I actually introduced hypoapsis miles mites into my worm bins. After 10 days they were numerous and fat. They are now my primary food source for my ladybug enclosure. I just take a chunk of detritus and place it in my ladybug enclosure until its mostly cleaned out of mites then I put the detritus back into the worm bin. Working great soo far.
If you want to discern between millipedes and centipedes - look at their names. Milli roughly means thousand. Centi refers to hundred. We used to call millipedes 'thousand leggers' and centipedes 'hundred leggers.'
Hope y'all realize how great these vids are and are appreciated. I believe that my tote worm bin needed more air so I drilled the holes in the lid slightly bigger to 1/4" and BINGO. The BSF showed up, but oddly only in the one bin. Please, no larvae to follow. May adhere some bug screen to the underside of the lids. Live long and prosper.
Another excellent presentation guys!! These are invaluable, especially as someone who's new to all this!! Last time in our outdoor bin there was an explosion of what now looks like pot worms. We've been away for a couple of weeks but we'll check it out tomorrow. Thanks again boys !! Appreciate the info :) Cheers J&C Btw- could only see half on the "ticker" scrolling across the bottom. Probably on our end as we watch on TV but thought you'd wanna know.
Same with me. I noticed though when I try to keep the least amount of moisture( that’s safe for the worms) it reduces the flies. In fact, I only seen maybe 5 this past week verses hundreds a month ago
Great chat. So the large reddish rice grain shaped cocoons are fruit flys larva? I get them in my worm-bag and my bokashi bins. Just want yo make sure I’m targeting them correctly.
what about rove beetles i have a urban worm bin and everything was in check up until i started noticing more and more rove beetles spawning in and i made sure they weren't fruit/fungas nats should i be concerned about this i know rove beetles are beneficial isects but it feels like there so many when i unzip my bin they just start flying out 30-50 at a time and when i inspect my bin i can see them all piled together on one corner of the bin and i see them also throughout the bin at first i wasnt worried but recently it just feels like theres alot more than usual. Can this be a problem? also when they fly out of my bin i have my bin in my indoor garden and i see them land on my plants/pots and start feeding off the fungas nats i had before the rove beetles came and i also had one plant with spider mites and the rove beetles eradicated those spider mites as well so im not worried about them flying out cause they do help in my garden but is there a thing of too many rove beetles in a worm bin?
I don't bother with pests as long as they aren't eating the worms themselves. I figure they are helping compost the material, while adding biology to the compost. My vermicompost is used outdoors, so if im introducing pests to my garden, im attracting predators.
Hi Jess, I don't have a live schedule, but if you join my e-mail list and subscribe to the channel, you''' get notified! To join the e-mail list, just head to urbanwormcompany.com and wait for the annoying popup! 😄
I actually introduced hypoapsis miles mites into my worm bins. After 10 days they were numerous and fat. They are now my primary food source for my ladybug enclosure. I just take a chunk of detritus and place it in my ladybug enclosure until its mostly cleaned out of mites then I put the detritus back into the worm bin. Working great soo far.
If you want to discern between millipedes and centipedes - look at their names. Milli roughly means thousand. Centi refers to hundred. We used to call millipedes 'thousand leggers' and centipedes 'hundred leggers.'
Even more benefits of using rock dust and diatomaceous earth in both my soils and worm bin 👍
TY guys. Watching from Queensland Australia 💜
I cut out yellow cardstock and lather it in vaseline, stick it to a popsicle stick and put where I see the flies. Homemade sticky traps FTW!
love it!! plastic free
I like the respect and love you talk about when you are referring to life forms that common culture would just clasify as pests
You got it Carlos! Most of these critters are just part of the ecosystem!
Hope y'all realize how great these vids are and are appreciated. I believe that my tote worm bin needed more air so I drilled the holes in the lid slightly bigger to 1/4" and BINGO. The BSF showed up, but oddly only in the one bin. Please, no larvae to follow. May adhere some bug screen to the underside of the lids. Live long and prosper.
Thanks benny! Glad to see you're getting value out of these! We enjoy doing them.
Hi I am watching the replay from San Diego California.
