How to Make a Worm Trap to Collect Composting Worms from Your Local Environment
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2019
- Learn how to make a Worm Trap with simple potting materials so you can collect composting worms from your local environment for less than $5 and in less than 10 minutes.
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Throw some kitchen scraps on the ground in a shady area that remains moist and cover it with a piece of plywood. Next time you lift up the plywood there will be worms laying right on top of the ground.
Thank you
If you don't have plywood, use uncoated cardboard from a box and hold it down with rocks/bricks to keep it from blowing away 🙌🏽
Thank you so much I’ve watched 20+ videos today and you’re the first one to show how to get worms and not just buy them. Great information!
I learned something from another video today. Some guy made compost. And he added some molasses to it. It blew my mind how many worms was in his tiny compost pile. Apparently worms love sugar. They eat the banana peelings first because bananas have a lot of sugar in it (I think). I made the worm trap as Living Earth Systems suggested but (since I don't have molasses) dissolved some sugar in my first watering. Lets see how it'll turn out. If it's not working with sugar, I might get a jar of molasses. You don't need much.
Might only squeeze in a whole over ripe banana.
Virtual Outburst I can’t follow him he goes from bucket to bucketloads bucket. Nothing in order.I feel like he’s permoting his class.
@@hermannschmitt4031 Hi Hermann : ) Just incase you're interested, worms love (and eat) BaCTeRia and YeAsTs ... and BaCTeRia land YeAsTs Love sugars!! (if ever you've made bread you might remember feeding the bread-makers yeast some sugars as part of the recipe). Pretty cool, hey!
@@SimonWoodburyForget And what about monkeys?
I stumbled upon this worm trick as well a few years ago. I grow everything in fabric pots and when I’m not using them I would put on ground with grass and would put kitchen scraps in them once a week. One day I went to dump one fabric pot out and out followed a bunch of worms. A light came on in my head and I knew my plants would be taken care of by the organic earth worm castings which is perfect for me because I don’t use any chemicals in my garden 👌🏾👌🏾.
So they ate a hole in it?
I just happened to watch this video, and noticed that I had the same bucket as your using. I then was at my friends place and saw he had 1 of the exact same ones, & he is on board with my crazy soil adventures, and gave me the bucket. I already have a skid composter half full, building it up fairly quick, and I just started it before winter, so adding a bucket of free relocated local worms will get it even more rocking and rolling. Thx. 🇨🇦👊🏻👨🏻🏭⚡💖🙏
Heres an alternative that i came upon by accident - I have a bucket where i collect food scraps. When it gets full, i usually dig a hole and dump it inside but one time it rained for a week and i couldnt get to it. When i finally went to dump the bucket there were a load of worms at the bottom where the bucket's fluid was draining out. If anyone wants a easy solution you can try this out.
Thanks I was thinking of something like this cause I noticed a ton under our trash can the other day but am just now decided to harvest so going to try and make this happen on purpose. I been wanting for a while but they were pricey and the. I thought geez sent they just living out there. 🧐😂
I've been doing this for years and I love it I call it composting in place and if I need worms to start an indoor bin before the winter I know where to look for them....
Did the bucket have holes in the bottom to let worms in?
So your saying that I should put a hole at the bottom and let it rain with the top off
Mint seems invasive in a garden or on a lawn, but it is very easily pulled up, and underneath is 3" to 6" of the most wonderful, black, beautiful soil! You will find gray earthworms nestled in and winding themselves around the mint roots. They are in LOVE with it!
Really appreciate this as I am in need of worms. Mahalo!
Thanks so much for a realistic way to catch local wprms!!
Awesome info! I definitely paid $50 for a ball of red wrigglers and want more... going to try this very soon. Might have to improvise with different buckets that we have on hand but definitely going to try it!
You are a great teacher. I can't believe you don't have more subscribers yet.
Thank you I’m going to make one this weekend we live in the country and we are making compost bins.
I saw a gent that in spring breaks an egg and throws it into his pots or garden beds near root areas, then washes it in real well until the egg you're hosing in stops foaming. Then within a week or so you could see TONS of worms climbing into the drain holes of his garden pots.
Thank you for the extensive information
This is very useful information so thank you for sharing!
NICE!!!! I found that I have those Alabama Jumpers in the spot where horse manure was....must be WONDERFUL to live in Hawaii
Thank you
So cool. Greetings from Central America. Thank you for sharing.
This is such a great idea!!!! I will try this over here in Iceland.
Seems logical and I believe it would work, but this video would be complete had you waited that 2 weeks to include showing us the ball of worms harvest you said would blow our minds.
Exactly, I was waiting to see that part 😂
Good info. Thanks man!!
My compost has all these things...
