How I Start A New Worm Bin
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- Part 2 of the beginning worm bin series. This is a video explaining how I set up a new worm bin.
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Material List
5 gallons moistened cardboard/paper
2 quarts chopped food waste (10%)
1 quart 1/2 inch screened compost (5%) optional
1/4 cup processed egg shells
I filled a large trash can with dry leaves, old compost, shredded paper, and tons of veggie scraps and egg shells. About 3.5 feet full. I then added 1000 worms. They love it. Worms adapt.
How many do you think are in there now?
This is real america where i grew up eastern n.c 12 yrs marine corps - real deal self sufficient knowledge of life! My worms thriven on this tutorial-
T Almendarez I think the U.S.A. is probably the only country where part of the inhabitants believe that _they_ are the “real”/“true” citizens of the country - based upon the external traits of region and/or occupation - and that other inhabitants of the same country are not “real” citizens. Isn’t that weird?
Very detailed. I like that you use measurements for each ingredient, that way you can keep the quality of your castings consistent.
Awesome southern accent and very detailed video. Thank you for sharing.
I could listen to this dude say ten per cent all day long. Great video. I am using coir, compost from a previous worm bin, and food scraps with some shredded cardboard. Two things I learned from this is eggshells ground up as a PH buffer, and waiting to add worms to the bin until the bacteria get established.
One thing I have found very useful is to aerate the bin by drilling a ring of 3/8 inch holes around the top below the lid for air movement, and I also drill a ring of holes at the bottom. Then I put a disposable pan liner under that with a hole in the middle; I set the whole thing on bricks and but a jar under the hole. The liquid that comes out of that bin is the best thing ever; you aerate it with added water and it becomes worm tea- which is the best fertilizer you can get! It also prevents anaerobic environments at the bottom of the bin!
Can I just put a pan underneath I’ve drilled holes to the bottom it can leak in there he didn’t add peat moss can’t you mix that in with it I saw that on a lot of videos with coil mixed in which helps with moisture I drill holes to the top lid and bottom
Some used potting soil works too or some dirt out of your yard. I use at least year old soil and works seem to love it. How much depends on how many worms. Enough for a nice little home
We have started a few worm bins now! Thanks for the tutorial! I wish my shredder made nice small pieces like that!!
About to start a new bin for an order of some African night crawlers that I'm about to make. Everything's set. Waiting for the water to de-chlorinate before soaking the shreddings. Thanks for posting.
Ernest Bunburry Awesome! Let me know how they do.
Will keep you posted. Thanks.
For those interested, the percentage of eggshell he uses is about %0.3.
1 Gal=128 fl oz
128*5=640
2/640=0.003125
Hope this helps anyone who needs it!
Maybe he’s tried and tested them and let’s not be a hater, because he’s doing a public service by giving us free information which he doesn’t have to do so get back in your lane...?!
I am getting 2 wagon fulls of horse poo and for some reason worms love horse poo.so I will have a huge mound of worms as well. cant wait for the load
Slugs like eating cat's doins.
Thank you for this!! Let my bin sit for a week before adding worms and they seemed to settle in better that my first worms.
I do a similar setup, except I have a crosscut shredder for my cardboard. It's easier to work with the smaller cardboard chunks in the bins. I just use a pump sprayer to spray water onto the pile of cardboard until I reach the moisture level I want. If I have it on hand, I add some EM1. I then mix this 50/50 with bag dirt (Roots Organic). I also add a bit of biochar (about 1/4 gallon to that 20 gallon tote). Worms seem to love it. Also, I feed about 90% with a dry powder I make from cornmeal, flour, green sand, egg shells and organic fertilizers like alfalfa meal. About the only wet thing I give them is a frozen banana from time to time to boost the potassium in the mix. This keeps my indoor bins free of insects and smells. The only moisture that goes into the tote is from RO water I add with my sprayer.
Looks good wish I had known all this when I started.
Love the accent😊
Thanks for sharing this very informative video. I wish I would've seen this before I got started. I lost a good bit of worms probably because I set my bin up after I received them.
that's a easy cheap set up to raising worms & YES it does work I raise worms just like this. GOOD vid.
Well explained. Thank you
Thanks for posting this. About the only thing I do different is use water out of a small duck pond. It’s got lots of life in it already and seems to kickstart the process a bit. I usually wait a week depending on temperatures.
Great video 👍🏽
how do you go about maintaining the moisture ? spray/mist water every few days ?? Thanks
Thanks ,Starting one now! Just subbed 👍🏼
Most water municipalities nowadays use chloramine to treat water not chlorine. Chloramine does not evaporate. It stays in the water longer and is cheaper to use since they don't have to treat the water as often. So you need to call your local water office and ask them. If your water is treated with chloramine you need to go buy distilled water. It's really cheap and a lot safer to use.
