Huge Worm Casting Harvest In My Urban Worm Bag | Vermicompost Worm Farm

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

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  • @Vermicompost
    @Vermicompost  Год назад

    Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel!
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  •  Год назад +1

    Thank you very much for translating the title and description of the video into Portuguese. A hug from your subscriber here in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      I'm so happy it worked!! Hopefully the closed caption translated as well! My grandmother was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro coming to the United States when she was 30. I hope to visit Brazil soon with my family! Thanks so much for watching and letting me know the translations are working!!🪱🪱🪱
      Estou tão feliz que funcionou!! Esperançosamente, a legenda oculta também foi traduzida! Minha avó nasceu e foi criada no Rio de Janeiro e veio para os Estados Unidos aos 30 anos. Espero visitar o Brasil em breve com minha família! Muito obrigado por assistir e me informar que as traduções estão funcionando!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @nickthegardener.1120
    @nickthegardener.1120 Год назад +1

    Hi Patrick the castings look awesome, nice and crumbly. Great video.🤠👍

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад

      Thanks Nick!!! So good to see the castings look like that on the second harvest!! This might be my new favorite bin...don't tell the others!! Thank you so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @PlantObsessed
    @PlantObsessed Год назад +3

    That is very interesting about the hurricane and the worms. That system looks great. So cool your son thinks about the worms when he is unpacking his presents.Nice T-shirt 😂🪱😄👍🏼

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +3

      I thought you might like my T-Shirt 😂🤣😂 Just my subliminal hint to have everyone go watch your channel after this video!! My son told me this weekend they are thinking about starting a worm bin...I told him as long as we get some grandkids and the worms don't replace their instinct to care for something other than themselves😂 Thanks so much for stopping by to watch Ann...Now it's over to your channel to see if I'm all caught up!!🪱🪱🪱

    • @PlantObsessed
      @PlantObsessed Год назад

      @@Vermicompost so are you an official empty nester now? Now I have to get my son to take the grandcats are great, but people ones are better. Lol.

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +2

      We are official empty nesters...but I suppose our youngest may come home for the summers, the middle son graduates this Spring so he is off to the races after graduation!! Grandcats😂🤣😂

  • @A-V
    @A-V Год назад +3

    That was funny when you came to the realization of what 'pitted' means - haha!! So much interesting bedding nowadays 👍🏻 Such a cute little wiener doggie! :) Nice harvest!

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Pitted...it just sounds like pits put into something🤣😂🤣The Executive Producer was no help on that one!! Mini is a good little weiner hound!! I've had to cut her out of a couple of videos when she's gotten curious but no chance on this one!! Thanks for stopping by AV!!🪱🪱🪱

    • @A-V
      @A-V Год назад +1

      :)

  • @joesoutdoorplaces
    @joesoutdoorplaces Год назад +1

    That is the first time I’ve seen a harvest from a bag type vermicompost maker. The compost was amazing.

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад

      Thanks Joe!! I was real impressed with what came out!! If I can get that much every 30 days then this will be a real game changer for me when it comes to my garden and maybe even my lawn!! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @sowgroweat6987
    @sowgroweat6987 Год назад +1

    Lovely and clear on how to harvest thanks

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад

      Thank you!! I appreciate the feedback!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and pass on the good words!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @GardeningwithBarchuckin
    @GardeningwithBarchuckin Год назад +1

    Nice harvest Patrick. 15 pounds is great for the second attempt. I like using the Vermihut tray to help harvest castings. The worms should love that feeding and the bedding. 😁🪱🪱

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Thanks Rick!! Having an extra VermiHut tray is a game changer!! I'm thinking I may be able to go even bigger on the feedings as the worms increase their population...this may be a big winter of castings come December!! I'm loving this Urban Worm Bag!! Thanks so much for 🪱🪱🪱

  • @tory464
    @tory464 Год назад +1

    💚👍nice!

