and rinsed off after 10 minutes for foliar feeding. Use liberally and regular with a healthy bed of composted leaves and leaf mulch. And enjoy!
Youve really got a good amount of lee way, as true balanced organic beds wll simply use what they need and leave the extra for the next plant, without forced uptake that causes imbalance and burns.the basic idea is-
aerobic =
good stuff=
oxygenated = 🌻
No oxygen=
an aerobic=
stagnate = 🤢🤮
If it smells repulsive, pour it out, it should have a earthy non acrid odor,
@@dont.ripfuller6587 Thanks for your reply. I get what you're saying about there always being spores or elements of active oxygenated bacteria to provide for a brand new and fresh "bloom" when you have the right recipe. My real question however goes to whether or not those same good, oxygenated, latent bacterial components from "worm-tea" can continue to exist by way of suspended animation within a moisture free substrate derived from processing the tea to a powder!
@@dennishayes544 weeell....dang. That escalated from garage work bench to science lab faster than i can say kombucha...the answer is yes. But the in-between part Id have to do some research. The tough part would be identifying and standardizing what amount of what kinds of beneficial fungus/ bacteria are in each packet (assuming youre thinking of marketing). Theoretically,if you use the exact same ingredients and amounts for your tea, you should get consistent growth of what types it favors, then have it tested somewhere that can tell you what you have. Then, straining, through cloth followed by percolating through a fine filter, and flash dried in an oxygen free environment.
What's the goal? To see how long on the shelf it will last and remain viable?
Was the floating plant a water hyacinth?
@Hello Thomas Fairweather, How are you doing?
Use purslane, it's alot better
So if I have a 225-gallon fish tank I can do my water changes weekly and put the water in the worm beds?
not enough nutrients would be collected in a week to do anything more like a month then only drain/do a partial water change and he uses the water run off from his giant muck (worm beds) weekly to get the "elixer" then filters out several times
Smart fella! Ty for going to see him and showing us! I shall order some!
There are Home Depots in several cities in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is not some little backwater in the Caribbean, as you could easily tell from the general infrastructure on the island, John. As far as the worm "elixir" goes, I'd like to see some controlled studies showing that it say, produces better or more vegetables than just plain worm castings. I'm skeptical that all the gentleman's work in raising worms and producing the final product is going to produce a superior fertilizer, that is cost effective.
Buy some and see! pretty simple
Did you know that not all worms are beneficial, nightcrawler worms damage the soil and leaves it depleted and worse off. Up here in Canada nightcrawlers are the only worms that survive our winters, I'm sure the US can relate where winter sets in.
@@elizabethfindlay5752 That's interesting. Do you have and resources to share about the differences in benefit to soil that different species offer?
I make a similar product and it is the best feritlizer ive ever used. The key to it in what you feed the worms and to keep it aerobic aka oxygenated. If you buy from stores the product microbes turn anarobic and wont work as well. Also important to water with non clorinated water.
Wondering if he dries the fruit out before he adds it to the worm pot and if he doesn’t I wonder if he worries about the bugs that might be in the fruit or rabbit poop??
Excellent worm video on start to finish of the product.
What if they used aluminum instead of plastic? Which material is more toxic for food, worms
That is a pretty heavy duty basement for a 1500sqft home.
It's 2023 and i'm getting hyped about worm farming, but i will not eat the bugs! not until some chickens have eaten them first and they make me compost.
I'm really enjoying this. Very similar to my strategy. I am not going for quality right away, and I am primarily using free cardboard, along with kangkong, and moringa leaves. I am planning on including grass clippings, sweet potato, and sweet potato leaves, mulberry leaves and mulberries. Lots and lots of other feedstocks as they come available.
yes and it makes them taste delicious aswell!
High what type of worms are this?
bro i been seeing you and enjoying ur videos through out the years, glad i stumbled upon u again, got a RUclips now so followed!!!!!!
