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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- The horizontal migration in my oldest red wiggler bin is complete and the last of the worms are removed from the container. Since the worms are needed for an exchange of worms with another vermicomposter, and since I do not have enough worms to meet the need, I dip into my newest red wiggler bin to fetch the required additional worms needed for the task at hand
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Please consider using the affiliate links below - they provide me with a small commission, at no additional cost to you, which helps to support this channel. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Donations to support this channel can also be made using PayPal here: www.paypal.me/AVworms THANK YOU!
Some useful supplies, materials and equipment for easier worm composting.:
PLASTIC "bus box" / "bus bin" UTILITY TUBS :
Rubbermaid 7 gallon - amzn.to/2QnT40J
Artisan 2-pack -- amzn.to/2x3Fg4N
Gabin 3-pack -- amzn.to/2TVy3N8
Eagrye 4-pack -- amzn.to/2IVjaE4
COCO COIR:
Hydro Crunch 5 kg / 11 lb block -- amzn.to/2QQu8yZ
VERMIBAGS:
Online store: www.vermibag.com/?wpam_id=42
DISPOSABLE GLOVES:
Safeguard 100-pack -- amzn.to/3a1fSLt
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH:
5 lb bag food grade with duster -- amzn.to/3hyJTFU
4 lb bag -- amzn.to/2CJ98GU
SMALL PERSONAL BLENDERS:
Magic Bullet -- amzn.to/3b7jlbF
Ninja -- amzn.to/2TVWN7W
NutriBullet -- amzn.to/2Wn5HwI
SPRAY BOTTLES:
Rayson 8 oz -- amzn.to/33nYfTG
SEE-THROUGH COMPOST CONTAINERS:
3 chamber acrylic; includes 3 thermometers - amzn.to/2JBU9yj
Rubbermaid file organizer - amzn.to/30wQYl1
All online orders made using the links above are very much appreciated.
So they say 1 pound of worms is 1000 worms! Hubby and I both agree in your 1st bin there's more than 2000 worms hmmm.
Keep up great work.
Oh yeah hubby says you should charge more as your worms are famous!
Famous worms = higher price. I like that idea... :) Your hubby sounds like a shrewd businessman; I could probably learn a thing or two from him. Thanks for watching!
Seriously! Damn mole!!
I've given mine tomatoes multiple times and they love them. Watermelon and banana skins are favorites though.
I had a coconut that got 'lost' in the back of the fridge a way back and didn't think we should eat it...Out of fun, I just broke a small hole in it and put it into my worms...the LOVE the coconut. I think they've had it about 2 years now, but there's always a huge ball of worms in it. Most of it's gone, but there's still a little in one end still...I may have to get another just to 'treat' them. I like watching how they react to different foods...it's amazing to me.
As far a a bag for travel, the one I got my worms in from Uncle Jim's was about the same type of fabric that you use for gardens to keep weeds down, the non-woven stuff they make shopping bags from too...maybe you cannot sew one, but even taking a large enough square, putting the worms in it , gathering it up and tying the top closed might be an idea for you rather than using a T-shirt, unless you really want to get rid of some. :) Blessings!
You make a good point. I have a roll of black fabric similar to that used as weed barrier. I could fashion simple bags from that if I had to. If only I knew how to operate a sewing machine.. :)
My uncle jim's R.W's had 6 jumpers in the order but they were easy to isolate. Thanks for the Video.
@@russellbublitz8409 You can't convert other metals into mercury. Unless the worm is a supernova that is.
@@russellbublitz8409 Mercury can be concentrated, but it can't be converted from other metals outside a nuclear reactor (from heavier elements) or a supernova (from lighter elements).
Physics can be argued, but they don't change.
@@russellbublitz8409 thanks for sharing that ... I googled it and found this interesting article for anyone interested wildlife.org/invasive-earthworms-spread-mercury-to-wildlife/
Thanks for the video!! Definitely looking forward to my upcoming harvest!!