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment Tory!! I always appreciate seeing your messages!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @clivesconundrumgarden
    @clivesconundrumgarden Год назад +1

    Pitted Olives 😂😂😂
    Gotta admit, this system is looking better and better brother (as advertised)
    I wonder if there's a way to agitated them up, in the bag 🤔🤔
    15 lbs per harvest is awsomeness!!
    Cheers J&C 🌱🤞👍🤜🤛🇺🇸

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Reverse agitation method🤔 I think things will get better as far as worms in the castings once I can stop cooling it down with frozen water bottles that "sweat" like crazy in our humidity, adding lots of moisture to the bin. I think they are attracted to the moisture and relative coolness down there. A year from now I'll have this system humming (and hopefully indoors if I can convince Autumn!!) Thanks so much for stopping by to watch J&C!!🪱🪱🪱 🤜🤛

    • @clivesconundrumgarden
      @clivesconundrumgarden Год назад +2

      @@Vermicompost great points and good luck 🤞🍁🍂🤜🤛

  • @TV-us3xs
    @TV-us3xs Год назад +2

    ❤️💃your video is amazing very good I want to be with you ❤❤❤❤

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      시청해 주셔서 정말 감사합니다. 귀하의 지원에 감사드립니다.🪱🪱🪱

    • @TV-us3xs
      @TV-us3xs Год назад +2

      Thank you for coming my friend 💜💜💜

  • @mikkosgarden
    @mikkosgarden Год назад +1

    great harvest, my "executive producer" said that that system is way better than mine!..... on another note, you were correct about the extra worms from my black bin harvest, I've been finding a bunch each time I go through them.

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      😂🤣😂 We are so lucky to have our EP's helping us out!! Every time I count I am astonished at how many worms are in the castings...your black bin is a worm making factory!! Thanks so much for dropping by Mikko!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @TheWormWhisperer
    @TheWormWhisperer Год назад +1

    Excellent video, and your right there is just no method that I have ever used that can get 100% of those worms out of there. I typically just pick mine out, but I seem to always find baby ones when I go to use my castings. It never fails! :)

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +2

      😀 So true!! An easy method of getting 100% of the worms out is the holy grail of worm farming! Even after I bait out my storage container, I end up finding more! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch, I love your channel!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @vesgardens
    @vesgardens Год назад +1

    Ooh, nice harvest!! I bet your garden is thriving! Do you just the castings on top? Mix it in? Make your own soil mix? 👀

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +2

      Thank you!! We have starting seedlings for our fall garden with some of the vermicompost. I also make worm casting tea and make and refresh my potting mixes with the worm castings...it's so great not to have to buy potting soil or garden soil for the garden!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @davidmacdonald6807
    @davidmacdonald6807 Год назад +1

    Should just screen the castings through the tray back into your mortar tray and dump the worms out into the urbaan bag

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад

      Yes! That is a fantastic way to get the worms and castings separated! I've been trying this agitation technique for a little while and it takes less active time for me as I only have to agitate them for about a minute 4-5 times and scrape off the castings. Thanks so much for passing on your technique and of course thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @RockinWorms
    @RockinWorms Год назад +1

    Hi Patrick! Nice video! I’m enjoying seeing how the worm bag is progressing. You didn’t mention cocoons. Do you try to ‘save’ them or do they go out to the garden with the castings?

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Thank you Jayne!! I do run a cocoon nursery with my VermiHut worm castings sometimes to allow them time to hatch, but I usually throw my other castings into storage and put a bait cup in there to get the other worms I miss. I think many of the cocoons hatch and eventually end up as worms in my bait cups because I go in fits and spirts with using castings...so they usually have plenty of time to hatch. Great question!! Thanks so much for dropping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @rickjay4639
    @rickjay4639 Год назад +1

    A while back you picked out some black soldier fly larvae out of your outside bin. Did you ever have a bigger problem with the larvae? I am having a hard time getting keeping them out of my worm bin. They are close to taking it over. Is there anything you can think of to get rid of them. I've been picking them out but can't keep up with it. The problem with them is that they eat all the worm food. Any advice would be appreciated.

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад

      I have actually not seen any BSFL in my Outdoor worm bin in a while. When I first saw them I started plucking them out and I think that helped a little but I think the real reason is because it is too difficult for the BSFL to pupate and become flies after they get laid in my bin. They get lost among the flaps of the bin as they try to move away form the contents of the bin when they get old enough to go into the pupae stage. So I think a good solution for you will be to pluck as many as you can out. Then get some netting or a lid (with holes with netting over it so the bin can breath) that will trap any left inside the bin, and keep the flies from getting in from outside. If they can't pupate, which they don't like to do inside the bin, they can't become flies and if the flies can't get in to lay more eggs you will break their life cycle. You can also stop feeding the bin any food scraps and just stick to bedding for a good 3-4 weeks. Carefully monitor the moisture level and you should see the BSFL reduce in numbers to the point you can pluck them out. The worms will be fine eating the bedding where as the BSF's will find something better to lay their eggs on. I hope these techniques give you some relief!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

    • @rickjay4639
      @rickjay4639 Год назад +1

      Thanks for the great advice

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад

      @@rickjay4639 My pleasure! One more thing...I do have a mosquito dunk in my rain barrel which is where I get the water to wet down my Outdoor Worm Bin. They prevent the mosquitos, gnats & fruit flies from making it to the fly stage...I haven't heard of them being used for BSF, but that may because they aren't a nuisance fly to anyone but worm farmers!! Just thinking this could also be another reason why I haven't seen any this year after the initial ones.

