Best Worm Bin I Have Ever Found - Easily Compost Your Food Waste
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- John from www.growingyour... shares with you the best worm bin he has ever found - The Hungry Bin made in New Zealand and available in the USA which is a flow-through design with no trays to sift or rotate.
Composting your food scraps with worms is the fast, simple and easy way to compost your food waste and transform it into the best fertilizer for your organic garden.
In this episode, John takes you to New Zealand to the home of Ben Bell to share with you his garden and how he composts his food scraps to make the best organic fertilizer for his garden - worm castings.
You will learn about some of the best fertilizers you can add to your garden and how you can make two of them at home. You will also learn about an amazing mulch you can use to mulch your garden that will break down and enrich your garden.
You will learn how easy it is to use a hungry bin worm composter and how to harvest the nutrient-rich worm pee and worm castings.
Next, John will take you to the home of Low Impact Limited, in Auckland, Newzealand to show you how they are composting food waste in their warehouse using the hungry bin. You will discover some of the features of the hungry bin and learn about different types of worms you can use inside the hungry bin.
You will get to see some of the proto-type worm bins that were made out of rolling garbage cans and learn how you might make one yourself. You will learn about some of the many design changes that went in to improve the design of the hungry bin, until the award-winning patented design was finally created.
Next, John will share with you how to hungry bin food waste composting system can be used on a commercial scale to compost all the waste out of a commercial building.
Finally, John will interview the inventor Ben Bell and ask him questions about the hungry bin.
Jump to the following tips:
0:04:31 Best Mulch You can Use in Your Garden
0:07:27 Best Way to add Fertility to your garden
0:08:30 Composting to Make Fertility to your Soil
0:10:50 Break down your food scraps to make the best fertilizer for your garden
0:17:03 Feeding Your Worms (and other creatures in your worm bin)
0:19:18 Harvesting Worm Pee (Liquid Worm Fertilizer)
0:21:28 How to Easily Harvest Worm Castings
0:23:18 What it looks like under the Hungry Bin
0:25:28 Visit to Hungry Bin Warehouse
0:26:23 Best Worm Bin that You can use inside your home
0:29:08 Different Kinds of Worms - Blue Indian Worm and Red Wiggler
0:31:11 How to set up a Hungry Bin to Work Successfully
0:34:52 Best food to add to your Worm Bin to make the best worm castings
0:41:21 Improving to Make the Best Worm Bin
0:43:16 Using a Recycling Bin to make a worm bin
0:44:06 Patented Improved Worm Bin
0:49:17 Using the Hungry Bin to Compost all Food Scraps from a Commercial Building
0:53:30 Interview with Ben Bell
0:53:56 Why did you design the Hungry Bin
0:55:27 How did you come up with the different designs for your worm bin?
0:59:00 Is the Worm Pee or Leachate Good or Bad? What is it?
1:07:58 Worm Tea vs Compost Tea
1:09:50 How can you fail using a hungry bin?
1:12:57 Why don't you have a supersize worm bin?
1:17:38 Why should someone buy a hungry bin when it costs more than other worm bins
1:21:38 Hungry Bins Are Easiest to Use and Low Labor No Heavy Lifting or Shoveling
1:24:38 Any Final Comments or Words of Wisdom for my viewers?
1:26:38 Where to Purchase and Special Discount Coupon
After watching this episode, you will about the best worm composting bin that you can use to easily compost your food scraps into worm castings that can be used as the best fertilizer for your plants.
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Jump to the following tips:
0:04:31 Best Mulch You can Use in Your Garden
0:07:27 Best Way to add Fertility to your garden
0:08:30 Composting to Make Fertility to your Soil
0:10:50 Break down your food scraps to make the best fertilizer for your garden
0:17:03 Feeding Your Worms (and other creatures in your worm bin)
0:19:18 Harvesting Worm Pee (Liquid Worm Fertilizer)
0:21:28 How to Easily Harvest Worm Castings
0:23:18 What it looks like under the Hungry Bin
0:25:28 Visit to Hungry Bin Warehouse
0:26:23 Best Worm Bin that You can use inside your home
0:29:08 Different Kinds of Worms - Blue Indian Worm and Red Wiggler
0:31:11 How to set up a Hungry Bin to Work Successfully
0:34:52 Best food to add to your Worm Bin to make the best worm castings
0:41:21 Improving to Make the Best Worm Bin
0:43:16 Using a Recycling Bin to make a worm bin
0:44:06 Patented Improved Worm Bin
0:49:17 Using the Hungry Bin to Compost all Food Scraps from a Commercial Building
0:53:30 Interview with Ben Bell
0:53:56 Why did you design the Hungry Bin
0:55:27 How did you come up with the different designs for your worm bin?
