Im not sure if anyone else in the comments has mentioned it, but you might want to consider collecting the runoff from your bin's drain holes. That's worm tea and awesome fertilizer.
@@jabohabo3821 worm castings tea is when you take worm castings and steep them in water. It is full of beneficial microbes and carbon. Leachate can be toxic because it is full anaerobic bacteria (the stinky ones) I've watched and read a lot on worm farming from professional worm farmers and renowned specialists. What comes out the bottom is leachate not worm castings tea. If you have a mid to large scale worm farm, you will have to be sure, by law, to keep any leachate contained because of the damage it can do to the environment. You'll notice that you can buy worm casting tea but not leachate because of potential of ingesting bad bacteria. You may be able to get away with using it, but it is not worm tea, it's not ideal, it could kill plants and could make you sick. There is little worry of any of that with proper worm castings tea
@@jabohabo3821 No I'm getting my information from The Worm Farmer's Handbook (a highly regarded book in the industry). You are right tho that you shouldn't overfeed. Depending on what you're doing with your bin (breeding, fattening, composting) determines how wet it should be. Composting, it should not be as wet as the other purposes. Never standing water in any circumstance. If you're draining out the bottom, tho, you won't achieve the desired wetness for the best breeding or fattening. If you have runoff, you're using too much water. A lot of us put cardboard in the bottom to help control the moisture. Excerpt from The Worm Farmer's Handbook 'Leachate has passed through the undigested, anaerobic areas of the worm bin, so it could contain several undesirable components. These include sulfides, acids, high salts, pathogens or anaerobic microorganisms that could be harmful to people, animals or plants."
@@jabohabo3821yes, it is Leachate! Worm tea is made by using the castings. Just because you’ve been doing it doesn’t mean that it’s what it is. It just means that you wasn’t informed or you refuse to learn.
I have problems with maggots. I have lizards get in there and small frogs they eat the maggots up. No more problems after they do that. Let nature do its thing.
It's been so long ago. I thing I started with 100 worms .They breed fast. So it doesn't take long to get more worms. Just keep them feed good and happy. They will do the rest
This is great. I am definitely going to build something similar, but want to go with night-crawlers. Mainly because I'm also a fan of the fish keeping hobby and that is free food instead of buying processed foods from fish stores/shops. I don't know any fish who doesn't like worms.
The Camo'd Korean Thanks I appreciate it!Nightcrawlers is going to harder to raise outdoors. They like it really cold .You mit what to make it for indoors for nightcrawlers.
Question. What is the climate like where you are. Im worried it may get to hot and humid where I am. Even in the shade it can be brutal and I have am old spa tub I plan to use set inside a wood frame. What do you think?
I live in a really hot state. They stay cool in the metal. It's for cattles to drink out of so it's a metal that with water in it stay cool. Wood would not be good and would not last long with the weather.
@@marshallhurt8814 thank you for the reply. My plan is to use an old spa/garden tub. Fiberglass? But set inside a wood box structure to keep sun off of it. While I do have some acreage I have no trees around back so I need to create shade, also insulate for winter. Yeah im in NE Oklahoma and it gets hot and humid and winter is iffy. Could be mild with little snow or very cold at times. Again thank you so much for the info. Have a great day!
@@eclecticacre2593 Welcome. Sounds like u have everything planned out. Have fun making your worm farm. Good luck with it too. Thanks for commenting and watching
You mit have to do it alitte different since it gets so cold there. Where I live the low is like 32 or so. They are fine in that low temperature. If lower then that you mit have to find away to keep them for get to cold. Thanks for commenting and watching
Its not to bad here I live in winter. Low 30's I just wrap a old winter blanket around them to help brake down the cold on them some. Thanks for commenting and watching
Great info Thanks for sharing. I'm new to Tennessee and last two night saw literately hundreds maybe even a thousand worms all over our property and tons were mating. Big worms but I am not sure what type they are. If I were to harvest some to start farming them how does someone harvest them and sell them to bait stores?
Them worms you see at night are probably night crawlers.I would bet a shoebox and gather up as many worms as you can.Then do what I do in the video it will work for that worm too.If you are wanting to do worms for bait shop you are going to have a bigger trough.Not sure what all you are going need to sell worms. You probably need a license to sell.Hope that helps you out.Thanks for stopping by to check out my video.