  • @eq4175
    @eq4175 Год назад +1

    I used to have a urban worm bag many years ago but got rid of if because it was tough to keep the contents evenly moist and the zipper on the bottom was really tough to unzip when it got full. I ended up breaking the zipper pull. Does anyone know if the zipper is still tough to unzip when full?

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Great question! At some point they made a modification to the bottom of the Urban Worm Bag and took out the zipper down below. I'm not sure if they are on their second or third version but the one I purchased in December of 2022 has no bottom zipper. It has a draw string with a plastic cinching device and a bottom cover that has 4 buckles and 4 strips of velcro to keep it secure. I just keep this bottom cover off and leave the mortar tray underneath it. It sounds like they listened to the feedback and improved the UWB. I haven't had any trouble with the top zipper and I bought some of the cross straps to help with the sturdiness of the frame...one of the other issues that people mentioned in the earlier versions. I haven't had any issues with moisture so far but I have only had it for 8 months and two harvests. I'll definitely be looking out for any issues like that but so far so good with this version. Thanks so much for passing on your experience with the UWB and thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @debbiegarrett2035
    @debbiegarrett2035 Год назад +8

    I am on vacation and I have a problem. I can’t quit saving my food scraps. I can’t turn off my brain. It’s tough. While in upper New York I even called a worm farm to see if they knew someone that might want my scraps. He did say I could bring them to him for free and even get a tour of his farm. He was so nice. I didn’t get to do that we were heading out and couldn’t make it to his farm. I had to throw those scraps IN THE TRASH. We are still on vacation In Maine for a couple of days then head out again. I have a bag of scraps in my freezer again and my husband tells me that I’m going to have to get rid of it soon. We will be gone until the last of this month. Do you or any of your viewers have my problem? What do you do about it?

    • @rondavis2791
      @rondavis2791 Год назад +4

      Lol people look at me funny at work for saving the coffee grounds and saving my scraps. I can't help it I can't throw it away.

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +6

      That's so funny!! While we were up in Massachusetts for my son's wedding, Autumn had to let me know I should stop collecting the toilet paper cardboard tubes, lightly used napkins, apple cores and banana peals😂🤣😂 It almost hurt to throw that stuff away!! So I guess I have to admit I do have a problem and the solution is my wife telling me to stop!!!!! I think Peggy Helbling from @peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 actually did save stuff for her worms on a recent vacation! Thanks for the good laugh, I'm very interested to read the comments this generates!!!! & thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +4

      😂🤣😂 It's just so hard to resist!! So glad it's not just me! Thanks for stopping by to watch Ron!!🪱🪱🪱

    • @debbiegarrett2035
      @debbiegarrett2035 Год назад +3

      I’m so glad it’s not just me. I’ve even thought about burying it but I don’t think the KOA camp sites would appreciate it. We will have to go to “Worm Anonymous “

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +2

      😂

  • @annsalty5615
    @annsalty5615 Год назад +1

    Very nice!
    And cracked me up on the pitted olives. I can see where is confusing as I have made the same mistake. 😂🪱🪱🪱

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Just glad I haven't bit hard onto a non pitted olive with all the confusion I have😂🤣😂 Thanks for taking the time to watch Ann!!🪱🪱🪱

  • @peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920
    @peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 Год назад +3

    Good morning and great video ❤
    You really have gotten some good methods of feeding and Harvesting in your 2 years of being a Worm Dad ❤🪱❤️
    ❤Peggy❤

    • @Vermicompost
      @Vermicompost  Год назад +1

      Thanks Peggy! It's been a fun ride since my early days of finding worms amongst the heavily mulched bushes at our church after school to producing my own garden and potting soil with these amazing creatures!! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

    • @peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920
      @peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 Год назад +2

      @Vermicompost You really have succeeded, My Friend ❤️🪱❤️