0:59:00 Is the Worm Pee or Leachate Good or Bad? What is it?
1:07:58 Worm Tea vs Compost Tea
1:09:50 How can you fail using a hungry bin?
1:12:57 Why don't you have a supersize worm bin?
1:17:38 Why should someone buy a hungry bin when it costs more than other worm bins
1:21:38 Hungry Bins Are Easiest to Use and Low Labor No Heavy Lifting or Shoveling
1:24:38 Any Final Comments or Words of Wisdom for my viewers?
1:26:38 Where to Purchase and Special Discount Coupon
So if you don't feed the worms enough they will eat each other? He said they will adjust their population.
John I've had my hungry bin now for 2 years and I'm very pleased. Before I used the homemade totes setup - it was sloppy and messy. I have the hungry bin in my basement storage area with no smells, mess, or escaping worms. It works as advertised and I believe it's worth the price.
Hi there, We haven't had a lot of trouble with critters in the US or Canada, and certainly not with Raccons getting into the bin. Sometimes a dog might drink the liquid, but we find that it's not something they keep doing. In some cases, customers have put a small jug or bucket under the output port to stop animals getting the liquid in the tray.
We have no issues with raccoons getting into the Hungry Bin, they cannot lift the latch. As far as the liquid tray, there is no smell so we have never heard of critters getting into it.
Hi Andrea, the worms adjust their population by laying cocoons based on food supply and access. If the worms do not have an ample supply of food because of competition they will not laid cocoons.
For those who cannot afford this, a cheap plastic storage bin works as well. Just put small holes in the bottom to allow any excess moisture to flow out. If outdoors you can just let this flow into the ground. If you want to be fancy you can build a stand to suspend the bin above a cut back bin to collect liquid as seen in the video. Be sure to put holes in the lid as well. As the video states, worms are top feeders. When the bin becomes full just place a plastic mesh transplant tray (like used to hold small square pots) filled with some worm favorites, like banana peels - over-ripe banana, etc. We used peat moss and carboard sprayed with molasses and banana peels. The worms will migrate up through the mesh over several days. Then you can just pull the tray and dump the worms into a new bin or a bucket until you empty the bin. This way you get a whole bin of vermicompost at once and possibly better digested than what is harvested in the video.For optimum results, use two bin set ups so you can get another bin going right away while repeating the trapping process several times in bin #1. This will help ensure that all organic matter is digested and also give remaining capsules (eggs) a chance to hatch into baby worms to be harvested. This is easy-peazy and the tray full of worms is no heavier than the tray in the video.The best quality vermicompost comes from systems where the worms have been exposed to the material long term and have even re-digested some of it.
I want one , no I NEED ONE . 😊😜
Thank you!
How do you keep the worms from dropping out the bottom holes and drowning in the leachate?
@@gimme0dis0junk0mail
Personally I use untreated Mosquito netting on the top and the bottom of my worm bins.
On top to prevent fruit flies etc.
The bottom is to stop the worms from falling into the leachate,,,,
I also put a good layer in the bottom of something that is not edible for them
~ so they prefer to be where the food is at the top...
and also the place where they like to go to wait for the food and stay damp and lay the eggs is in the middle.
Also the bottom is fairly compressed.
If you actually want to learn more watch this video all the way through.
Also, there are a lot of other videos about this subject as a whole.
Hope this helps 🙂
Ps, You could make Really, Really Small Drainage holes in the bottom of your worm bins,.,,..
@@gimme0dis0junk0mailall the food is at the top ! Once they eat pee and poop they go up not down to the mess ! ! ! I started mine 3 years ago. I put 3/4” pvc pipe about an inch apart at the bottom and put a thick piece of cardboard at the bottom them put my bedding on top of it added worms then feed every couple days In 4 months my 30 gallon bin was full to where I collect my castings every 6 weeks I. Now have 4 bins. I cut a hole at the bottom under the support bar put a pan to catch the liquid and have a potato rake to scratch the castings out. I get 3-4 gallons every 6 weeks !
Once it’s “up and running” at full speed with max # of worms, how many pounds of food can it go through per day average? About how much castings would that produce? Thx 🙏🏼 Great video. I’m definitely going to buy a couple of them for my restaurant
Good morning I am very newI am just starting my worm bin my question can I use mushrooms as food. I bought some to use but for got them in the fridge.
Can the worm pee be used as a substitute for nutrients usually used in hydroponics, like in NFT systems?
Is it smelly? Does it attract rats? Are fruit flies attracted to the liquid? Someone commented that it broke easily. What is the warranty? It looks great.