Hi Marshall, that's a fantastic worm farm. Do you have any problems with ants when adding food to the top of the worm farm? Here in Perth Western Australia, we have ants that sometime are a real nuisance. I tend to put the food under the soil so that there is less likelihood of the ants taking over.
I had a ant problem when first started the worm farm .When I was just use potting soil.Then when I put peat moss with the potting soil the ants haven't been back. I do have litte frogs that get in the worm farm. They mit be eating the ants not sure ,but have not seen any ants. I is cool you live in Australia .One day I would love to vacation there.It look very nice there.Hope that helps you out .Thanks for checking out my video and my worm farm.
Thought of one more I did sprayed bug spray around the outside bottom of the water troff. So it would keep the ants from coming from the ground up.Dont spray in side the worm farm it will kill the worms. Thanks again for stopping by.
Where I live winters are not to bad. 30s for a low. So no snow here. I do cover them with old blankets thou. It help to keep them warm. In snow conditions u might what to do something more for them
I know this video is quite old, but if you simply feed them your food and plant scraps, you wont need to worry about PH. Worm castings are ph neutral, and those types of worms are called composting worms. Most people who are into vermicomposting use those exact same worms. The worm poop (castings) are very valuable to gardeners. We call it black gold. Hopefully you are still running your worm farm and things are going good for you.
Will they eventually overpopulate their container? Id love to have a worm bin for fishing but I am afraid ill end up with more worms than I can Use lol
Thanks man recently built a 2 huge pond and all my catfish will eat is the bluegill so spending 5$ every other day on worms to catch my bait is a pain in the ass
How long did it take for your worms to start reproducing. I have a small farm stated a couple weeks ago by ring a few hundred night crawlers after dark in my yard...mostly really big worms. I have a tank made from a metal frame and plexi glass on sides and bottom. And drain wholes...any advice would be appreciated
It doesn't take long for them to start reproducing. Sounds like u have a nice worm farm set up. Good luck with your worm farm. Thanks for watching and commenting
@@marshallhurt8814 because it's getting crazy expensive. 7 bucks for 24 worms that he eats within a few days. He's eating 4-5 worms a day. This is why I need to start breeding them. I've got a least another 15 years of feeding my axolotl
@@marshallhurt8814, oh it’s not a problem I was actually looking for an easy way ta do it and here’s the video ta do it. Thanks I’m gonna have 4 of em exactly like in the video, me and my family we all fish. 😊
@@michellemarable3562 That is good to hear. Glad you like my idea and are going to make one or four of them. Enjoy your worm farm experience. Thanks again. Have a good one.
@@marshallhurt8814, no thank you for the idea. If I haven’t have seen this my Dad wouldn’t have had the idea either, and it’s not a problem I enjoyed the video and I’m gonna do exactly wha and how you did the worm farm.
This is awesome! The worms are readily accessible and seem to be healthy. Thanks for making this video.
Thanks so much. Thanks for kindness. Thanks for commenting and watching.
Great insight Marshall. Starting my own worm farm now for compost mainly, six years later!!!
Thanks so much for your kindness. Thanks for commenting and watching
Im not sure if anyone else in the comments has mentioned it, but you might want to consider collecting the runoff from your bin's drain holes. That's worm tea and awesome fertilizer.
Thanks so much for information. I never thought it before. It would be good fertilizer. Thanks again. Thanks for commenting and watching
No that's leachate and it could kill your plants. A proper worm bin doesn't need drain holes
@@jabohabo3821 worm castings tea is when you take worm castings and steep them in water. It is full of beneficial microbes and carbon.
Leachate can be toxic because it is full anaerobic bacteria (the stinky ones)
I've watched and read a lot on worm farming from professional worm farmers and renowned specialists. What comes out the bottom is leachate not worm castings tea.
If you have a mid to large scale worm farm, you will have to be sure, by law, to keep any leachate contained because of the damage it can do to the environment.
You'll notice that you can buy worm casting tea but not leachate because of potential of ingesting bad bacteria.
You may be able to get away with using it, but it is not worm tea, it's not ideal, it could kill plants and could make you sick.
There is little worry of any of that with proper worm castings tea
@@jabohabo3821 No I'm getting my information from The Worm Farmer's Handbook (a highly regarded book in the industry).