Those blue worms betta be awesome !,,
I think they do a pretty decent job... :)
Not scared of longer videos I see.
Nice treat.
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So much to see and do... so little time :)
Yes... you are the first to mention it. And did you notice where it ended up? Yes - I sent it along with the worms! Oops :)
@@A-V Dang it. 😆
I do a lot of fishing mostly for pan fish like bluegills I started a worm farm because I got tired of paying for them started with 160 worms now have thousands
Very cool - glad to hear it. Thanks for watching!
I bought reds from uncle Jim and they are all blues I believe. They are smaller than yours and don't have the yellow color yours seem to have. They compost fine but I wanted reds. If you ever decide to get rid of some in the future please let me know
I also bought from Uncle Jim's and got mostly blues and not reds. I did get the European night crawlers and they were what they were suppose to be. I hear everyone gets a lot of blues from Uncle Jims when they are ordering reds.
Sounds like the Uncle Jim's red / blue bait n' switch deal that I heard about is true. I wonder if that's why the person who I am swapping with felt that his "red wigglers" were not as lively as mine (that was his main reason for hoping to get some of mine). Now that I know for sure that what I'm getting is likely a mix of, if not primarily, blues then I will most certainly be keeping them segregated from my other worms. Thanks for the feedback!
@Ron K doesn't say that. Watch it again. Now it says life was like a box of chocolates.
Some blame the Mandela effect
Blue worms came with my order of red wiggles from Uncle Jim's. The compost just as well. They seems to out breed the red wiggles. They seems to be escape artist and are very fast. Although you can count rings from the nose to clittellum, the best way to tell if they are blues is to put them with in the light... see which one speed past the others 2 to 1.
The more I hear about the behavior of the blues the more I look forward to receiving them. I need to remind myself too to prep a home for those little guys, so that I'm ready once they arrive. Thanks!
Auto correct fail. Wigglers=wiggles
Do you mean uncle Jim gave you mixed worms? Now I realize some of my worms are not red wiggles because the red compost wiggles worms have yellow tail !
I’m sure you put dry peat in with your worms when putting in the post. I just bought a 1kg of Dendrobaena worms here in the uk, and they were packed in dry peat. Stops them frothing up. Only paid £23-50 for them, lovely huge worms, great for fishing and composting.
I just combined them with the material that they were occupying earlier. That should make them cozy for the trip. Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
What about cocoons? Can u describe stages of growth stages? Enjoy your explanations. I use peat moss and larger bins because my smaller ones broke. Your bins must be sturdier. How long between harvesting castings?
Cocoons are something I have never spent any time dealing with. I suppose I could probably gather them if I had the proper types of screens. Thanks for watching!
How many days do you feed a bin before you start to migrate them over and pull the worms out, & start a new bin? & how do you feed? I'm just curious because I don't think I've ever seen a video from b you where you feed them jist regularly... jist curious how you get them to work through the material in the bin... Do you feed them in corners going from corner to corner in each feeding, for a certain number of weeks before feeding on only the migration area, or do you feed on left side one week, then right side next? I used to be able to keep up with a lot of your videos but since having my baby I have only caught a few here and there... (hes almost 2 now... I remember bingeing on your & "The Crazy Worm Lady"'s videos right before going into labor & right after having the baby... haha)
Congrats on the new addition to the family! And welcome back to the channel. I have no set time for running the bin during its normal composting phase - I just go with it for a while then I just decide at some point that it is time to start winding things down. I pretty much always place the food down the middle - although I have on a few occasions also done the corner "pocket feeding" approach too. Before proceeding to the migration of the worms from the finished compost, nowadays I allow a few weeks of "foraging" to happen which allow the worms some time to do away with any remaining scraps of bedding or food that may still be scattered throughout the castings. During this time I also allow the material to dry a bit too. Between the drying of the material & the depletion of the food supply, I stack the deck in my favor so that once I begin the migration process the worms are highly motivated to make their way to the edge of the bin where the fresh supply of bedding and food gets placed. This approach seems to work well for me... so this is how I've been doing it most recently. Thanks for watching!
