What happened to the Subpod : Updates Vermicomposting with the Subpod
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2023
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It's been 10 months since I installed the Subpod. 1st time was a failure, but I show you how things are progressing now.
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What is Vermicomposting?
Have you ever heard of vermicomposting? If you haven't, it's time to learn about this amazing process! Vermicomposting is a type of composting that uses worms to break down organic matter. This can include things like food scraps, coffee grounds, and eggshells. The worms eat the organic matter and their waste helps to fertilize the soil. Vermicomposting is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint and provide nourishment for your plants. You can also get worms from Uncle Jim's. Once you have your worms, simply add them to your container with some organic matter and let them do their work! With a little patience and care, you'll soon have rich, nutrient-filled compost for your gardens.
What is a Subpod
The Subpod Vermicomposting Bin is a system that makes vermicomposting easy and convenient. You can place in a raised garden bed or directly in the ground. It has holes that allow the worms to travel in and out of the bin. With Subpod, you can quickly and easily turn your kitchen scraps into valuable compost.
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Thank you for the shout out. I'm glad your shoulder is better. I made my own garden worm tower that never needs to be emptied. 4 inch sewer pipe. Screen cap.
That is awesome! Thank you. And you're welcome. I appreciate all the great info you share.
Hi Michelle, thanks for sharing!
You're welcome. I'll be ordering again soon. Thanks for the great service.
Thanks
I found some worms in my seed/potting mix last spring and about once a week I dig a small hole and put in a few scraps with some shredded brown of some sort if needed. They've hung out all summer and winter so far, which I was surprised, so I just keep feeding them and using the soil on the other side of the tote for seedlings or potting up. Once I get to the bottom I turn (so I remember what side is what) around the tote, fill it up with new compost, core, and vermiculite then continue adding scraps and bedding. The worms seem to change sides all on their own. I haven't had to spend anything extra. There aren't a tun of worms like in some verma pics and videos I've seen but there is more than my husband likes 🤣
That's great. Thank you for sharing. Love finding worms in the garden. Yes!
Glad your healed enough to use the airater!..maybe put tall plants to shade the box?
Thanks, Mike. Good idea on plantings. I haven't decided what's going back in here yet.
Michelle, I use 5 gallon buckets with holes drilled in the bottom and about 1/2 way up the sides. I have four of them in different raised beds. The earthworms come in and out from the ground, I’ve never bought any worms. I keep adding kitchen scraps until the bucket is full. I’ll top off the buckets a couple of times and then stop feeding the buckets, in around six months everything is for the most part broken down, I then empty the buckets and screen the compost and put back anything not totally broken down.
Looking forward to the video when you empty your subpod to see the texture of the compost.
Great tips. Thank you. I definitely want to get better results.
try feeding in zones instead of just tossing the food on top (this helps you know if they ate the last feeding enough to give more food)
you can use leaves for bedding if you dont want to use shredded cardboard and paper it helps having bedding.
get in there with your hands and throw that aerator away! :)
Great tips. Thank you.
I am about 45 miles north of Memes in Moultrie Ga where are you
I'm in NE Florida. 😀
do the instructions say to wet it down? just wondering because it looks a little dry. i would love to get one of those! i have a regular worm bin. thank you so much for sharing!
Great question there are some guidelines for keeping the bed more moist. Definitely it needed more moisture after I shot this video.
My husband used a 50 gallon food grade bucket that came with the lid. He built a stand and put big casters on it facing up and placed the bin/bucket on the top, so it rolls. He took a 6" PVC pipe and cut it in half long ways. He mounted them inside the bin on opposite sides of the walls, so when we turn the bin the PVC catches the compost matter and mixes it better... we just unloaded our 1st load of finished compost and got over 50 lbs of "black gold".😃 he needs do do a few tweaks to it before we start loading it again, but I think said and done we've got about $50 in it. We had some lumber that we reused for the frame, so that did save us money...👍👍✌✌🦩🦩🦩
That's fantastic. That sounds awesome. Thank you.
Hey Michelle! I haven't investigated the cost of one of those composters. I wonder if one could be made with a lidded laundry basket? That might be over-simplifying, and maybe laundry basket plastic wouldn't last. Maybe, like you mentioned, a five gallon bucket with holes drilled in it. Seems like a lot of care and effort. I hope the benefit is worth it. Have a great day!
The Subpod is around $220 last I looked. I do worry that a laundry basket would break down faster. The Plus of the subpod, as I recall, is that the plastic is BPA free. Thanks for the suggestion. Whoot.
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I use 5 gallon food grade buckets with holes drilled in bottom and halfway up the sides, buried in four raised beds, it works fantastic, been using these for over five years.
Thanks, Darry. Great to know.
@@darrybush5293 Thanks for the testimony, Darry! I use buckets to grow veggies, haven't tried to make a subpod yet.
@@michelleinthemeadow Oh, the type of plastic...oops. Definitely need food grade. Like the 5 gal buckets I use, and I'll bet Darry's buckets are food grade too.
Michelle are your air holes at the top free of dirt the ones in front look to be covered
Thank you. Great point. We are resetting it soon, and I'll be mindful of that.
Looks ok but I'd just use a small shovel. I don't have one so I just dig a deep hole and put compost directly into the beds. That works fine for us. I have the same problem as you. One shoulder operated on and the other starting to bother me so turning that gadget just isn't useful. :(
Great idea. Thank you for sharing. Good luck with your shoulder, too.
@@michelleinthemeadow Honestly buckets and that unit are useless for us. I just dig holes and put the scraps directly in the raised beds. I also have half food grade plastic barrels I grow in. When the season is done I just keep putting kitchen scraps, paper towels, toilet paper tubes etc directly in different areas of the raised beds and in the center of the barrels. The barrels I pin a pizza box over the whole barrel. (shade) Since the worms have all that area to go up and down they need with large holes in the bottom of the barrels. It works great and is free. The only thing I bought was a small shovel at Ace Hardware. I'll turn them before planting this spring. I am getting Birdies and Vego beds like you. I love the different shapes I can do with Vego and their frost and greenhouse cover units. I also have chickens and their litter has really been beneficial.
It looks a little too wet in there. Personally I would put some shredded paper in there
Thank you. It is time for some paper in there. How wet should it be? I thought it seemed dry.
@@michelleinthemeadow it should be about as wet as a wrung out sponge. Only as wet that you could not squeeze out more than a few drops.
Plant obsessed is correct. It could be just how the camera shows it but it looks wet instead of damp. Shredded paper also helps with your aeration.
@@PlantObsessed Thank you!
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