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Examining a worm bin after one year of not watching it closely - Pot worm infestation!
Due to other factors in life, for over a year I have more or less neglected this worm bin, they have been fed periodically but not maintained the way I normally would.
in this video, I take a close look at it and see what's been happening and how the worms in it are doing. I make a shocking discovery, more pot worms than I have ever seen before.
Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos!
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If you would like to support our worm farm project you can by doing any of the following things!
Donate to the project through PayPal: westmountainorganic@gmail.com
You can also become a Patron and receive a discount on our worm castings as well as other products in the future: www.patreon.com/WMOwormfarm
We also have an Etsy Store: www.etsy.com/shop/WestMountainOrganic
Tools and instruments used at the worm farm:
Compost Thermometer: amzn.to/2OOFjrh
3-in-1 PH Meter: amzn.to/2S3m13a
Better PH meter: amzn.to/31wjSQI
Soil Moisture Sensor: amzn.to/39cZ5UN
Hand Cultivator: amzn.to/39bm031
Short Probe Thermometer: amzn.to/37aoxsR
Helpful products for starting your own home worm bins and making them thrive:
Coconut Coir: amzn.to/31uSTVN
Kelp Meal: amzn.to/31wWC57
Peat Moss: amzn.to/31DGU8j
Diatomaceous Earth: amzn.to/2Uw1LZJ
Neem cake: amzn.to/2tx9SKm
Oyster Shell: amzn.to/2H7jEpD
Crab Meal (a great source of Chitin): amzn.to/2SmPHY0
Note: A lot of the above products are great as additives for help your worms thrive and create the best worm castings for you.
Worms of course: amzn.to/2SqvekZ
Some more useful items:
Paper and Cardboard Shredder: amzn.to/39e6L9l
Hand Sprayer: amzn.to/2H1vIJd
Reusable Gloves: amzn.to/383JFCo
Fly Paper (Great to put on the bottom of your worm bin lids): amzn.to/2veFUex
*You won’t pay any more or less when using these links but I will receive a small commission for your purchase if you buy something after clicking one. A lot of these links are for things that I use at my worm farm but also for things that are useful if you want to get into raising worms at home.*
Remember to compost your amazon boxes!!
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Crisis Averted! - I have the correct compost worms for my climate this time.
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After a disappointing purchase from a supplier that I didn't know much about that gave me the incorrect type of worms - th-cam.com/video/M2mxgM4-RTg/w-d-xo.html. I found an honest supplier that delivered an amazing product and the correct species. Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos! I got these great worms from Lakeshore Vermicomposting - www....
I am still alive and I'm back
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it has been over 6.5 months since my last video. Life got really crazy and busy for me, I had more on my plate than I could manage, I know I'm not alone there. It's been a hard year but things are looking up. I will be making content again, too soon to tell how often but I will not be disappearing again. Many people reached out to me to see how I was and to make sure I was ok. I am grateful for...
Don't let this happen to you! I got sent the wrong species of compost worms.
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I made this video to highlight something that is too common of a problem in the worm farming community. It's a bad practice that is dishonest and can waste people's time and effort. Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos! Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagram: westmountainorganic Facebook: facebook.com...
What are the ideal conditions for compost worms?
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In this video, I add more worms to the farm (last time I promise) and I go over what I have found are the best conditions for red wiggler worms. Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos! Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagram: westmountainorganic Facebook: westmountainorganic/ Website: westmo...
How I use worm castings in my garden when I first plant.
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Just a quick video as I hurry and plant my garden before it gets dark. This is how I use worm castings in my garden when I plant starters. Castings are for sale now on my website: westmountainorganic.com/collections/castings Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos! Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagram: ...
Checking up on the worm farm and finding out some of my monitoring equipment is faulty
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I have a habit of having to check on my worms a short time after I add any to the beds. Last year's disaster has made me extra cautious. I also found out some of my monitoring equipment has quit working... Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagram: westmountainorganic Facebook: westmountainorganic/ Website: westmountainorganic.com/ If you w...
Taking a break to spend some time in the mountains foraging - searching for Morel Mushrooms
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Tooks a trip up to the mountains to do some foraging, we were hoping to find morels but ended up finding other treats instead. Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos! Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagram: westmountainorganic Facebook: westmountainorganic/ Website: westmountainorganic.com/
Finally getting back out to the worm farm after a long two weeks of not being able to.
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It's been a busy couple week, I've hardly had time to take care of the farm, luckily one of my friends who helps me with it kept everything in order while I was gone and even fixed our crumbling casting sifting trommel. It's good to be back! Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos! Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagra...
