I Made An Easy To Build Inexpensive DIY Worm Bin Vermicomposter For Beginners
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In this video I show you how to build an easy DIY worm compost bin. I also show you how to get it started, where to obtain worms, and provide some basic info for keeping your vermicompost bin healthy and your worms happy.
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How many worms should you put in this size bucket? Minimum and maximum amount of worms..
They can have parasites and not be healthy
I haven’t seen a video as cool as this in quite some time….
Super informative, super beginner friendly, I learned so much about worms in general, and just… fascinating. Thanks for the explanations and tidbits of knowledge!
I’m trying to decide if I want to use red wrigglers or European night crawlers. Uncle Jim’s website has a great comparison between the two. But I still can’t make up my mind. They are considerably larger. (Doing an indoor vermicompost setup).
You saved me $75-130+ bucks from those fancy-schmansey worm setups being sold online. Thank you!!!
Good vid.
I just turned my water hose on for a hour or so in a corner of the yard and came back to a supply of worms .
That's what I do 😂
So ordinary garden worms is all you need? Not the so called special ones you are told to buy...? 😮
@@Kathy-kr1svyeah
@@Kathy-kr1sv mother nature is waving her finger at you 🤭
Those are common earthworms, not red wrigglers, if anything you might’ve gotten a couple night crawlers which are good
Great video! We love the diversity of the bedding you made for the worms. We'll be implementing what we learned here at our University garden!
Great videos Andrew. Got my 5 gallon buckets from our Jacksonville Zoo where I volunteer in the Animal Nutrition Center. We have stacks of buckets for animal diets. Then I stopped by a local Starbucks and they had 5 gallons of used coffee grounds. A great start at no cost. Next step is the carbon ingredients and finally the worms.
I'm sooooooo pumped to try this! I am a small business owner in a town that has a love for fishing. I have a lot of egg cartons we use though I don't use t gallon buckets but I'm sure someone does! This is a wonderful hobby! Thank you!! Uncle Jim is also pretty close to my town!
While I'm capable of any thing I put my mind to, I'm way more likely to try new things when they are explained in simple terms- you did that beautifully! We are moving soon but I can't wait to start this when I get where I'm going! Ha.
You shared what I needed to know. I set up my DIY worm bin a couple months ago using a pot and a bucket. You helped answer my questions. Thanks.
Wow Andrew. Thanks for the great video. Very practical and easy to get started!
Love this video. Straight to the point and very informative!!
For anyone that lives in colder climates, invest in a worm blanket and a couple thermal blankets, especially if you have long harsh winters
Great video. I've been looking for a less expensive method using what I already have, this was it, thanks.
Instead of coffee, I add some dark black cocoa powder to my worm chow. They go crazy for it and I think it encourages them to breed more. Also, I only put 250 worms in each bin, this also encourages them to breed.
Great idea! Thank you. I followed your suggestion and I got few free buckets from restaurant near my house.
Thank you for this this is the best video for composting
Very well done 👍😎thanks for sharing your experience on this matter
Fantastic video. I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into this.
Thanks! Happy composting 👍
I’m so going to try this! I have several tote type bins and really like them but I like the concept of this. Thanks so much for sharing!
Great Video Andrew! We are Worm People!
Thanks for the info, I'm going to set it up. Just a note, you can get red worms at most any bait shops.
Very informative video. Thank you. I'll be setting one up shortly
Very helpful video. You really know your stuff. Thanks!
Fabulous video. I can do this tomorrow. I’m so excited. I’m a newbie. Following along now. I must find your worm tea!
Thank you. My air hole were too small, you were correct
Excellent tutorial my good man, very concise and clear, I'm planning an earthworm endeavor and benefited from this presentation, so thanks!
Thank you, for your wisdom, your video was very helpful 😊
As a painter I come by buckets all the time..i encourage others to do this BUT also write bigger paint companies and demand they Partner with Grocery Stores to optimize our growth and decay
Did I read 75$ for 1000 wormss?? Holy moly im upping my prices. Eventually i want to give/trade away worms and trade their castings
Wow, I love this idea. 😅GREAT
Thanks for the tip about juice pulp. Maybe I'll start juicing again since it produces such good worm food (and I need a healthy boost)
thought the same... lol maybe that will motivate me to juice!
Very well explained,thanks
This sounds sooo much easier than what I’m
Doing!!!
It's so simple! I've had several worm bins and this is by far the easiest design I've come across
Great video best I have seen.
The Best Video🎉
This is excellent! Thank you so much!
Very good video, clear, easy to understand .! I am a new in this , so, I'll start wit your instructions. Thank you, God bless.
This was great. Thanks!
Have you considered downward migration? It allows the top to dry out for casting gathering and the bottom layer can pretty much be just paper and catch then liquid and be pre inoculated with microbes
so simple
cheers
Great video thanks for sharing
Great video started my own
You can usually find some worms at a pet store or a bait shop. Worth checking out if you'd rather not order online.
What about leaving a bucket with holes on the ground for the first little while and let the garden worms crawl in to the compost. Then set it up?