I'm a kiwi that now lives in the USA and i had a worm farm and it was amazing. It's cool to tell folk you are a farmer with 100 thousands head of stock.
Lol. Great point!
Lololol
😂😂😂
As someone who has owned a hungry bin for over a year now, i much prefer the vermibag. Why, you might ask? Simple really, the plastic hungry bin doesn't allow for any sort of ventilation and so soil gets very compacted in the bin, there no oxygen in the soil at all. Ontop of that, the plastic also doesn't allow for water evaporation and because of the bin's downward shape....you guessed it, most of the water that goes into this bin collects at the bottom, creating a pool in the bottom detacheable part. What's worse is, worms can actually get down in there and drown, not to mention this bin cannot be sealed to keep your worms inside. Your worms can get out from the top AND bottom. The plastic also doesn't retain any heat and the Hungry Bin freezes over noticeably quicker than my vermibag which doesn't have ANY of these mentioned problems.
Thanks, your comment confirmed many of my suspicions about what is going on in the main part of the bin... That there are serious issues that need to be managed regarding air and oxygen ventilation. And worms trying that hard to escape is also a major sign of probable toxicity. A few adventurous worms will explore areas that aren't usual, but they shouldn't be trying to be doing a jail break. Anaerobic conditions (sour) can make worms want to move badly and the conical design of the bin doesn't appear to allow the worms freedom of choice, the food is all funneled where the worms also have to live. These are all problems common to single container (not multi level) bins but in a more extreme situation because of the very tall and conical design... You can't reach down into the bin easily unless you have very long arms and you can't separate food into different zones... Anything you put in the bin is simply jumbled up.
@@tonysu8860 In my case, i had bought new worms. And as all newly bought worms do, they tried to escape for a couple weeks.
Whereas the wormbag can be closed completely and only the tiniest baby worms will find a hole here or there.
Now, i can leave the bin open and no Worms will try to escape. They need time to adjust
I wonder if you couldn't just run all your veggie waste through a Vitamix blender first, then pour the "soup" right into the establishing raised beds? My rationale is that nutrients would be more readily available to the worms, it would lose the rotting smell faster, and as liquefied it would prevent raccoons and critters showing much interest. I'm starting raised beds this year ( a more proactive Ruth Stout technique), and using a little fence around raised beds as well, so the critter aspect isn't as important.
I will stick with my basic Rubbermaid totes. My worms are producing great worm castings. Thanks for doing this video. 😎🌱
My standard compost bin has more worms than all these worm bins I keep seeing, why are worm bins so expensive and produce so little?
please do a video for people who live in places you cannot get these bins but i got my first worms today! Going shopping for a bin!
Your standard compost bin? Can you show?
Most likely the worms are dying because from research I understand that your not suppose to put so much waste layered across the top.
I have had my big green bin with worms for 4 years. It works just as stated. It’s great.
What site can I buy them from?
I own the largest Vermiculture (worm farming) playlist on RUclips, I had to add this video to the playlist so everyone checks out this unit and its unique funnel design. Here's the playlist if you're interested in checking it out! ruclips.net/p/PLXCb9Z1twkAKmyEzmY1nErmflF6Yj7p3m
$300!, I'll stick with buckets and totes lol
$300 no price must have gone up there $500 on eBay! How Bizarre is this!!
Been doing composting for many years, never had to buy special bins, worms or bedding.
I never understood why people bought worm bins, I use broken storage bins that might be cracked at the bottom, then drill holes in it and place on the ground add saw dust and coffee grounds. Worms just show up on their own. The only thing I pay for are the coffee grounds and I get coffee out of that. Even saw dust is free if you find a woodshop with too much saw dust.
$300/can.not bad it's clean and easy moving
hahaha me too!
get on with it already jeez
gotta love how he never takes this audience advice... lol. I don' t think he gives two shits.
My sentiments exactly!
781k subscribers seem to be perfectly fine with John's chattiness. Also, he does provide bookmarks to skip to the section you want to see.
If this is sold for $350 ?! Could you make one yourself for half that price out of hardwood planks, hammer and nails and casters. You could use a plastic bladder in the inside to make the side joints leak free.
The product looks good and works well but the bottom tray certainly attracts lots of flies which is worse on the hot and humid days. You may like consider how to stop flies sucking that liquid.
I tracked down one of these from a local distributor, got it, installed it and have the best functioning worm bin ever. I've been in vermicomposting for over ten years and this is the best. Bar none. Harvesting from below is brilliant and feeding and care from the top is great. No worms are stressed during harvest and because of the mass, they survive the winters here without additional heat or insulating.