You are right tho that you shouldn't overfeed. Depending on what you're doing with your bin (breeding, fattening, composting) determines how wet it should be. Composting, it should not be as wet as the other purposes. Never standing water in any circumstance. If you're draining out the bottom, tho, you won't achieve the desired wetness for the best breeding or fattening.
If you have runoff, you're using too much water. A lot of us put cardboard in the bottom to help control the moisture.
Excerpt from The Worm Farmer's Handbook
'Leachate has passed through the undigested, anaerobic areas of the worm bin, so it could contain several undesirable components. These include sulfides, acids, high salts, pathogens or anaerobic microorganisms that could be harmful to people, animals or plants."
@@jabohabo3821yes, it is Leachate! Worm tea is made by using the castings. Just because you’ve been doing it doesn’t mean that it’s what it is. It just means that you wasn’t informed or you refuse to learn.
I was wondering how often you have to empty and/or re-set the bin?
Never empty out. I put a new bag soil and some peat moss ever month. Put lime in it every 3 weeks
What kind of line do you use for your worm farm
What kind of line do you use for your worm farm
Good video-I have a similar set up but I give them used coffee grinds and yellow corn meal.
Seems to be working.
Where do you get red worms? I live in northern Wisconsin, can they live over the winter? Good video
They look small for fishing, how long does it take them to get bigger?
The eat alot they grow fast. Thanks for commenting and watching
You ever have trouble with Maggots?????? If so how do you control them
I have problems with maggots. I have lizards get in there and small frogs they eat the maggots up. No more problems after they do that. Let nature do its thing.
Where are you located? Wondering how they handle the winter & the summer outside
@@robertlewis3336 red worms do good in summer and winter.
Awesome video, very easy to understand for someone like me just starting out. Thanks
How much lime do you put in? Thanks..
jeff dodd I spread the lime all over the top .Put as much as you can fill all over the top layer. Hope that helps you out.
U gave me a good idea and simple ingredients thank s for the video ur the man
Glad I was able to help you out. Enjoy making your worm farm. Thanks so much for your commenting and watching
How many redworms did you start out with, and where did you purchase them from?
It's been so long ago. I thing I started with 100 worms .They breed fast. So it doesn't take long to get more worms. Just keep them feed good and happy. They will do the rest
What do you feed them?
Wonderful. I just started one this same way.
This is great. I am definitely going to build something similar, but want to go with night-crawlers. Mainly because I'm also a fan of the fish keeping hobby and that is free food instead of buying processed foods from fish stores/shops. I don't know any fish who doesn't like worms.
The Camo'd Korean Thanks I appreciate it!Nightcrawlers is going to harder to raise outdoors. They like it really cold .You mit what to make it for indoors for nightcrawlers.
@@marshallhurt8814 exactly about 40-45 degrees is optimal for canadian nightcrawlers
@@hygeia54 it's good weather for sure. It's gets really hot here in summer so can't do nightcrawlers
The carpet idea is so great, maybe even card board as I know that they will eat the cardboard . yeah I like your bin , all the best!
Question. What is the climate like where you are. Im worried it may get to hot and humid where I am. Even in the shade it can be brutal and I have am old spa tub I plan to use set inside a wood frame. What do you think?
I live in a really hot state. They stay cool in the metal. It's for cattles to drink out of so it's a metal that with water in it stay cool. Wood would not be good and would not last long with the weather.
@@marshallhurt8814 thank you for the reply. My plan is to use an old spa/garden tub. Fiberglass? But set inside a wood box structure to keep sun off of it. While I do have some acreage I have no trees around back so I need to create shade, also insulate for winter. Yeah im in NE Oklahoma and it gets hot and humid and winter is iffy. Could be mild with little snow or very cold at times. Again thank you so much for the info. Have a great day!
@@eclecticacre2593 Welcome. Sounds like u have everything planned out. Have fun making your worm farm. Good luck with it too. Thanks for commenting and watching
I live in Indiana would this be OK for me or would the worms freeze solid in the winter ?
You mit have to do it alitte different since it gets so cold there. Where I live the low is like 32 or so. They are fine in that low temperature. If lower then that you mit have to find away to keep them for get to cold. Thanks for commenting and watching
Did you order your first ones to get started. Or are they out of your yard
What do you do with them in the winter?