Robin Hardison my water treatment facility uses chlorine I have checked. That is good advise for someone starting out that might not know what there water contains. Thank you for the advice!
Does chlorine remover for an aquarium remove chloramine?
Best video I've seen for a worm bin. Plan to use you're way when it warms up.
Sandy Ralston I’m glad you like it! 🙂
Thanks Much. Bro.
Thanks from Holland bro! You make the best video's on this subject.
totally agree with Slayer Jesse, i too had watched so many vids my mind had become fogged up with some differences in making the initial bed and this was definitely the best i have seen and now subscribed to see them all. You are the one i'm going to copy--most others wing it around the basics and sure it all turns out good but you seem more precise and definitely come across as one who really knows how to do it right. With that said however i noticed you didnt have any drain holes or air holes in that bin?????????????????????
I started my first bin about 2 weeks ago, and so far they're flourishing! I only found this video today, but I really like this method, and I can see that you put a lot of thought into your vermiculture, and you know what you're doing! I'm definitely going to use this idea when I expand (currently I'm using maybe a 3 gallon Rubbermaid 2 bin system). I appreciate you sharing your knowledge!
Iv got worms coming in now so its a help ill take some of my compost for bacteria.
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How many worms do you start the breading project
@@markfranklin8831 I started with 1000 from Uncle Jim's Worm Farm.
Great Video!
Very enjoyable & informative video, thank U for sharing, this is all new information for me & will be very helpful, great job.
Pamela Powell thank you! I’m glad you enjoy my videos!
Did you let it open for a week or cover the bin.
thats so awsome i did all what you said 5 gallon carbourd 19 gallon tout 10% food scaps 5% compost so next sunday will be 7 days i will be getting eurpein night crawlers or is this just for red wigglers i got 7 days
Great instruction video! Where did you find a shredder that will handle cardboard?
I just set my bed up about two weeks ago! I put my food scraps in the grinder to get them tiny. Seems to make the worms happy!!
Achtully you should not chop up the food as it will rot to fast for the worms to eat. I put whole avocado and corn on cob and takes the worms a few weeks to eat.
@@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS I've blended it and the worms seems to get at it faster and eat it faster but I wondered if it was just the number of worms and I did it with a bin with low population vs a high population bin and the low population only 3 would get at it and congregate around it and in thr large population half of em would congregate and finish it and eventually the low pop it seems what you said was correct they couldn't get at it as quick
I like your voice and accent 👍🏻 anyway I have night crawlers and they are so beautiful but the problem is they got invaded by mites reddish brown color and moving fast! Just want to know if you also got mites 🤷🏼♂️🙏🏼thanks for sharing your tutorial very nice 👍🏻
I do get mites sometime. The worms don’t seem to mind them to much though. If they get real bad you can bait them with a piece or bread soaked in milk. Just leave it on top of the bedding for a day or so and then remove it with the mites on it.
Robinette Family Farm thanks 🙏🏼 I bait them out with avocado 🥑 and got millions of them 👍🏻
Nice job jnl fusion
Goods advice - aging the bed. I had the same thing happen, they all ran out. Luckily I didn't buy them.
Thank you for the video. One question, why do the layers if your going to just mix it up? Thanks
I add a bout a cup of Ground corn meal in mine as well. The worms seem to love it . You do have to mix it thoroughly though or it will start to mold on the top.
Mold is what you are looking for. The worms actually eat the microbes, not the organic material. The organic material serves as a substrate for the bacteria, and michorizza in the bin.
@@GreenLion419 I didn't know this. Thanks!
Few questions:
- any cardboard or paper ok or got to be dense
- how many worms can you expect from a bin that size max?
- how often they reproduce? I want to do words to feed my chickens
They reproduce every 45 days
Do you add some food scraps in it a week before your worms arrive?
I use the soil out of the forest just dig under the leaves get the good composted soil usually find a dozen or two of worms just mix it with shredded paper & peatmoss, I use the soil they live in the forest And just feed them
Great video, my friend! I started my first worm bin about 6 weeks ago and I'm still very much learning all the little details. This was really informative and I like your methods. You also have a really cool accent! Howdy from Texas 🤠
I'm sorry, sir. But, I've asked a worm and he said he doesn't like all that. He prefers old books instead of all the cardboard.
Is just any cardboard/junk mail okay. Obviously the plastic windows should be avoided, but what about thermal shipping labels?
I shred it all. They avoid what they don’t like as long as it isn’t the only thing in the bin. Even the windows don’t really hurt unless you just don’t want to run into little plastic pieces in your garden years down the road.
I noticed no hole’s in tote for drainage?
Enjoyed your video but it seems like a waste of time putting dry bedding in the bottom then pouring wet food on it and mixing it with the wet bedding. By the time you are done any dry bedding is just as wet as that you wet and it is no longer on the bottom but mixed through out the container.