Sam's Cub wouldn't let me have any and they had lots of them for cakes and they were going to the landfill.
my grandma had my brothers and i go worm hunting in the backyard for hers
Certain types of worms eat more apparently and break the food down faster than others. I think that’s why it matters what kind of worms you use. I believe red wrigglers and night crawlers are the best for composting since they real things down faster
I would so do that if I didn't live in the middle of Sonora desert. I miss Colorado
I know you say ‘as the worms migrate up into the new bucket’ but about how long does that generally take? I’m just starting out and I’m wondering if this is a couple weeks or a couple months.
It really depends on how many worms that you have and what you use for bedding. Cardboard takes longer, as do leaves. Honestly, it takes my worms months, to breakdown a tray in my 360.
Thank you
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Thanks for watching!
good video I'm buying buckets now to start a worm farm
Awesome!
Great stuff
Awesome . Ty
I thought this was a great video!! Thank you! New sub here
great video buddy
That's where we got our red wigglers
Great video!!
#jadam
thankyou very much
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Excellent video. I like that these are modular and easy to size to the amount of food scraps your household produces. If you're producing too much for 1 system, just get 3 more buckets. I like that it's cheap... and maybe free if you can get a restaurant to supply them. Upcycling is a good thing, endorsed by Mother Earth.
My one objection is your choice of bedding, though. As a long-time composter and eco-freak, I'm always trying to upcycle any waste my home produces. So instead of purchased products, I'd be using the junk mail, bills, and Amazon boxes I shred, along with some leaves and other garden debris. I
I can finally put some of my junk mail to good use. Thanks for the tip. I'm new to worm composting, and want to learn as much as possible. Also what's the best way to shred the cardboard? Thanks again.
@@theknockoutladysaint23 You can shred cardboard in a paper shredder, but it will kill many cheap ones. I usually just hand-tear it into small chunks.
Also, beware that shredded paper mats a lot, so be sure to mix it well.
Just make sure you take out the plastic windows from the envelopes.
I've always heard the print on the cardboard should be cut out as the ink isn't good for the plants nor people.
On some of the comments about using worms from the garden or from a pet store, red wigglers tend to be the common composting worm because of the amount of castings they create. If you don't want to order through the mail, a lot of the bigger garden centers will have them. Worth a quick Google to find them in your area.
You can go in the woods and find wiggler's free
At 1:40 Andrew mentions he used a 3/16 inch drill bit to make his holes.
Uncle Jim's worm farm is great!
When you control the worms, you control.... xD great video thank you. Also Chloramine takes forever to actually break down (unlike 24 hours for Chlorine). You can help with process with some vitamin C powder. Definitely recommend building a water distiller box or starting with filtered water of some kind if you've got chloramine in your city water.
Contracrostics: I responded to somebody who was trying to hydroponics experiment, but really frustrated. when we did a quick troubleshooting, her problem turned out to be chloramine.
That brilliant woman figured out that you can deal with the chloramine by using citric acid.
I don’t remember the exact details offhand, but I think the information will be on the Internet. That would keep you from having to lug buckets of spring water, or bottled water home. (filtration had been my suggestion, followed by collection of rainwater or springwater.)
I hope this helps.
@@daphneraven6745 You are right, citric acid was what I was trying to say with 'vitamin C powder' but I'm a dumb and used a misnomer. Thank you Daphne! Yours is an important post.
@@Contracrostics : I think you made a really good point there. Sometimes a person just gets a word stuck on the tip of the tongue. Hope you don’t mind that I filled it in, just because in that moment it happened to be available for me. After all, the other form of vitamin C is ascorbic acid. And that might not do the trick.
Your tutorial was very helpful - Thank you. Question: how often do I add bedding/compost to my bucket? Daily, since I have veg compost daily? I’ve been putting it directly into my compost bins until now. I now, also, want to begin worming. 😊
i love the cost saving advise in this video. Also does the mucket stink if i was to say move the bucket in during the winter months?
I love your videos. I'm new to composting (just researching, haven't started) and live in humid hot Thailand. But I'm ready to implement your teachings. I have some ideas and questions about systems. I don't have the space to have an open pile but want to do the worm bin. Also, I stumbled upon a rotating compost bin and Bokashi kitchen waste recycle bin. Would it be wise to have all three systems going? Also, my friend blends his organics before putting them in compost. Is this advisable?
The smaller your food scraps the quicker they’ll dissolve. I also freeze my scraps to help the breakdown process.
awesome, comprehensive video. plusz your fun to listen to. thanks! and now my girls are REALLY intersted in knowing what worm tea is and if it tastes good or is just good for you. ;-p
What about using grounded up oyster shells for the grit? That is what I gave my chickens for grit.
Leviticus 11 applies.
Could i use this same method but for nightcrawlers?
How do you prevent buckets from sticking together? Maybe they won't stick because of the holes not allowing there to be a vacuum. But it would be nice to solve before I put worms in :) Thank you !
Good forethought. Hardwood sticks for levers could be inserted thru appropriately located holes, one on each side.