What do you do with the compost you make in the winter? I'm in Canada.
@@read2gainknowledgeI’m in Ontario and I just make a pile and let the worms and all work from within. I’ve been considering making a little poly panel greenhouse for it
I like that it has wheels, because you HAVE to put it inside during winters, otherwise all your worms and their eggs will freeze to death. Unless you live in a warm climate of course.
Just build a compost bin and throw some compost worms on it. They will thrive and multiply like crazy and winters don't bother them that much because they have the alternative of going deeper into the soil when it gets too cold. After a few years I've got a huge colony in my bins and I'm even running a hot compost system that I turn every once in a while. Again: They'll temporary move further down if it gets too hot or too cold. That's a thing that worms in a closed bin can not do.
You're the " Steve Erwin" of growing greens!!!! Love the energy buddy!!!
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CRIKEE!!)) ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I approve except you don't have Trump crappy accent.
All sounds good to me but, I prefer a winter chop and drop of seaweed and leaves and letting the wind and the rain take the strain. By spring of the following year most of it has 'disappeared' into the soil I will be growing in. Some of this I attribute to the worms in the soil eating it but I have no evidence of that. What I really need is someone who has a worm bin to put some seaweed in there to see if worms do really eat seaweed. Is the anybody out there who adds seaweed to there worm bin and could give me an answer ? Could you be that person? HGV
I just toured an urban garden in Sacramento California. They had one of these and several other bins of various styles. This cone-shaped one was their favorite.
Carl Brunberg I live near there, what’s it called or how can one visit? Thanks!
I have a lot of vegetable and fruit pulp left over from juicing. Is this going to enough to feed the worms? I have at least a pound per day. I have never done this, so apologize if this is a stupid question.
The owner wouldn't pay the price of other bins so he made his own, yet he sells his for more money than the ones he wouldn't buy himself. That is a bit messed up.
I didn't buy one of the other bins because they don't last, I'd broken two over the years, and I wanted one that I knew would last the distance. I made my own one in the end, and as they say, one thing led to another. In the time that we've been selling hungry bin, customers that bought another product in the early days because it was cheaper, have subsequently come back to us to buy a hungry bin once the other bin they did buy broke down. Cheers, B.
I ve bought one and the quality is very good so its a good product for Customers like me who Wanted a clean Compost Option for a Apartment complex
But just imagine how many more you would reach if it was more affordable for the average person. I work in manufacturing and am well aware of how much things cost to make. You could drop the price quit a bit and still profit. I'm sure you would make more money in the long run as you would sell more. What you designed is awesome and you deserve to profit handsomely, but if what you say is true, and you truly want a better cleaner world... than make it accessible to the masses!
Welcome to the free market.
@@benbell7039 I really like mine. I posted a video yesterday of me feeding my worms in my Hungry Bin yesterday.
Those bins brake to fast! my plastic compost bin is 15 years old and not broken!
I dump everything including my crap and urine in the compost I don't bother with ratios just keep the moisture right and their is no smell!
I found watered down sourdough starter also keeps compost smell down just like bokashi!
That's just .
I'm so mad that it's so expensive. I want it...I likely need it but I will never be able to get it. Do you have a runner up? I watched the entire video and then looked to order and had a mild heart attack. I wish I had checked the price first. You are very fun to learn from.
I love your genuine attitude. You convinced me to grow Malabar in Texas, and it was the best decision.
What is malabar
@@dustinallen1658 it’s a vine plant that is similar to spinach
"ZERO CARBON" and they use "PLASTIC POLYMER". Talk about IRONY
John...I live in Boston area. How to manage harvested castings here and worm tea during the winter? I dry the castings on a table and put them into a bin for the spring. The compost fluids are in a large bucket. Would it be better to just put them in the raised beds throughout the winter?
$400 its very to pricy for me
maybe but you'd typically expect to pay $1K or more if you're going Cali to NZ, now I need to find something similar but going to Thailand
Its 250$
@@MrMitcham Still ridiculous. And it's $325 usd on Amazon
@@MrMitcham where can one get it for $250,.... any link to where we can find
It looks like a simple diy... you can make your own...I wouldn't start my worms off in it though, but it looks good
57:00 in John, and Brian talk about the importance of people taking full charge of our own inputs, and outputs for a better Planet! If processed right this Hungry Bin could easily process humanure as well as all other precious organics people are carelessly throwing away! It’s going to take all of us folks to make this Planet a heaven on Earth!
The price wall… ouch ! I cannot “pull the trigger” for that much… others can pay for the inventor kids college tuitions… not this sucker… in spite of it being (at least looking like) the best solution on the market.