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Family likes bananas, my mustard greens grow wild naturally so it’s always in my compost, egg shells, I live in the woods so have 3 feet worth of leaves every autumn. Plus my hubby always throw his leftover night crawlers into the compost pile after fishing. Now that compost pile is so loaded with worms. And it’s right next to my garden down hill from the compost (every time it rain, nutrients auto feed the garden).
Growing up my father had his compost piles at the top of the garden with the heavy feeders in the first 2 - 3 rows.
I thought you couldnt use bait worms in a compost pile?
Super helpful! Much love 😁🤙🏼
This is exacly what i need
This video was very helpful. 😎
Great video. Take care.🐛🌱
Thank you..
vary good and easy
Thank you so much for sharing and success
Thanks a lot, will do it 🙂
Man thanks for the tutorial
Hi Eddie, I gave your channel a shout out on my channel about setting up worm traps. Hope you are all well. Thx Dan
Place several, cut in half avocados onto the surface of the castings. After a day you will notice worms gathering under the avocado halves.everyday after you will be able to scoop up with your hand a big handful of worms. Do this once a day for as many days as you would like. I got 16 hand fulls of worm in four days. And it's still giving.
Awesome tip!
good video... I'll try it
So the worms will go up into the bucket with the leaves?
I love this video but if you can't get mustard greens?
Great 👍
Thanks.
Mahalo,thx off to the patch
I something similar. Spread cow manure on the ground in the edge of the woods where it stays cool, damp and out of direct sunlight. Cover with black plastic then wait. After a week or so move plastic and dig. There will be worms in ever shovelful
Could you use comfrey leaves?
Great I need this shit so badly thank you
i noticed a 5 gallon bucket ive been using for compost is filled with worms. there are no wholes in the bucket ( to start with it was just a pail with extra dirt, i might drill holes at some point)
It made me wonder 1. even tho they are good at climbing plastic how they got into the bucket.. maybe they are good at getting around the rim too.
2. how many worms I would have id i intentionally made a worm farm/trap
3. why are there no earth worms in the dirt. I see them when it rains.
Thanks sir l want to learn more about worms and casting
That seems too easy compared to a lot of other videos I've watched. Very cost-affiant and using easy-to-get things like heck I got leaves. So I got a bucket and started soaking some leaves... I hope this works because I hated killing those last worms. Thanks for the video.
What about collar greens can you use them for the worm vent
Ok ill do it
wow so happy I stumbled across your site....exciting! Did I miss something? Did you poke holes in the first bucket? Headed to store to buy mustard, lol. Subscriber from NW Florida
Which bucket will the worms be in?
Mahalo brah I'm living in Idaho now. I really need to catch some worms.
What about attracting unwanted food eaters like roaches, ants, mice etc..?
Does the container with the leaves have holes or what is the filtration for the bottom part?
How much water a day do you use?
I m trying to follow so the two buckets have two distinct types of contents? U will find the worms in the top bucket? I guess I'm not flowing the point of the two buckets
This is just what I was looking for! Any alternative to the mustard greens? Mine won't be big enough for a few weeks.
Comfrey
I’m quite confused. How many containers are there. The first pot with the dried leaves then the box with paper
I watched it 4 times and took notes the last time. 2 buckets... these are the steps I think:
1) collect local leaves in 3 gallon bucket with holes in bottom and soak in water overnight. Also soak a bundle of mustard greens.
2) add native soil from garden and some wet paper towels on top.
3) add soaked mustard greens to top the leaves.
4) soak up the water from the mustard green buckets using paper towel or news paper and place on top (same bucket)
5) fill second bucket with more leaves and more soaked paper towel/newspaper.
6) squish leaf bucket on top of compost bucket and place both buckets where worms are.
7) water every other day and check it in 2 weeks to see bundle of worms.
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wowi maui...how do the worms get through the plastic bucket?
Make sure there are holes in the bottom.
Do you add molded coffee to help them chew ?
Laminated cardboard with molded coffee seems to work ?
How will the worm get into the container.
Through the holes in the bottom.
Does it have to be mustard greens? Will other types of green vegetables like spinach or kale work?
I would say yes. Don't know why not since he didn't give any reasons why it had to be mustard greens.
NO! Just throw any waste vegetables in the bin and you will have the same result. Worms eat rotten vegetables seating in moist dirt and shady area.
Worms will process most things. I think it's just gotta be dead organic matter.
My feral niece dug up a pet chicken's bones for some reason and found a huge ball of worms where the deceased bird had been laid to rest.
I hear that worms love eggs, but they even gobbled up the feathers. Everything but the bones from what my feral sister said.
What's with these women collecting dead stuff?
The garden plot was at least 20ft away from the defiled grave.
She left the hole and the marker for the next casualty.
The tree over the grave has grown twice as fast as the ones closer to the garden.
Can different types of earthworm live together in the same farm?
Yes, They will never hurt eachother so they would be good roomates, however they will eat eachother when they are dead.