Quick Worm Farm Update - I thought I lost my worms again!
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I was able to get out to the worm farm for some quick maintenance and water and to check on the worms. I had a bit of a scare at first. Sorry, the last few videos have been lacking any real good content, I have a few videos in the pipeline that are taking longer to finish than I had expected they would. I'm still trying to keep up a better more consistent posting schedule though so I'm just giv...
Checking up on the easy worm bin - 3 weeks later
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Just a quick check-up on the super simple worm bin I set up a few weeks ago. And showing that worms do in fact like onions.
Checking up on the worm farm - I added more worms
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I finally started buying worms to re-seed the farm with. This is necessary due to losing so many worms to mistakes last year. I also set a goal for this summer that I hope to reach. I have a feeling this year on the worm farm will be much better and faster-moving than last year! Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe! Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagr...
Worm Farm Update: Fixing broken pipes and finally adding worms to the new farm section!
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I head out to the worm farm to stave off cabin fever, I finally fix my ice damaged hose connection and I take the plunge to start adding worms to the new worm farm windrow. Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe! Contact or Follow Me: Email: westmountainorganic@gmail.com Instagram: westmountainorganic Facebook: westmountainorganic/ Website: westmountainorg...
Easy Worm Bin! - don't overthink it, just do it.
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If you want to start your own worm bin for making worm castings or just to limit waste, it's easy and you don't need to overthink it, you just need to get started! Some of the advice I give in this video might be controversial, and that's fine. It's not really a by-the-book guide but shows people how simple it really can be to get started. Try copper tape! One inch wide: amzn.to/3awtFcY 2 inch ...
Worm farm spring cleaning!!! - And de-winterizing last years worm bed!
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With all this extra time on my hands, it seemed like a good time to do a bit of cleaning at the worm farm, so I did. I also decided to de-winterize the old worm bed because it was so insulated it wasn't warming back up. Also since it's 2020 (aka the year from hell) winter decided to show up again this week and we had a hard freeze that broke my hose attachment and killed most of the worms I add...
Short spring worm farm update: Did the worms I added survive in the new food and bedding?
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Short spring worm farm update: Did the worms I added survive in the new food and bedding?
Spring is almost here so it's time to reactivate the worm farm! - Testing our new worm food!
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Spring is almost here so it's time to reactivate the worm farm! - Testing our new worm food!
A great and easy way to keep worms from escaping worm bins!?
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A great and easy way to keep worms from escaping worm bins!?
EXPERIMENT: Finding the best mix ratio of worm castings to potting soil
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EXPERIMENT: Finding the best mix ratio of worm castings to potting soil
What we are going to feed our compost worms this year! We already have tons of worm food already!
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What we are going to feed our compost worms this year! We already have tons of worm food already!
Making an inactive compost pile heat up again - solving common hot composting problems
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Making an inactive compost pile heat up again - solving common hot composting problems
What are pot worms? - A close look at these mysterious white worms!
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What are pot worms? - A close look at these mysterious white worms!
Bagging My First Order Of Worm Castings
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Bagging My First Order Of Worm Castings
Sifting Worm Castings At The Worm Farm
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Sifting Worm Castings At The Worm Farm
Microscopic View Of Worms, Mites, Springtails, And Other Organisms Living In Vermicompost
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Microscopic View Of Worms, Mites, Springtails, And Other Organisms Living In Vermicompost
Why I started my home worm bins - And a microscopic view of vermicompost
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Why I started my home worm bins - And a microscopic view of vermicompost
Large Scale Worm Farm - Winter Update - Signs of Life!!!
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Large Scale Worm Farm - Winter Update - Signs of Life!!!
Small White Worms in my Worm Farm? A Look at Pot Worms!
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Small White Worms in my Worm Farm? A Look at Pot Worms!
How to winterize a worm farm - Over wintering compost worms.
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How to winterize a worm farm - Over wintering compost worms.
Problems at the worm farm - Part 4 - Conclusion to the compost worm die off and a recap
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Problems at the worm farm - Part 4 - Conclusion to the compost worm die off and a recap