Thanks sir I am watching from South Korea now a days when I will go back to Nepal i will use your idea
@Hello Dhansur Budha Magar, How are you doing?
Will you please spell what it is that shredded paper has in it?
16:57 "I mean it tastes alright, huehue.." 17:46 "A warning before I go on.. don't eat that green stuff!!!" Rofl.. Perhaps you should have asked the owner if it was edible or not BEFORE you ate it..
How many oars do they add to make it oarganic?
My farm only owns about 5 oars so far (wait do kayak oars count as one or 2?) and it is a long way from becoming oarganic. We dream of the day though. When I can frigging afford a good quality lightweight oar or the price goes down a bit.
John- you said you would post a link to the source for your favorite worm castings; but I don’t see anything listed as a worm castings. Can you add a link to them?
Do they use BioChar on the farmers farm.?
Hey John, cinnamon is an EXCELLENT organic fungicide. Maybe that's why the orchid competition winners were using it. Just saying.
But we need some good fungi for the living soil.?
@@hvt8147 I have a bottle of white mycorrhizae on my gardening shelf specifically for that. It adds beneficial fungi to the soil that promotes root growth for certain plants.
Are his bottles dark brown. Blocking UV light? Thank you
Okay, 11 minutes in and you have given about 30 seconds with of information. I can't sit through an hour of this. I think I like where you're going with this, but shorten it up. 20 minutes or less with far less rambling. I neither liked nor disliked this one as far as stats go.
Talks fast with "lots of energy"
I'd rather he spoke slower, in a less shouty way and kept the things concise
I know he talks too fast and took too long to get to the point I switch to another video
It's like he's high and drunk at all times and just rambles and semi shouts haha. He's got a ton of good info but there's so much that could be cut. Reminds me of what my English professor always said, "clear and concise".
Most of his videos are like this, it's terribly painful to sit through. Good guy though and he's passionate about this stuff, so I guess that's why I keep watching and torturing myself... Keep it coming John
Run it at 1.5 speed. Take bullet point notes.
it would be nice to see and hear him in the video
I ordered 4 bottles of this thing cause I used to do this with my grand pa I let you know how I works in addition of buying some casting to add my damaged soil (dogs from previous owners used to pop and pee in my back yard) I hope it works.
That poop and pee would fertilize the soil. The problem with fertilizer from dog poop is that they are close enough to humans that the bacteria from it may be a problem.
Ok it’s been 4 months since I’ve ordered and unfortunately I ended up removing 2inches from the soil first. However once we reseeded the soil and added the new soil the grass has grown thick and the mixture of this fertilizer made a big difference including for my vegetables. So it works!
so what you feed your worms is important to get what you want on the downside is the verity of earth worm as important?
Do different worms give different results with the same foods?
God bless P.R. so glad they survive by farming.
lake water + worrm castings. Grew massive mushrooms with that mix. Little liquid kelp too.
16:25 That plant is called Water Lettuce.
16:41 😂🤣😂
*Don't eat it...
😂😂😂
Ive Never Heard Anyone Speak With An Exclamation Point At The End Of Every Comma xD
That worm juice looks good. 🌱
How many worms per bin? Not sure if I missed that detail
been following you for a long time bro.. but your video's are too long for me to keep up.. in my country (south africa ) we pay for data streamed... watching your one hour video cost me more than going out for a movie... please make them shorter and more to the point.. Love from africa...
Thats a political problem. Become politically active and change the laws or regulations where you're at. Its 2021...how the hell are people still not allowed access to the internet and streaming..? Good luck to you.
Starlink will change your life
@@yohananeliyah You have a self righteous problem. Become a decent human being and keep your dumb unfounded opinions about South African problems to yourself...who the hell do you think you are..? Good luck to you.
Try turning up the play back speed if you can listen that fast
If you’re interested in making this your business I believe you should put in the one hour of knowledge you’ll need to start this line of work
Really fantastic! Watched the whole thing