I Neglected My Worm Bins - How Did They Do?
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- My compost worms are in need of a good check in! How did my worm bins fair? Come see how they're doing after I accidentally waited too long to care for them. You'll be surprised at how much vermicompost they made!
Step by step set up for single and double worm bin systems included.
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Some worm video's are boring, some are interesting, but you're funny! Keep on going
Haha. Thanks.
Thank you so much for posting this video. This is really simplify the whole worm farm process for me now I feel confident in doing this myself. I've been procrastinating because I just thought it was going to be too difficult
That's what kept me from getting started for a long time too!
Have you read Worms Eat My Garbage yet? It has lots of helpful info.
Good luck on your new worm adventure! I'm excited for you.
@@MorePranaGardens no I haven't n but I'm thinking I'll order it!
Been messing with worms a few years. I raise my worms mostly for the castings. I quickly became frustrated with the work and dedication to harvest the quality castings so I researched a lot and there is something called the banana trick that is a great way to collect the active worms and transplant them or whatever your goal is. You simply quit feeding the worms when the bed is full of castings and put a banana on top of the bed and cover it up. The worms will gravitate to this and in a couple of weeks they will mostly be up and around and near this bait. Do this a few times and you can catch most all the worms. Easy to get them and another tip is that an ear of sweet corn works even better for this process. Good luck and hope it helps you.
Yep. That works great - when I remember to do it. 😉
This gives me hope and I've only neglected for a week 😢
Oh, they're going to be fine. I used to worry day by day when mine were new but they do well. You've got this.
hi 🤗
you have just given me hope.
i haven't checked my worm bin for months either (not on purpose), but im gonna check it tomorrow.
i keep my bin outside. being in southern california, zone 10b, i hope their bin was warm enough.
i wasn't laughing. i just figured you wanted to make sure everything was set up nicely before you put them back.
great video. tfs
Thoss temps aren't too bad. I'll cross my fingers for you. 🤞
Very interesting to watch another small scale worm mama.. & Sooo glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't get around to attending their worm bins for long stretches..
So, thank you !! .. & yes, amazingly my worms do survive.
I also use a 2 large Rubbermaid container system.
I'm celebrating one year of worming.. and will be trying to harvest my year's worth of castings very soon. So, glad to see your method.
Cheers to a successful season in your garden...
God bless.. 😊
Happy Wormiversary!
And wishing you a great season as well. 💜🌱💜
Great video! I'm shocked at how much castings you harvested! I never got around to starting a worm bin, but sure have a lot in my compost tumblers, and in the garden.
The yield from that double bin has always been amazing. It blows my mind.
They're such great helpers. Aren't they?
@@MorePranaGardens They sure are! They never call in sick, and they love their job! Talk about a WIN, WIN! 🌿🪱
Nice to see you again. thanx for the video.
I let mine go over a year. No worms left. I dumped the grainy castings into another container and started over. I used some of the old castings in the new bin. I also pre-composted the new bedding. The new worms were not quite breeder age. After about 6 weeks I harvested a good amount of castings and i saw lots of new baby worms. I’m guessing the old castings had cocoons.
What an exciting way to have that turn out! Congrats on your surprise baby worms.
😂😂😂 the bowl❤
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Those carrots looked fine. Another month or two till they would have been ready for the bin.
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They weren't fine. Thank you for your concern.
sorry but I need to say how very complicated you make such a easy task.
I’ve had the same worm family for 20 years, in the same worm bin, producing lovely castings and juice, simply by just shoving food in the top container, leaving it, and checking it now and then!
No adding this and that, no stress.
Perhaps you’re overthinking it?
I try to make sure that they produce high quality castings with a full range of nutrients and minerals while reducing the need to amend my potting soil in the future. Everyone has their own way and their own reasons.
And I totally want a bowl of carrots❤
Dang, now I do too! Haha 💜🥕💜
at 3 minutes 50 seconds... FORBIDDEN NOODLES
Hahaha. No eating my worms! Silly unicorn.
@@MorePranaGardens but i wish to play with them with my chopsticks. i'll be gentle!
Play is ok. No eating. Haha
If you put @3:50 we could tap on that and automatically be taken there.
I'll be honest I was expecting the bowl to quietly vanish during a cut. Points for owning up to forgetting the worms in the worm bin.
Hahaha. Nah, I don't mind being wrong in public. And I figure anyone else who forgets to put their worms back can laugh along with me and feel less alone.
I think teaching kids for nearly 30 years helped me get there.
I leave them alone most of the time, love my worm bin it gets rid of my paper and refrigerator refuse! They're the lowest paid workers ever, but seem happy
When worms are dieing they go in a panic mode and lay eggs like madness so it's really hard to kill off your worm farm. Unless something extreme happens
Does it smell bad
Not at all. One week (out of the last 4 years) it stunk so I opened it up and discovered I'd failed to cover some cauliflower. The smell went away as soon as I fixed the mistake.
Out of interest have you thought about blending your carrots and veggies it will be so much easier for the worms to eat.
I did that briefly. In my bins it made the proper moisture harder to maintain and it increased the frequency I needed to feed (since everything was easier for them to eat.)
@@MorePranaGardens Yeah except I don't see an issue with a wet bin outside, I don't have any flies and if they are eating all the food, they get fatter quicker ;)
I see loads of people keep their bins quite dry but I never have and haven't had any problems but my bins are almost a cubic metre..
@@dmbrookfield Mine stay damp; not wet or dry. Mine also stay inside so wet isn't a good thing. I also have chronic health issues so the frequency and involvement of doing that doesn't work for me.
It sounds like it's a great practice for your context.
@@MorePranaGardens They;re outside in big containers will be much bigger shortly when I get round to making a better container. :)
This isn't really neglected. You fed them regularly. Just so I understand, what was neglected?
I fed them occasionally, about half as much as I should have. They should have been fed regularly. Each month I should have moved their feeding zone. They should have received more paper bedding during each zone move. I didn't check their moisture or look in on them at all after the 2nd week of the 4 months. And I should have harvested castings and reset the bins a month before I did.