Hi. I have a few months of winter time. How do I manage this worms buckets? Put them inside ? Release worms in the garden? Thanks 😊
can one use diatomaceous earth as one would use rock powders or ground up egg shells for worms?
Walmart has worms too, in the fishing area.
Yeah, about $4 for a measly 30 wigglers! Ridiculous! Here in central Florida my old tomato("mater" in my indigenous Arkansan)buckets virtually all end up with worms in them. Just emptying a few old buckets got me about 50 worms the other day, & I've got a slew of buckets left.😁 Great video by the way, a little long, but down to earth using common sense & materials, something that may well be lost in a couple of generations of "digital children"!😎
Great video, would you recommend this for a class project or would the smell stink the classroom
it should not smell bad at all if you don't overload them with too much food at once.
Can I use night crawlers because I also like using them for fishing bait as well it would be nice to grow my own bait too
do night crawlers tend to migrate up like the red wigglers do ? That is the question to answer.... IDK
@lisahatfield4945 I seen them do that in my bin
How many worms should you put in that size bin? Max amount of worms..minimum amount?
So are you pushing the top bucket down compressing the second bucket during bucket rotation or are you gently placing the top bucket on the second?
just started with indian running ducks, can i use the straw with manure as worm food?
Check with your local school cafeterias for food grade buckets!
Hi
I live in a apt. My vegetable containers are on my balcony. Totes that I got from Walmart. How would I make a compose, since I don't have a ground to put the trash can on? Also, besides, bananas peels, egg shells what are some other kitchen scraps I can use?
Great video, very informative.
Anyone ever tell you that you look like "Q" from Impractical Jokers?
Hello. I’m in south west Florida and have winter container garden plants and then have to change everything completely over to different set of summer heat tolerant plants. So my soil gets moved around a lot! Lately we've already been hitting temps that feel like its over 100 degrees in the shade. The garage is even hotter. Is it even feasible for me to do a worm bin down here? If so, how do you know how many worm bins to have for a backyard container garden? I would love to do this but not sure if I can.
When do you add the second bucket with bedding? I know you said once they’ve eaten the food but they don’t generate much waste after one feeding so do you do around 3 months then add the top bin with new bedding?
Also are the worms able to travel through the holes with all that bedding on the top new bin?
Worms are burrowers/tunnelers. They will make their way up through the bucket holes just fine.
Ah, bedding is also considered food and can takes months to break down. So, that first bucket can take months.
If you use the top bucket does the middle bucket contents need to touch the bottom of the top bucket or do the worms just climb up the side of the middle bucket and climb up into the holes of the bottom of the top bucket?
Good question.....
Good question, I was wondering too. So let's do some reckoning: Worms can't jump, so the compost has to be high enough to touch the next bucket. above.
@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 well thanks for the reply. It's 3 months later since I asked my question. And my worms figured it all out and as usual I worried over nothing. They are fat and happy.
How often do you feed the worms and what amount of worms in count should you have used for these bins shown? Also, when using cardboard, can you use the entire cardboard even if it has printed item on the cardboard, or do you have to cut that out?
Good questions. Should have been covered in the video.
Question: at 8:05 you said maybe don't use chlorinated water to wet cardboard for this. I have a large fish tank with lots of water that I've treated to remove the chlorine. Would there be any reason at all not to use that the next time I do a water change?
I think that would work well!
Awesome, thanks!
Great video, I am going to try this method as soon as I get those buckets! About how long does it take for the compost to be ready to use it in the garden?
It can vary based on conditions in the bin, but several months at least. I tend to let mine sit a bit longer than that even, but you can generally tell based on the appearance and consistency of the castings. When castings are a somewhat homogenous dark material that crumbles easily in your hand they should be good to go
You can use the "juice" (liquid that accumulatesin the bottom bucket) in the garden in the mean time.
Do you have to have a specific kind worms? I find worms in my yard can I use them?
During my research, I've found that most worms will work it's just that the red wrigglers provide the best castings.
Oh, happy cicada day.
they're so loud 😅
Can we also use paper scraps
Do worms live happily in sandy soil, real coarse sand and small sharp pebble mix?
Do the worms still multiply and breed during this process?
Any tips for preventing the buckets from sticking together?
How long usually until the worms need to migrate up?
Thanks for this! one question What is the difference between this and a worm farm or are they the same thing?
Same thing
It looks like there are holes at the top of the bucket (on the side). Is that ok to leave out in the rain?
Buckets sometime get stuck together...
I cackled when you said "they even make Uncle Jim look somewhat wormlike, himself" ... you were clearly amused to say it because you're fighting hard to keep the smirk low key but you ultimately lost that battle
What is the middle bucket for??
Any concern of them escaping thru the vent holes?
Make them small enough for them to not fit, and also they shouldn’t because the other bucket on top will be far down enough to block those holes
Hi, thanks so much, but how do know when the worms are done with one bucket?
When all the material is broken down and turned into castings. I use a lot of shredded cardboard for bedding and it has several purposes. It’s a carbon source and mostly, it absorbs the excess liquid.
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Can I use filtered water