Another excellent presentation guys!! These are invaluable, especially as someone who's new to all this!!
Last time in our outdoor bin there was an explosion of what now looks like pot worms. We've been away for a couple of weeks but we'll check it out tomorrow.
Thanks again boys !! Appreciate the info :)
Cheers J&C
Btw- could only see half on the "ticker" scrolling across the bottom. Probably on our end as we watch on TV but thought you'd wanna know.
Love these lectures. Really appreciate it
Glad you like them! Thanks Natlee!
Greetings from Spain! Thanks for your informational videos.
Thanks Daniel!
Last week I noticed some thin 1” green worms in my bin. What are these?
What about slugs? I saw a bunch after it rained
I have a lot of smallish slugs in my bin. Don't want to send their eggs to the garden with castings. Any advice besides manual removal?
my red mites are tiny and run really fast. I think they're predatory. I never see them just sitting in one spot
Hello from Georgia
Ah the joys of living alone
Yeah, sometimes that's easier for vermicomposters!
how do you get rid of small black spiders
very informative, keep the vids coming. I just started my small worm farm, and bye the way, I LIVE IN SAN DIEGO !!!!!! LOL🤣🤣🤣
I'm jealous!
Norm from southwest Oregon
How do you get rid of drain flies in the worm farm?
What if you kept the worms inside Will I still experience pest problems?
Yes. I have little fruit flies or some sort of thing and I keep mine in the house.
Same with me. I noticed though when I try to keep the least amount of moisture( that’s safe for the worms) it reduces the flies. In fact, I only seen maybe 5 this past week verses hundreds a month ago
Great chat. So the large reddish rice grain shaped cocoons are fruit flys larva? I get them in my worm-bag and my bokashi bins. Just want yo make sure I’m targeting them correctly.
I believe these are fruit fly larvae....yes
Will freezing food waste kill fruit fly larvae?
Good morning
tyvm
what about rove beetles i have a urban worm bin and everything was in check up until i started noticing more and more rove beetles spawning in and i made sure they weren't fruit/fungas nats should i be concerned about this i know rove beetles are beneficial isects but it feels like there so many when i unzip my bin they just start flying out 30-50 at a time and when i inspect my bin i can see them all piled together on one corner of the bin and i see them also throughout the bin at first i wasnt worried but recently it just feels like theres alot more than usual. Can this be a problem? also when they fly out of my bin i have my bin in my indoor garden and i see them land on my plants/pots and start feeding off the fungas nats i had before the rove beetles came and i also had one plant with spider mites and the rove beetles eradicated those spider mites as well so im not worried about them flying out cause they do help in my garden but is there a thing of too many rove beetles in a worm bin?
From Texas
I don't bother with pests as long as they aren't eating the worms themselves. I figure they are helping compost the material, while adding biology to the compost. My vermicompost is used outdoors, so if im introducing pests to my garden, im attracting predators.
Thank you for the video, sorry I missed the live. Do you have a live schedule? 🪱
Hi Jess,
I don't have a live schedule, but if you join my e-mail list and subscribe to the channel, you''' get notified!
To join the e-mail list, just head to urbanwormcompany.com and wait for the annoying popup! 😄
GG from Otrgon
finding a lot of small snails in my peat moss and coco couir bedding. any way to eliminate then before i start a new worm bin
Snails are a tough one. I would remove manually if at all possible.
How do you knowhow muchfor of the black stuff to take out they are getting g to heavy for me .
If it looks completely processed with no recognizable scraps, then it's probably good to harvest!
Hello from alabama
I'm in Cleveland Ohio I started with one and now Ihave have 6 it's getting too much much for me
6 bins? You're rocking and rolling. Sounds like you could give some worms or compost away!
Some of the bins are too moist how do I get some of the moisture out
Hi Carolyn! I would mix in dry bedding and maybe uncover the bin to allow some of the moisture to evaporate.
Im Pelle from sweden
South Carolina
Hi Alex!
Cindy in Alaska
Ken from Dallas
Montana / Canadian border 😊
NC
caney kansas
Uk 👌
Australia 🇦🇺😃
Uk
NEW ZEALAND
Where can I get fungal eating worms?
Composting worms eat that