Its not to bad here I live in winter. Low 30's I just wrap a old winter blanket around them to help brake down the cold on them some. Thanks for commenting and watching
Great info Thanks for sharing. I'm new to Tennessee and last two night saw literately hundreds maybe even a thousand worms all over our property and tons were mating.
Big worms but I am not sure what type they are. If I were to harvest some to start farming them how does someone harvest them and sell them to bait stores?
Them worms you see at night are probably night crawlers.I would bet a shoebox and gather up as many worms as you can.Then do what I do in the video it will work for that worm too.If you are wanting to do worms for bait shop you are going to have a bigger trough.Not sure what all you are going need to sell worms. You probably need a license to sell.Hope that helps you out.Thanks for stopping by to check out my video.
How often do you water them and feed them
Hi Marshall, that's a fantastic worm farm. Do you have any problems with ants when adding food to the top of the worm farm? Here in Perth Western Australia, we have ants that sometime are a real nuisance. I tend to put the food under the soil so that there is less likelihood of the ants taking over.
I had a ant problem when first started the worm farm .When I was just use potting soil.Then when I put peat moss with the potting soil the ants haven't been back. I do have litte frogs that get in the worm farm. They mit be eating the ants not sure ,but have not seen any ants. I is cool you live in Australia .One day I would love to vacation there.It look very nice there.Hope that helps you out .Thanks for checking out my video and my worm farm.
Thought of one more I did sprayed bug spray around the outside bottom of the water troff. So it would keep the ants from coming from the ground up.Dont spray in side the worm farm it will kill the worms. Thanks again for stopping by.
What do you do with them in the winter?
Is there any extra steps the need to be done for winter?
Where I live winters are not to bad. 30s for a low. So no snow here. I do cover them with old blankets thou. It help to keep them warm. In snow conditions u might what to do something more for them
Oh okay! Ya I live in south Georgia so it don’t snow here but once in a blue moon.
@@brakuda66 oh ok you should be good then
I know this video is quite old, but if you simply feed them your food and plant scraps, you wont need to worry about PH. Worm castings are ph neutral, and those types of worms are called composting worms. Most people who are into vermicomposting use those exact same worms. The worm poop (castings) are very valuable to gardeners. We call it black gold. Hopefully you are still running your worm farm and things are going good for you.
Do you live in a climate where it freezes during the winter? If so would it harm the worms? Would you need to bring them indoors?
Will they eventually overpopulate their container? Id love to have a worm bin for fishing but I am afraid ill end up with more worms than I can Use lol
You will not overpopulate. It takes awhile to get them big enough to fish with. It is while worth do a worm farm for fishing. You will save money
@@marshallhurt8814 Well it looks like I have a new project to work on! Thank you so much for the reply! :)
@@feralvids612 have fun making your worm farm. Glad was able help you out. Thanks for commenting and watching
Hey man i really appreciate the advice very good video thanks again
Thanks man recently built a 2 huge pond and all my catfish will eat is the bluegill so spending 5$ every other day on worms to catch my bait is a pain in the ass
Thanks so much, means a lot!Have fun building your worm farm!Thanks for watching
How many worms did u start with? How long?
Probably start with a hundred worms. They breed fast. You have to feed them good and keep them happy. You will have alot of worm before you know it
Do you buy worms or dig some up to get it started?
I buy them at a bait store. Start with 100 or more worms. They breed fast. So you will have more worm before you know it
How long did it take for your worms to start reproducing. I have a small farm stated a couple weeks ago by ring a few hundred night crawlers after dark in my yard...mostly really big worms. I have a tank made from a metal frame and plexi glass on sides and bottom. And drain wholes...any advice would be appreciated
It doesn't take long for them to start reproducing. Sounds like u have a nice worm farm set up. Good luck with your worm farm. Thanks for watching and commenting
Wow!!! Wormville. You need to fish every day to use them up!
They look awesome buddy! Good job!
Thanks so much. Thanks for commenting and watching
Liked that carpet dripping on them idea for moisture because I was wondering what to do with our summer cute
It works great. Thanks for watching and commenting
It works get for the summer heat
Man that I’m the best set up I’ve seen yet!!! Easy to access and to maintain
Thanks I appreciate it. Thanks for commenting and watching. Enjoy making your worm farm
Hey question what brand do you feed the worms of the chicken feed?