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  • @dfabella85
    @dfabella85 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Do you do migration technic?

  • @tucker2074
    @tucker2074 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankyou

  • @Dobromir_Chodkowski
    @Dobromir_Chodkowski หลายเดือนก่อน

    There was never an update. This video is a waste of time

  • @louisvello2513
    @louisvello2513 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Proper moisture and good bedding they won't try to escape. I have 18 bins, and I never leave a light on the bins are in total darkness and no escape's

  • @southsidemikevlogs
    @southsidemikevlogs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope your doing good brother

  • @timnic3850
    @timnic3850 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You might find interesting on Worm farms in Vietnam. You'd get the gist of it by watching and they are very good at it.

  • @Drchoc-e3l
    @Drchoc-e3l 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Concrete pad !? Why what are you thinking, waist of money for something to just get dug up .. Worms wont like it, water will eat away at it. At least paint / spray it with some food grade plastic coating my friend. Imagine you've just competed in a marathon, now think of how sensitive the skin of a worm is, now imagine your balls similar to a worms skin have been getting chaffed all day from the marathon now you come home and have a shower you use some lynx body wash not the best stuff in fact it burns your balls now just think how the worms feel from the high Alkalinity as the concrete pad becomes saturated with water and starts to break down at the bottom of your worm pile. Now its not very nice to treat your worms in such a way you certainly would want to avoid putting on any aftershave or lynx body wash on your chaffed balls!

  • @StrawberryRiverRedWigglers
    @StrawberryRiverRedWigglers 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well how's the farm going after a few years

  • @TruFrag
    @TruFrag 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a bunch of these appear one day in my millipede encloser. Good to know I can use them as a warning that the calcium levels are getting too low and I need to powder up another eggshell or perhaps ill give Cuttlebone a try.

  • @donaldschwass9912
    @donaldschwass9912 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice video, very informative. like how you covered all possible issues

  • @leonmorris5602
    @leonmorris5602 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the separation video, we’re is your drainage set up for worm tea? Maybe there’s no escape for moisture resulting in clumping matter?

  • @unidentifiedaventador
    @unidentifiedaventador 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    bro come back we need the results man

  • @ShriOrganics
    @ShriOrganics 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you say large scale... we sell that kind of amount on a weekly basis 😂 Currently working on a 2 Acre space and looking to grow more...

  • @jjonson8080
    @jjonson8080 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happened to the channel

  • @janetdonaldson2632
    @janetdonaldson2632 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have watched a few videos about vermicomposting. Worms usually want to escape when something is not good in their environment. The worms most likely are wating to escape your bin because worms do not like light. Your box is opaque and therefore lets light in. Also, worms needs plenty of air. So make sure you plenty of holes for ventilation. You can add screen inside to keep them from escaping. There are many other reasons they may want to escape:. too hott, too cold, ph wrong, overfeeding, too wet, too dry, wrong food, incompatible bedding, etc. If you get their home and food right they shouldnt want to escape.

  • @Stephaniesninthstudio
    @Stephaniesninthstudio 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the close-up. I’m trying to determine if I’m seeing these or maggots. Can you tell me how these look different?

  • @kdog543
    @kdog543 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting experiments and thank you for allowing veiwers to watch for this is one of the things i been wondering about and so many ingredients and measures to soil so this is beneficial to the grower and gardening in pots.🪴💜I've heard about toxicity build up at times from wormcastings or bad mixes too and no soil testing or for acidity spikes that sometimes shows toxic levels happening more toxicity the more acidity mixture get for example from old zchool growing information.?

  • @plantsoverpills1643
    @plantsoverpills1643 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have an expensive worm bin and the worms didn’t like it at all. They kept trying to get out. And would literally cluster all over the underside of the lid. So I just relied on worms in my compost bins and it was great for about 2 years… loads of worms. This year 2024, no worms in our organic garden or in our organic compost bin. Last year tons of worms. I don’t use anything toxic…no pressure treated lumber, no sprays of any kinds…just weeds and kitchen waste. Up to last year, I was using cardboard with very positive results as mulch on very weed challenging areas. After eliminating all the causes for no worms I’m left with cardboard use. I’ve done it for years with better than good results. But this year, I can only conclude that chemicals used in the recycling and manufacturing of cardboard is hurting the worms. Although I’ve read that studies have shown that worms can neutralize toxins in soil, they can only do so much. I will add that friend who have not used cardboard have no worms either.

  • @John-r5o1s
    @John-r5o1s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don’t go fishing then, worms get chopped up as attractant for fish and hooked for bait. 😮

  • @simonwilson4727
    @simonwilson4727 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hi guys get a speed controller for that sifter to slow it down, you will get more fine grade stuff then.

  • @howardmcmeekin869
    @howardmcmeekin869 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Worms want to eat what you want to eat. Would you appreciate a diet of paper? No way. They want fruit and veggies like you do. Recycle your paper elsewhere Feed your worms real food, they will reward you.

  • @RafaelamonX
    @RafaelamonX 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At first when i see them i see them as pinworms or other parasites 😂

  • @isubiez
    @isubiez 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Iv nvr bought worms I started with just throwing a bunch of worms in a old cat litter box with a strainer for the cat litter and left that bitch out side and threw dog shit dumped water in to it when I cared and when I found a worm it got thrown in and then I also had compost piles for my dogs shit and found some worms in one of those and kinda slowly made them in to their own bucket but still had that first bin still randomly throwing food and shit in it and then I got more in to this so I took that bin and slowly cleaned it up stop putting shit in it and I kid u not it’s now turned into my main bin I care for have nvr added a single worm to it since caring for it and it’s nothing but red wigglers and I also have a tote of a bunch of worms with every back yard species and I run like a red wiggler worm farm and started fluffing it up and not having that thick mud layer at the bottom and since then iv noticed it’s getting more populated with red wigglers and less of the earth worms at the bottom due to not having a watery layer for them to go to but I now have 2 huge totes one with all red wigglers the og one and the other One that I made from trying to do a worm farm while still throwing the worms I find out side in it and iv nvr bought a single worm and I can now start to take some for breeding soon when I find another tote to use iv not bought one thing during this process

  • @garrypienaar767
    @garrypienaar767 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The part with your dog was amazing, put a smile on my face.