Thanks for the extensive review !
I agree!
Yeah, $350 plus, no way! I agree, way over priced. What a shame too. We compost to save money in our gardens and to have good compost and companies charge this much for a plastic bin 👎🏼
yea, not cheap. But what other things do you buy that's expensive? I've been driving a car for the last 6 years I spent $1,300 on. How much you spend on cars? Its all in what you can afford. If you will use it and enjoy it go for it.
It's just a bin. Make your own :)
Even with the coupon it is still $284!!!
for the plastic worm bin????
Just go to Home Depot and buy a $10 Rubbermaid tote bin.
No economy of scale. Things cost a lot more when millions aren't made.
I spent $300 on a compost tumbler. It rusted though. Now I use HDPE. Sorry. My success with the Can-O-Worms is gratifying. It's nice to know for when I want to upgrade. Peace.
Out of all the things I've fed my worms, the thing they seemed to like the most and reduce to a fine powder (almost dust-like in consistency) was dry, brown pecan leaves.
Dude i have a pecan tree thank you so much for the information
Is that all you feed them now??
Have you tried the Urban Worm Bag 2.0?? a lot less pricey than that one you have there. Also worm leachate can contain toxic bacteria.
Honestly Great Product.... Just To Expensive... Im a build my own lol
I agree. A little expensive. And the 5% discount was a little disappointing. Great video though super informative!
Well no need for me to watch then lol
Yea, it’s basically a rolling trash can lol
@Ron K please explain. Is it just you can make your own better one for 1/3 of the price? Or is the product itself subpar in construction and quality?
When you make one video it so I can make one too.
Once this product comes down to ~$100,....I'll be buying multiple units.....no one makes enough money to pay $300 for one. Maybe a Wall-Street Hedge fund manager....
Serious
Frank From Upstate NY get an Urban Worm Bag 2.0
I think people who own successful worm farms would pay because they can afford it. I dont think its meant for the home farmer to afford. You're right though. If it was $100 I'd buy at least 1 to start.
B King I got mine $99.
Stop and think, if your selling to the government , hospital's, prisons ....they have money to burn. Would you sell one for less ? It is a great Idea and I bet it is great but a few recycled bin's can do the same thing so ,I agree kindsa pricey .
I was excited about this and also disappointed Bc I didn’t realize til u visited the company that I can never have this. I am also grateful tho that youI mentioned that they don’t like real hot weather. In Arizona I deal w triple degree. Also my garage is even hotter :( so they would die off every year which negates the whole thing. I enjoyed this video but I’ll think it’s best to buy castings and ain’t so bad tho Bc it supports the companies that sell them.
Ok... so I live right on the Great Lakes, so would weeds and growth from the Great Lakes and ponds work as well as the sea weed? Would you compost it first or use it raw? Do you need to pick out the invasive muscles first? Would that be considered carbon or nitrogen?
You ever find the answer?
No way!! I live at the beach! We get seaweed wash up after storms. I never thought about using it in the garden.
Take a break and slow bro, you don't have to yell at me
Oh goodness… So much to listen to… I’m literally exhausted from all the talking. Would be great just to get to the point. Obviously way too expensive… Strange that the owner would have a homemade compost. He clearly can’t afford it either 😂 I’m going to melt my big garbage bin down to a funnel. Done.
I turned it off after 5 min.
I agree.. get to the point.. or just highlight most significant stuff.. Focus on the subject.. Long video!!!
With 865000 followers I think the point you're making is useless. Find somebody else that is to your liking you don't have to say something negative about somebody just because it's not your style. Apparently you're needing some help with doing what you're doing or you wouldn't be looking for it. Be thankful for now that it's available to learn.
I love hearing him talk. Sometimes I treat it like the radio and do shit while I listen, other times I just watch it. Either way it’s excellent info and I’m happy to be exposed to it.
I would say "you'd do well to listen" .
This guy has been the inspiration and knowledge for home gardeners and Market farmers all around the world for many many years and has been at the forefront of the "growing your own food revolution"
And they have no hesitation to telling you so
His excitement is part of his inspiration
If you don't like it go somewhere else .
But don't cut on him , this guy is a large part of our history
If your not interested in it just go away
John, you talk way too much! Get to your points faster and do hands on demonstrations
Yup. I lasted 3 minutes and left. This information is available much more eloquently elsewhere.
Very true .
Lawd everyone's a critic. Only one talking too much here is you. Don't watch if you don't like. Simple
Thank for the comment Karen
So basically more expensive version of what you can do for cheaper? It's $400. Must be alternative.
Did we talk about % of scrapes to brown matter
does this have an issue with fruit flies since it has the aeration holes?