The dry bedding in the bottom is to soak up the moisture from the fresh food scraps. If you don’t add dry bedding and only add food waste the bed will eventually get to wet and possibly suffocate the worms. To much moister will also cause the bed to go anaerobic which is also dangerous for the worms and smells horrible.
It’s curious how there is an inflection on the “it” in his sentences. I wonder which part of America he is from? After watching so many of his videos, I’m starting to emphasise my “it” too, which sounds funny because I’m from Surrey England. I’m learning a lot of valuable info from these videos. Great work!
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Great video! This is pretty much how I have set up my bins, so glad to know that I've been doing it right. I've had my bins for about one year, and the worms are thriving! I found over 100 cocoons in about one square foot of bedding yesterday, so they must be very happy worms!
Where can I get shredded cardboard?? Don't own a shredder..can I use recyled newspaper? I live in the big city from the pet store?. excellent video! Are You using raw or hard boiled egg shells??Those are lucky worms.Like Your Dog.
Very informative and detailed Info, thanks! One question: with what device did you shred the paper and cardboard in such perfectly neat little pieces?
I think he said a crosscut shredder.
So glad I found your vid! I was just about to order my worms and coconut coir to start my bin! Now I'll do the cardboard/paper thing and age the bedding, THEN I'll order my worms.
Thanks!
So much knowledge out there I love it. Thank you for taking the time! 😏
Do true 2 weeks min. U smart man bro. Much luv all the way from Houston texas
Thanks very much,I have read comments and all so helpful.You are a natural teacher and good of you to share.I love your accent.
what if fungus takes hold and grows a large mycelium lump?
then you'll have yourself some mushrooms too :D
The worms eat the bacteria before that happens,if it does just take it out
"I like numbers and ratios"
I like the numbers and reproduction ratios of these wormy guys
If you already have a compost bin can you just collect the worms and put them in the bin? Or do you have to set them up separately?
Yes u can use your worms from your compost been
thank you for all this info. on worm bins. I have been reading about making my own worm bin, and this video cleared up some questions I had. It hit the nail on the head. I look forward to your next video.
Looking forward to seeing how this goes!
can I use cow manure (black Kow) to mix in with the other things.
Mike P you sure can. I have used bagged manures in the past. It would be best if you can screen it down to a half inch if possible though. The bagged products tend to clump up while it is in the bag.
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I learned a lot, thank you very much! My question would be, how long would it take all this to be "worked up" and how could you harvest at the end? For me it takes forever to separate the worms, maybe somebody has a better solution for this small scale operation.
I guess thats called a bakers dozon 3 inchs...
Will any paper shredders shared cardboard? ??
jerry waters as long as the shredder will shred 14 or more sheets of paper at a time it should be able to shred most cardboards.
This a great info video. You have answered all my questions thank you so much
Great video. What kind of shredder are you using? The one we have at work doesn't like card board. Also your dog looks a lot like my Leinie dog. Is it a Carnathan Black Mouth Cur?
Thurmondator I have a 14 sheet shredder at work that I use. It works pretty well. Astro is a Boxer Labrador mix. He is the best dog I have ever had. Haha
I always remember what you said, and I do, rip up egg cartons when I watch a movie.
great video and very informative. I was just given a pound of worms so I can't wait two weeks. what adjustments should I make? luckily I have compost so should I put them in there with some food and cardboard while my new bin sets up? I have chopped up brown leaves from last fall. how would I use them in my bin? thank you :-)
Jack compost is the best bedding you could use. Just screen it to 1/2 inch if possible and put the worms in it. Cover it with the leaves and let them settle in for 3-4 days before feeding them. Then dig down a little and add a small amount of food with some cardboard and cover over with the compost. Keep an eye on it to see how fast they eat it then feed them again in another spot once it is almost gone.
Excellent video - you explained the process of setting up the first bin very clearly and simply. I subscribed to follow along with you. -Rick
Excellent video 👏👏👏👏👏. This has to be the best explained video, on the simplest method to start a worm bin 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏. This is definitely the method I will be using to start my first worm bin. Cheers buddy 🙏👍👍
Wow! That was fast! Those worms barely had a chance to jump up and down 🪱❤️🪱
Great vid. We don't eat a lot of eggs so I had to buy round oyster shells. Do they have the same ability to help with the PH?
Spot Manduex oyster shell does help with the Ph just like egg shell would. Anything that has a high level of calcium will help buffer the Ph.
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Oh my God, this guy sounds like the bearded guy from the campaign.
The first layer dry cardboard gets mixed up again. Don't see the reason.
This is a good point. What was the idea of placing dry bedding in first? Is it to absorb any extra moisture from the already wet cardboard and/or food? I know the hope is to get the food "rotting" before your worms arrive.
the container has no holes.