  • @engr.ziyana.hameed1421
    @engr.ziyana.hameed1421 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope you can use a fork to collect Worms without dying. By the way i wonder how your dog making that sound tuck tuck tuck 😂

  • @Sirsmokesalot304
    @Sirsmokesalot304 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You know that shit didn't last long untreated wood straight in the dirt,a year if that is about all its lasting lmfao

  • @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde
    @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe that I might've found parasites in my dirt. It could be pot worms; however, they look thinner and move in round-like motions.

  • @theradgamerx
    @theradgamerx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Look like tape worm

  • @Drew-is5or
    @Drew-is5or 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well what the hell happened?

  • @sonnymery4193
    @sonnymery4193 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why do so many youtubers say you should never pour water directly into the worm bin?

  • @philiphapeshis1226
    @philiphapeshis1226 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I ordered 1000 European night crawlers they are 500 to a bag .I have a 27 gallon tote set up for each bag which will be 500 worms.Will this be plenty of room?

  • @philiphapeshis1226
    @philiphapeshis1226 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have multiple compost bins so Have already made totes so how many should I buy to start with for bait?

  • @astraltraveler2725
    @astraltraveler2725 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. 👍

  • @spinderella3602
    @spinderella3602 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you keep the flies and bugs out of there?

  • @0MochiBear0
    @0MochiBear0 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Has anyone ever had a mosquito infestation in their wormery?

  • @wingsandbeaksbirder2312
    @wingsandbeaksbirder2312 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍🏼😊

  • @wingsandbeaksbirder2312
    @wingsandbeaksbirder2312 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great, informative video. Thanks for sharing your time and expertise!😊

  • @aaronjoseph7573
    @aaronjoseph7573 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A little confused... start a worm bin with next to nothing: tub, shredded paper, an also all of the conents from a previously established worm bin..

  • @koltoncrane3099
    @koltoncrane3099 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video! A long trommel is one of two good designs I’ve seen. The second design is a shaker table with like 1/8” mesh on the first three feet and then a few feet of 3/16” or 1/4” on the end portion. It was couple grand for the shaker table so I didn’t buy one but it was a good design for separating worms. Worm eggs, and bigger material using two different sizes of mesh and then collecting the worms at the very end.

  • @gabevanek4458
    @gabevanek4458 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You could fill sections of old garden hose with sand to weigh down edges of the garden cloth. Or rebaar. It’d save you time on staking it.

  • @Rahul-yi5ds
    @Rahul-yi5ds 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am from India I .that to sell vermicompost for India

  • @dyonisis7681
    @dyonisis7681 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    next time just mix either in a bathtub for big bulk or a giant wok or rubber maid container. We don't need to see your explicit macro details of mixing. One example, then all your ratios to be tested, and final results. too much unnecessary. thx for making the vid, but I essentially skipped to the end because my time is money. trying to help you on making your content more concise and loaded with powerful material. thx.

  • @gingerdavis9648
    @gingerdavis9648 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would you mind sharing where you ordered these worms from? They look like awesome quality! Thanks

  • @herlonnadolny
    @herlonnadolny 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dear, thank you for teach us. How about other animals, as mouse, snakes in the place you work. I'm trying to buil a place like yours in Brazil, but lot's of that and the wether here in june and july is cold. Not like there, but it can kill the worms? Thank you

  • @igorjee
    @igorjee 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:45 shaving in those microplastics. Nice.

  • @lucyw.mcmellan7274
    @lucyw.mcmellan7274 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very educational. Thanks.

  • @kimzook9054
    @kimzook9054 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where do you keep the totes at?. Inside or outside?? Would they get to hot being outside

  • @bharatkukreti8449
    @bharatkukreti8449 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have nearby PIG farm. Can one use pig dung for vermi compost ? Have access to Reg Wiggler worm.

  • @jbuck1975
    @jbuck1975 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Copper tape to keep worms in is like copper to keep slugs from getting plants

  • @66piperaztech
    @66piperaztech 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this video! I thought i had parasitic worms my Canna bed soil, and I was pretty freaked out. Now I see that these critters im dealing with are almost certainly harmless, and even good for the soil.