Worm pee 😆! I'm kinda betting thats mostly juices that have came from the waste and then ran down through the castings to make a leech tea. But I don't think that's all worm pee lol. I don't even know if that's a thing lol. I haven't ever seen a worm pee lol, have you?
Price is outrageous. I have a DYI Worm Farm with materials I got for free, and it's doing great.
@Mr Penguin He mentioned in the end, its Not made in China... and he has to pay his people in Nz. i guess we got used to cheap short-term crap.
Who came from crazy russian hacker?
Keith C i did lmao
I have often thought about constructing a worm bin but I think it may be pointless for me because I grow in 100% compost that it RICH with worms. Even when the top of the soil is frozen I know there are comatose worms just beneath waiting for the soil to heat up.
Did you know?
Worms don't pee.
That fluid is mostly moisture from the food
I’ve had a hungry bin for a bit over a year and it’s still going strong. It’s had a few ups and downs but the worms seem happy. They’re definitely hungry!
What did you pay for it year ago?
I enjoy watching your video's but I wholly disagree with your idea that another mandatory agency be set up to police recycling, more taxes,more government intrusion, into what should be common sense.Less government control and less regulations that take into account of many factors.
What about letting the free market help solve this while providing jobs.
For example: Recently it was reported that a scientist designed a way to convert plastic's into fuel oil, with very little wastes being emitted but there is some.Why not relax the hypocritical regulations where individuals use these devices on a society size scale, where all families would be allowed if they wanted to buy one these units and recycle all of their plastics into usable fuel. We would get advancement's in it's design and application from the mere fact that instead of 1 company selling these we would have 2,3,4 or more companies{jobs} building and selling these.
It would help solve the issue of all of the petrochemical plastic's that end up in our environment, it would allow the user's a way to recoup the $$$ spent on non reusable plastic containers by turning that waste into fuel,from running a kerosene heater, to adding gas to your car or truck,additionally it would provide good paying jobs for engineer's and craftspeople to create jobs in conservation.
While I still enjoy the content of your video's please the virtual signaling to the professional snowflakes out there.
Less Regulations and less government intrusion into how we solve issues of waste management, bring on the scientists, enginerds,engineers, and free market ideas to provide a solution to these issues. Not a centralized command structure that dictates that we must recycle or else mentality.
There are many examples of good ideas going into the scrapper mainly due to regulations that stunt innovation.
Now get on with how good the worm bucket thingy is, and leave a honest pro's and con's why this is such an amazing device.
Exactly right. Here are two cases, one in the UK and one in Ireland where people are fined for putting things in the wrong bins www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/30/mother-fined-600-putting-cardboard-box-wrong-bin/ www.thejournal.ie/greyhound-bin-fines-3285068-Mar2017/
John, Great information. Would you please somehow either turn down the harshness of your mic or soften the quality of your voice. There seems to be a lot of some sort of spitting sounds that makes it hard to hear. I end up turning the sound down on each of your videos. Thanks.
Wonderful share here! Very informative! I just love the depth of detail that was provided in this video! Now my brain is in overdrive on how to build me a worm bin to provide for my garden from here on out.
Keep em coming my friend!
We've been using geobins for our worm bins for the last four years. Works well enough if you only plan to harvest once a year. Always looking for a better method though. Gonna check this out.
What's a geobin?
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tbh - a slightly better design would be if the metal stand leg thingies wouldnt be straight looking down but instead be slightly tilted - so that underneath u could put something wider to catch the castings (and decrease chance of making a mess; would cost more space tho)
Great Video John. I see this is a great product except for its price but I seriously don't like you to say China for 1000 times to throw mud at all Chinese products. It's narrow and limited to say that. There are soooo may factories in China and we do have ones giving poor products and ones giving good quality. They're basically depends on the requirement of big USA buyers. The one who sell you the final product know exactly what quality of their products. They may sale high in USA but I can say the price is very related to its quality in China. Anyway absolutism is not the right way when making a video for public like famous guy like you as I loved your channel. I read most of the comments and find most of the people are worried about the price. I promise to redesign to make a better bin for price absolutely under $150, may be even lower depends its real cost at last. Plus you will get life long replacement for $50 plus. The new bin will fix the open worm pee problem as I see many people noticed it as I do when I watched. I have factory in China making good reliable plastic products and also I am a real gardener and I hope more people can enjoy gardening for less money and more pleasure. No mater what country they lived in.
Anything made in China is cheapo junk. Cheap cheap cheap junk junk junk..