@@greatnuvi well said! Why there is no airholes?
Super!
What is the best temperature range for the worms?
robert jeffery Anywhere between 55 and 80 degrees will work fine. The ideal temperature for maximum food processing is around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Anything bellow 40 and above 85 is dangerous for the worms. In that case you might have to rotate ice packs on top of the dry bedding in high temperature or put a heating pad or hand warmers on the top in temperatures close to freezing. I will try to mention that in future videos.
Thank you soooo much for sharing your techniques and expertise! I deeply appreciate it!
One of the products from a worm farm is worm tea ..... there is meant to be moisture in the bottom .....
you may want to make sure your water is not using chloramines instead of chlorine. the former is the most common today and cannot be gotton rid of they way you suggest. the way you suggest works only on chlorine not chloramine
You sound like an actor out of a movie with a Ethan guy
This was a great video. Very thorough! Can you use rabbit manure in compost?
Yes but you may need to add small portions or compost it first so the bin doesn't overheat and kill the worms.
Saw your video last night and of course I ordered the wigglers earlier in the day. UJ will ship today so I have time to prepare the bedding following your model before I receive them in 4 or 5 days. I was going to add just the coir but wasn't quite sure about adding anything else. I have been shredding cardboard for several months now to include in the worm bin, but this video was certainly an Aha moment for me. I just have a plain shredder that spits out spaghetti long strands. While I soaked a 5-gallon pail of shredded cardboard, I added dry cb to the bin, and mixed in 2 quarts of bokashi that had been fermenting for about 3 months. I also tore apart and added the brown paper that covered the bokashi which had mycelium on it and was wet with the pickling liquid. I also had biochar that I mixed in with a homemade soil mix, and a mix of DE/oyster shell/alfalfa meal/kelp meal/ground egg shell/coffee grounds. Added the squeezed shreds and mixed thoroughly. I covered the bin with a towel. I will mix every day until the worms arrive. I will still lay a little coir at the bottom of my in ground compost bin and then add the mix. I am so glad I saw your video, thank you so much for posting it. I'm excited, can't wait. Yes, I just had to subscribe, need you in my library.
New Subscriber Brother! I’m brand new to the gardening/worm scene. I’ve always felt through common sense that without worms you couldn’t have a real viable garden so I’m glad to have run across your channel! What worms do I order? Thx from TX!
Gregory Maier thanks for subscribing! I’m glad you enjoy my videos! I use red wigglers. They are very easy to take care of in a small bin and go through the food pretty fast.
Why put food at the bottom? Worms like to eat from the top 3 inches of the bed.
True they are surface esters but from my experience, i put 1lb of wigglers in my compost pile which id 4ft x 4ft x 4ft and was full to the top. They ate it a
Your videos are very good ... I'm from Brazil and I would like to know why the amount of worms in your wormhole is great ... and if you do some maxhete to increase? If you have any errors, I used a translator
Tu es translates es caca!!! Like my espanol!!
Appreciate it
Do you collect worm tea.?
Very nice videos, good job.
i'm going to make me a worm bed with 2 peces of 6 feet of 2 by 12 lumber and 4 feet at each end.i did this many years ago before i retired and i had plenty of worms to fish with and even more to sell.i'm going to start this tomorrow before it starts getting hot weather.i'll order my red worms from ebay....thanks for your advice!
great video, but would help to edit a bit more....thanks
I am in Tennessee and my yard, compost and gardens are full of the invasive Asian jumping worms! I suppose I can’t use my compost in my red wigglers because I could transfer the invasive eggs to my red worms. I’m so sad these things have literally taken over so fast! Anyone else dealing with this?
How did you get the cardboard in uniformed chips?
Paper shredder
And, it costs nothing to get. The only expense is the tote which a person could fine on Craigslist, or the worms if you're just starting out.
Or walmart sells 20 gals for $5 so just utilize that
VERY helpful! Thanks for sharing your method!
With videos this old, I never get a response but I still have to take that chance. I have chickens and I usually just take the chicken bedding with the chicken poop and spread it around my yard. Is the chicken poop ok to use instead of horse manure?
Thank yous for sharing.... and breaking down ratios, as to how you feel works best.
Too much work. Can I just use those regular worm bins and add the stuff. Or wil that not work at all. Maybe I'm too lazy.
You said you're target was 1/4 the height of the tote.. You already have over 1/2 of it filled.. What about ventilation?
I have started worm bin using pot soil and it's been about 3months.i been putting lot a stuff in there I am sure worms are eating and making casting but since I started with a pot soil it looks all same. I wanna try your way with lot of card board
I have compost that has been composted got a few months of decomposing or more .I have a 30 gallon tote will this be good for 1000 worms?
When did Zach Galifianakis start raising worms?
How do you shred cardboard ?
Where do you get your starter worms?