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I don’t understand why the tubs aren’t fuller …
Have you tried placing the worms on a sieve or fine mesh and seeing if they'll just dive down through so you don't have to continuously skim off the top surface when separating the worms from the organic matter?
It is an interesting concept. No - I can't say I have tried such an approach. If you can point me to an example of someone demonstrating this on TH-cam I'd be interested in seeing it in action. Thanks for watching!
PS: Sometimes I like to check if people who comment on my videos have channels & videos. In your case I can see that you were experimenting with RC drones a couple years before DJI came out with their first generation Phantom. Very cool stuff! I can only imagine what kinds of interesting things you like to tinker with nowadays!
@@A-V I really appreciate your replies. You've replied to all my comments. I watch all your videos, and occasionally catch up on one's from years ago. Regarding the approach I mentioned, no I've not seen anyone try it, hence my reason for asking. My worm bins are only 3mo old so I haven't had the opportunity to separate worms from castings yet. But I'd like to try that approach myself. I'm maybe a little unconventional, but I have my two worm bins in my bedroom :') haha, and have about 1.5kg red wrigglers between the two. I keep it ultra clean, perfect moisture balance by adjusting plastic bag coverage on the surface, always burying food below the surface, and add coffee grinds to prevent fruit flies, all things I've learned from your channel. Thank you so much for your dedication to your channel. All really interesting stuff. I studied mechanical engineering, graduated 4 years ago, so love tinkering, but no I don't have a great channel like you. I'm too shy to talk on camera :D
I am, and have always been, a tinkerer too. I like the sound of how your worm composting system is set up. Keeping things clean and orderly is easy. The worms tend to stay where they belong - so there's no reason to be concerned about having them in the house. When I first started I remember some videos suggesting that they could even be stored under the sink in your kitchen cabinet. The idea seemed so odd - but now I believe it is entirely do-able that way if some would want to do so. If you ever decide to shoot more videos - even if you keep yourself off screen - then I bet it would get some traction. Especially if you do interesting, cutting-edge things like what I saw earlier today. Anyhow - thanks again for watching! :)
When I ordered my worms from Uncle Jim's, I was given the choice of how many "COMPOSTING WORMS" I needed. I was not given the choice of how many red wigglers I wanted. I figure that is why there are blues in the order.
Yes, it is my understanding that their worms are generally sold as a mixed population :)
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Wait till you see the appetites of the blues. And you'll get the biggest worm balls you've ever seen! My bins are mixed with Reds, Blues, and Euros and they all cohabitate well together. The blues are much faster and reproduce faster as well. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
I was beginning to think that I was going to regret getting blues. From the sounds of it they seem like they do a good job... :)
For some reason just this weekend I was wondering why you didn't have any blues and I was meaning to ask you the next time you posted a new video. Ironic. I could never understand why so many people complain about them. I love my skinny blues. You won't regret it.
@@tracitekancic4529 if a rain storm is coming and you have an open bin they'll crawl off fall and dry out
@@Luis-zl5cg even indoors while the rainstorm is outside?
@@eaflores93 yea its called change in barometric pressure look it up on Google
Castings do have a shelf life. Dump your old castings first to your garden. If castings are kept slightly damp i have read that it is more benificial.
My plan was to put everything that I presently have in storage out in the garden. This way it'll have a couple months to all get soaked into the soil. I should have some really happy plants next season :)
No they do not aged castings for 5 years and fresh castings were compared and there were no difference
@@Luis-zl5cg source?
I wish i have them in that number
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How many worms do you. Have and how long did it take to accumulate th I s many?
I recently added a new column to my bin tracking spreadsheet to record the estimated worm count of each system; the estimated worm count (at system launch) of each of my systems is listed below... as well as the sum total. I always assume that a bin's population begins growing right away - so my guess is that it's even more than what I have show below :)
400
400
400
1334
1599
1471
2217
3447
829
1263
2490
2707
1765
1765
36
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22,123
are they having babies?