Brer Rabbit lol where do u think most cell phones laptops come from
Lol so your solution is to steal his design and make a cheaper Chinese version, but at the same time act like you're the hero in all this? Do you also pay your employees proper wages and pay the taxes of operating in New Zealand? Or spend the profits funding programs to help sustainability? It's not just about material costs
I'll let Mao Zedong do the talking and the 45 millions who was tortured and murdered because of Mao Zedong.
Mike Chin I wish I could give this a 100 thumbs up!!
Amazing video wow! Super impressed with his journey and what an amazing product. When I get a bigger place ima get one of these for sure 👍🏼
Man you have a lot of energy LOL. Anyway I've watched your video twice. I bought the hungry bin for my grandkids, makes everything simple and easy. Thank you.
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Such a great video & interview! Thanks so much, John, for all of the tremendous amount of work you put into bringing this valuable information to us. Love Ben's ingenious invention! You've convinced me to buy a Hungry Bin! I paused this video to place my order! Can't wait to recieve it. Thanks so much for sharing this video!
I bought it! Great bin. I've been using a stack system. Luv this.
How do you recommend I store the castings till I need them...(can't use them in the winter)
They need to stay moist to keep the beneficial bacteria alive right? Would a plastic trash bag or maybe a plastic tote work?
Great video! It was full so many critical things I knew nothing about and you both explained it so prrfectly. thank you for the index... i noticed after i started making my own :). if you know nothing about worm farming with gardening together please watch the entire video.
John worms don't pee, what you are showing is all the phosphates from the food, not pee. Love your videos because you go all over the world to see what another country does is awesome.
I want to be friends with this guy, so cool and happy
One surprising comment from Ben Bell was that you shouldn't add aneorobic leachate to soil. Yet that is how "compost tea" is created using such as comfrey etc. Can you elaborate on his opinion & clarify best practice regarding compost tea ?
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just a friendly reminder
if you can smell it, it means there are millions of micro particles interacting with the receptors in your nose :)
you know this guy is a real deal when he digs into compost pile with his bare hands
Liked the video and thaught it was informative. I also liked to see the progressive improvements in the product. How can I get in touch with the inventer to give him an idea for another improvement that he can incorporate in a future upgrade.
This is a great worm bin. It looks like they could make the liquid collection tray could be 2 - 3 times deeper to hold more!
Empty it often
Wondering if the open tray at the bottom holding the worm liquid attracts flies or other unwelcome insects?
This worm bin is way too expensive!!!!! Ill stick with the Urban Worm Bag. Its awesome and a third of the price
This is a long infomercial. Ugh.
I was going to comment that the video was too long and too much talking. I stuck it out and really liked the total presentation. Goes to show not to jump to conclusions
i really have to start making my own worm compost
Well dang! I think this is a super idea! I am going to get one and set it up in my basement. That way the temp will remain fairly constant at a perfect temp for the worms. It will be convenient for me to add my daily food scraps and just a short distance for me to harvest the worm "tea" and the castings. Thanks for the video!
Please use your NATIVE worms; bringing red wigglers into areas where they aren't native is VERY DESTRUCTIVE TO THE LOCAL ECOLOGY.
Red wigglers brought by fishermen as bait are ruining forests near lakes and streams, by destroying the duff layer upon which native perennials depend for insulation from our -30° winters and 95° summers.
If red wigglers are native to your area, buy them, but please don't bring them into areas where they aren't native.
Instead, attract them to you:. If you collect dead leaves, compost or kitchen scraps ON THE GROUND and keep it moist, local, native worms will come to you.
Most worms do not handle confined spaces well, so are pointless in worm bins. Red wiggles are used because they can thrive in these conditions.
Good Lord! Everything in this video could have been shown in 15 minutes. You love the sound of your voice!
Glad someone does... I didn't. Terrible, shouty, grating voice.
lol Bobby is bi polar
I got 3 bins.. the first bin is the only one that gets the food.. the second bin gets the worm castings from the 1st and the 3rd bin gets the castings from 2nd 😈
A thousand dollars to compost worms a high roller lol
Victory Begins in the Garden it was a joke... guess you didn’t get it lol
WAY TOO NOISY BLA BLA BLA..Like a TERRIBLE INFOMERCIAL FOR USED CARS.
After 15 minutes, it was time to PUKE !!! I gave it a dislike and would NEVER subscribe to this BS NOISE ! ! ! !
Nice design, but damn $370usd for basically a fancy trash can (from a manufacturing perspective)!
$50 seems more reasonable, I can get 32gallon cans for $20us.(120Liters)
Gives me an idea for something made from a "tall kitchen" trash can, wooden support frame and just support the base hatch with a block.
PS Posted 2023.