Great information but it needs a more succinct bullet pointed format presentation complete with the points numbered One or two sentences per point. Script needed. Subscribed.
I found it helpful to watch it again and take notes. It made a lot more sense when you pause it to write down the steps!
What is the purpose of the pot with dried leaves?
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Is there a certain time of year you should or shouldn't do this?
He lives in Hawaii, so the weather there is the same all year round. I saw in another video that worms don't like it when it's too hot or when the soil is completely soaked.
How long do you wait to harvest the trap?
Can you put seaweed in it
If it is low sodium.
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put-in some over-ripe bananas and they'd be rushing in
Why specifically mustard greens? I don't have any in my garden and it's not the right time of year to grow them. I have never, seen them in any grocery store around me. They're definitely not common in the Northeast part of the United States and grocery stores won't inventory what doesn't sell. I have broccoli plant leaves and cauliflower plant leaves which are in the same family as mustard greens- brassica, would that work as well.
Early on you said "those of us in our class know about mustard greens" The other 99.99% of the world would like to know the alternative if you don't have and can't acquire mustard greens. Thank you
Yes very curious about mustard greens. I've never seen them in a market here in California either. I asked at our local farmer's market and they've never grown or seen them either!
Growing maggots in compost , no animal or food material , no foul smell . What does that mean thanks
Too much water, dry it a bit, maggots would reduce
That’s black soldier fly larvae I have millions of them and they are better eater
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Aren’t you suppose to use red wiggler worms? One video I have watch mention earth worm live deep in soil because they love cool temperature, and the red wiggler live on surface. The more video I watch the more I am confused, I can’t find unanimity
sorry my two buckets are still sitting there but no sign of worms it has been more that two weeks!!
Candy George; Do your containers have holes in the bottom? The wirms climb up through the holes from the ground where you set the bucket down..
Candy George ... remember, you're looking to catch worms (as opposed to caterpillars) and worms eat ROTTING vegetable matter as opposed to fresh (not yet decaying) matter. Perhaps the scraps still need time to become sufficiently inoculated by bacteria and yeasts etc to rot down as - contrary to what a lot of people believe (that 'worms eat our garbage',) it's actually BACTERIA, FUNGI, tiny NEMATODES etc that eat our garbage and the worms we are after will come to eat them!! Try inoculating the organic 'bait' matter you have put out with some bacteria etc by mixing in some leaf litter (esp if its got some white mold growing on it also) THAT HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE SOIL )AND HAS STARTED DECOMPOSING. (that is, add 'leaf mold') Good Luck ... hope this helps!
SO HOW DOES IT TRAP WORMS????
I don't understand the point of the leaf litter bucket on top? Nightcrawlers get their food from the surface and pull it down into the soil below. Wouldn't you put the leaf litter on the bottom to collect the worms in?
So what if I don’t have mustard greens?
Rabbit coops or bird coops are full under the cages too. Just find a breeder!
From the beginning what is all the please give me the ingredients to make earth worms
I live in Southern Spain. My soil is like cement and in 12 years of living here I've only ever seen one worm and that was at my other house🤦🏻♀️😭. I'd love to have worms in my garden, especially in my veggie patch,but I don't think that this is going to work for me😭
You'll be surprised. If you saw me me worm, more may come if there's food and moisture.
Have you tried doing a deep mulch of something organic? Worms need at least one layer of something moist to crawl around in since they can’t dry out or be exposed to the sun. I put down cardboard and about 5 inches of wood chips last fall and now I have lots of worms. They love eating the cardboard and the woodchips hold on to the rain for a really long time.
Look under dry cow patties - lots of wrigglers under them lol
Do you know Vince Mina...???
I would recommend avoiding composting any material treated with Bleach (pure white paper), Glue (often found in cardboard), and/or Ink.
Another place to get red worms is in a septic tank.
If you want the biology in good numbers you need to add some kind of manure for your worm bin.
Paper towels with poop's 💩?
One word-Biochar.
Last of the great white hunters trapping worms. Dont use bleached paper towels and no color printed news papers
I don't see the trap results
Wait are you showing us how to compost or get worms-
This is how to get worms, but the worms will compost what is in the bucket.
I don't see any worms. All I see is some guy claiming he knows what he's talking about.
You didn’t let people see any worm in your compost containers . Is that truth.? If is truth why did not you show worm have been in black buckets ?
man... this backtracking without finishing what your are talking about. way to much for me
Blah, Blah, Blah!!!
In Kitimat British Columbia, Canada, when ever it rains out I just walk around the streets and pick up the worms and put them in my garden and green house.
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Are flies attracted to this? I just started composting my kitchen scraps and there's SO many flies that hang out at the bucket I use. I'm new to gardening and don't mind some bugs but swarms of flies are not something I can get used to at the moment.🫨🤢