Most of the time the answer to that questions is, yes! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the info.
wait do you sell your worms?
No - I do not. Perhaps some day - if I can get my worm population big enough to sustain me sharing them with others... :) Thanks for watching!
did earth worm like peat moss
I have never tried peat moss - I have only tried coco coir on a couple occasions. I tend to lean more towards using bedding materials that are already around the house (ie. paper, leaves, etc.) versus using things I must purchase :)
I don't understand the trade. Are you trading your red wigglers for the other person's assumed to be red wigglers?
Yeah... something like that :)
@@A-V If you order red wigglers from a bed run you will not have 100% red wigglers. Night time and during rain storms curious worms enter the bin then reproduce. You can't help it. I find African night crawlers in my European night crawlers bin. I did have them next to each other. Maybe a few climbed over. They really stand out next to other worms. It's funny to. I put like 10 African night crawlers in a mix bin. They hang out together. All the other worms are jumping around and they are moving really slow. I ordered red wigglers and I find Alabama jumpers in my bin. I love that. I was going to buy 1 pound of them but they run like $80 a pound. Not worth it to me. I didn't want to spend that kind of money. So now I can separate them and have my own collection compliments to curious worms. I feel them will to thank them for their hard work. Also I live in Vegas. Those jumpers seem to prefer more sandy locations compared to any other worm.
Some people look at not giving 100% red wrigglers as a set back. I look at it as a blessing I have multiple worms that I can use to form my own collections as I desire. Have a fantastic night brother.
I suppose I will not really know until the worms arrive and I can examine them.. but I'm fairly certain that I'll be getting red wigglers & blues - and now I don't mind so much. I initially I thought that it was something that people saw as an issue - but now I can see that people actually see it as a benefit :)
@@A-V absolutely!! I think you getting blues would be great!!
I'm just curious what the motivation was behind the trade since it was pretty much even. I get the feeling it might be a little one side on purpose.
Also, Your Anc's videos make me wanna send you a few real anc cacoons to finally end the controversy.
Motivation? Well... the recipient seems to have a real go-get-'em attitude when it comes to vermicomposting. My hope was that some of that enthusiasm and motivation would rub off a bit on me & replace my sloth & laziness 😀
Wondering what the stacking unit you use is or at least the height width and length
I do not use a stacking system. I just use single bins. Thanks for watching!
@@A-V what's with the white wire stacking unit you place your bus boxes/ worm bins on then
I'm sorry - I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to a worm tower system in which the bins get stacked on top of each other.
What I keep my bins on is something I consider to be a "shelf"... or a "shelving unit".
It is similar to this: amzn.to/33bW32J When my neighbor was moving it was put out in the trash... and I recovered it from there rather than allowing it to be discarded :)
Thank you for watching!
@@A-V thank you sorry my wording can be very odd
What is the point of trading worms?
I felt sorta the same way... but in the interest of being neighborly I went through with the deal. I suppose the perk was that I now have a breed of worm in my collection which I did not have previously. Thanks for watching!
AV Where Are You Based At,And Do You Sell Worms 🐛.I Have 5Dishes Pf Them But They Are All Tiger Worms And All Small.I Have Had These Worms 1Year Next Month,I Follow All Your Serious And Have The Worm Big.Thank You.Gordon From County Durham.
You are in County Durham in North East England?.. or Durham County in North Carolina, USA?? I am located in Central New Jersey. No - I do not sell worms. Thanks for watching!
@@A-V I Am In County Durham North Easy England.
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You enjoy hearing yourself talk, don't you? LOL
You enjoying seeing your name in writing, don't you? Haha
Have you consider selling your worms?????
I have... but it would take some doing to get to the point where I could. Who knows - perhaps some day..... :)
@@A-V would be more then happy to pay you 30.00 for a pound of extra worms when you have them