No John you couldn't have that compost bin system inside your apartment. You don't smell it outside but inside you'll get a horrible garbage container stench. WHAT?? i commented too fast ! INSIDE ?!!
Your Arnold Schwarzenegger impression was fantastic. Love the worm bin too!
I love your videos. Long or short. Thank you for sharing and doing your part to improve people's lives.
This video was paced ALMOST perfectly. 11 seconds after I want to skip to the next part, you start the next part. By the time i find where to skip to, it's already at the next part. It's pretty funny actually. I'm glad that guy watches your video and let you video his setup. I've never heard of using seaweed as mulch, i'm sure you want to rinse off (maybe simmer in water) whatever salt you can first.
Which child did your father like best? (You or your brother?) According to public records, your father didn't like either one of you, you were both adopted. Hope I didn't just "spill the beans." LOL
Okay silly question 🫣I’m fresh to vermicomposting, enjoyed the video.
1. So in the bin to start off, do I prepare the bedding first from bottom to top leaving room at the top for the food waste?
2. At what stage do I put the worms in there? Or do I have to buy worms?😬or are worms created by the micro organisms in the bin?
Interested mum🥰Tia
I went to your yard sale a few years ago. It was in a townhouse. I bought some books.
Horrible reviewing technique! I like this bin and ordered it. I haven’t read a bad review about it yet. It’s one of those devices that does exactly what it’s supposed to. Many people have their own way of doing it, and are stuck in those ways. I like it simple, set it and forget it. I throw my organic food waste in, the worms do their jobs, and I retrieve the fertilizer from them. Simple.
Interesting design...
But, too bad that this video doesn't actually show or describe how the bottom pan is refilled with new vermicompost when a previous batch has been removed. As this video describes practically all the really active worms are in the top 5" or so with only a few choosing to dive deeper for whatever reason (probably if there is food not fully composted yet). This generally means that most of all that material in one of these tall bins is relatively undisturbed and won't likely naturally fall into that bottom pan, refilling it.
So, is someone poking a stick down from top to break up some of that compost so it falls down into that bottom pan? I can't think of any other way to cause that bottom pan to refill.
Additionally, I can see how as described in this video if food is fed too quickly how anaerobic conditions can happen. That is not impossible but a lot harder in true multi-level bins where food is encouraged to be fed one level at a time. And, when the bin becomes more full I see no way for oxygen and air to make its way downwards which would further discourage worms from diving deep and would also create anaerobic conditions.
So, although the design is very ingenious for its creativity, I'd have serious questions about how it works before I'd be convinced it's that significant an improvement over the early prototypes that were shown. Or, maybe the improvements are done with understanding that there are compromises and if the negatives are far less of an issue than the positives, then I'd agree about the design choices.
Good stuff.
John,
Love the videos, but, less waffle...who cares about plane ticket costs, who cares how you got there, cut to the chase, just show us the bin
What the heck is the matter with this guy? Take a freaking breath. Talk normal! No need to talk every available second, mainly filler junk nonsense just to keep going a mile a minute talking. Whoa! Slow down dude!
AND IT MAKES GREAT SOIL BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT OUR EARTH NEEDS, GIVING BACK TO HER, HEAL HER AND FEED HER. YOU TAKE CARE OF HER AND SHE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. ⚘🐎🐴☘🍀🤍🌎🌏🌍🥰😘🔥🤗☦✝️☦🕊🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏼
I was told when I was about 20 and asked a project manager, " that old man is lazy as heck, why do you always give him the hardest jobs"? He answered," the laziest one will find the easiest way to do the job."
Looks great but not affordable luckily I accidently created a worm bin. I left an old cooler outside in the shade and it had filled up with leaf debris over the past 2 yrs so it was filled with worms and compost. The Gardening gods had me covered it was the easiest project to date ;)
How much money if your a gardener on amendment's/compost/good bag of top soil ? Just to up keep your plot maintained most people don't spend the time to make it free- I like the design and a man should be paid a fair price ,if you all think it's so easy make your own, pack & carry your leaking stinky Walmart bins around and bich all you like
WHAT ABOUT """REAL TREES OR LIKE BRANCHES, ETC,,,,PLUS THE CHARCOAL FROM THESE WOODS"""" 🤓🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
I am doing bokashi bin and I get the bokashi tea or the liquid residue which attracts lots of insects , how can we make sure it will not happen, as I am not able throw the liquid regularly….!!!
Love your content. Your so descriptive that I can just listen to you whilst doing something like decorate my daughters room. Which is what I did today.
Im amazed at the negativity of the comments , I’ve read below, I can only guess the people who think the product is to expensive, are kiwis , who seem to want something for nothing these days.