@@RICorruptionBusters Any brand works. I get mine at Walmart.
I am going to follow your design. Thank you
Thanks so much. Enjoy making your worm farm. Thanks for commenting and watching
Can you feed them food scraps or newspaper?
E Grayham I would use newspaper. I would not put food scraps .You will get a fly problem.
Acid lowers pH, the lime should help bring it up. Just FYI.
Is it just soil or does it need strips of news paper at the bottom
Very nice farm you got there!
Thanks I appreciate it. Thanks for commenting and watching
Thanks for everyone that left a comment or subscribe to my video.
Wow that’s a lot of worms thanks heaps i really want to start doing this as worms are getting expensive now days here in Australia
Thanks so much, thanks for stopping by to comment!Have fun making a worm farm!
And in MS.
You wait for the soil to go down before adding more on top?
Saluki Yes,you are right my friend!
what is yard lime? the fruit?
You can buy yard lime a Walmart.Its in the garden area. It help keep the ph level right in your work farm.
Hope that helps you out. Thanks for checking out my video.
So I am gonna start breeding these worms so I can feed my axolotl, curious, how many would I need to start with?
And how soon can I start pulling from my worm bin to feed him?
Why not just buy some worms at the store and feed him
@@marshallhurt8814 because it's getting crazy expensive. 7 bucks for 24 worms that he eats within a few days. He's eating 4-5 worms a day. This is why I need to start breeding them. I've got a least another 15 years of feeding my axolotl
This is varry nice such a good simple sistme
how are they doing now?
MrHanover Smith They do very good. Thanks for stopping by to comment.
I am so impressed. I will starting my own worm farm soon! You have given me some great ideas! The Rug is a Great idea!!!
MrHanover Smith Thanks man, I appreciate it!Hope u the best of luck with your worm farm.
Hey there fellow! I will try a similar setup here in my frontyard. Cheers mate from Philippines
Lime (and other bases) raises pH; and acids lower the pH.
I said it wrong my bad. Thanks for your kind words and watching
How often do you feed them?
E Grayham once a week
Nice set up Marshall!
Thanks so much buddy,means a lot!Thanks for your support!
Great setup you have going there. And the worms look fat amd bulky
Thanks I appreciate it alot. Thanks for your kindness. Thanks for commenting and watching
Thanks for the info
I can’t wait ta start my own worm farm Imma do wha ya did in the video but 4x
Hope you enjoy doing your worm farm. It's alot of and save money on buying worms for fishing. Thanks for commenting and watching
@@marshallhurt8814, oh it’s not a problem I was actually looking for an easy way ta do it and here’s the video ta do it. Thanks I’m gonna have 4 of em exactly like in the video, me and my family we all fish. 😊
@@michellemarable3562 That is good to hear. Glad you like my idea and are going to make one or four of them. Enjoy your worm farm experience. Thanks again. Have a good one.
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@@marshallhurt8814, no thank you for the idea. If I haven’t have seen this my Dad wouldn’t have had the idea either, and it’s not a problem I enjoyed the video and I’m gonna do exactly wha and how you did the worm farm.
Nice bro
Thanks so much. Thanks for commenting and watching
make sure you use the pelitized lime the white lime will kill them
I know, that's for letting me know!Thanks for stopping by comment
just didn't want you to lose a bunch of worms like I did
@@gregboshell977 Thanks for looking out ,I appreciate it!Sorry about your worms. That sucks
Love it
Thanks!
Nice video
stephen long Thanks so much!
stephen long Thanks for your support!
I didn’t have any potting soil so I substituted water softener salt. Chicken feed though, huh? I’ll give that a whirl.
Very clever..
Angling In Secrecy Thanks bro!
You don't need that many worms you need to put a sign and say self-serve worms put $5 in get your worms
Thanks so much. Thats a good idea. Thanks for commenting and watching
I'll do that ...thx
Thanks for stopping to comment.
What do you do during the winter?
Does not get more then in the 30s here. So no snow for winter. I have wrap some old comforter blankets around them. That is about it.
How often do you have to feed them?
Once a week
Or till the food is all gone
Thanks for the info.