The #1 Vermicomposting Mistake You're Making!
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Chris
Hello,
I have been watching your videos for a while and enjoy the information you have put out. I actually choose to get this particular worm bag in this video. So I have a question about my current worm bag. I got it back in July and added the worms per the guide. Today I finally decided to check on the casting to see if it was time to harvest and it looks similar to how I put it in. I started to look for the worms at this point because I was curious what was going on in the bag. I could not find any worms but I found a few roly-poly, a centipede, and a couple of either fruit flies or gnats. I would put food scraps in the bin maybe once a week or more and dried grass from my lawn every few weeks. When I went looking in the bin I could not find one worm. I live in Colorado Springs and the worm bin was in my garage this whole time. Do you have any ideas where all the worms have gone and should I toss the whole bin and start over?
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Hello,
I have been watching your videos for a while and enjoy the information you have put out. I actually choose to get this particular worm bag in this video. So I have a question about my current worm bag. I got it back in July and added the worms per the guide. Today I finally decided to check on the casting to see if it was time to harvest and it looks similar to how I put it in. I started to look for the worms at this point because I was curious what was going on in the bag. I could not find any worms but I found a few roly-poly, a centipede, and a couple of either fruit flies or gnats. I would put food scraps in the bin maybe once a week or more and dried grass from my lawn every few weeks. When I went looking in the bin I could not find one worm. I live in Colorado Springs and the worm bin was in my garage this whole time. Do you have any ideas where all the worms have gone and should I toss the whole bin and start over?
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ADAM
I over watered my bag awhile back and realized that any amount of water in there will stay. I put about 6 or 7 square foot of cardboard on the top inside and it absorbed the excess water. The cardboard was ripped in pieces but with the evaporation of the water it was absorbed instead of just dripping back inside. A closed system and a very great ecosystem. I'm going to buy 7 more systems so I can sell european night crawlers on a regular basis. An easier way to make the money it takes to keep my old lady's trap shut. It's always blah blah blah and gimme the money. Hells bells I may need to buy more and sell them world wide but still be in the poor house. Lol Just kidding but she will have to learn to handle them when the time comes to fill resale cups. They last long and don't need a refrigerator. Thanks and Peace
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I over watered my bag awhile back and realized that any amount of water in there will stay. I put about 6 or 7 square foot of cardboard on the top inside and it absorbed the excess water. The cardboard was ripped in pieces but with the evaporation of the water it was absorbed instead of just dripping back inside. A closed system and a very great ecosystem. I'm going to buy 7 more systems so I can sell european night crawlers on a regular basis. An easier way to make the money it takes to keep my old lady's trap shut. It's always blah blah blah and gimme the money. Hells bells I may need to buy more and sell them world wide but still be in the poor house. Lol Just kidding but she will have to learn to handle them when the time comes to fill resale cups. They last long and don't need a refrigerator. Thanks and Peace
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Carolyn
Kevin, I have been using the Urban Worm Bag for about 6 months now and I really appreciate Steve's great product. I am wondering if by chance you have ever had worms escape through the bottom? I have tightened the cord to the max but every day or so I see poor little worms that have come through the bottom and are now dead on the floor. I put a tub under the bag in hopes I will see them before they crawl on the floor and die. It breaks my heart when I see the little critters on the floor dried up and dead. Any suggestion would be much appreciated if this has ever happened to you. What can I put in the hole that they can't get through. Was thinking of putting a light under the bag to keep them in the bag but I think I am starting to think of some crazy things to keep my worms in the bag.
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Kevin, I have been using the Urban Worm Bag for about 6 months now and I really appreciate Steve's great product. I am wondering if by chance you have ever had worms escape through the bottom? I have tightened the cord to the max but every day or so I see poor little worms that have come through the bottom and are now dead on the floor. I put a tub under the bag in hopes I will see them before they crawl on the floor and die. It breaks my heart when I see the little critters on the floor dried up and dead. Any suggestion would be much appreciated if this has ever happened to you. What can I put in the hole that they can't get through. Was thinking of putting a light under the bag to keep them in the bag but I think I am starting to think of some crazy things to keep my worms in the bag.
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Sanjay
I have just about 20-25 worms in my worm bin. I just gathered them up from my backyard and stuck them in a plastic tote (no holes for aeration, I just open the tote everyday for a few minutes) with about 30 pounds of green tea, coffee grounds, sawdust, and banana peels, and they seem to be doing fine. No smell, no overheating, no issues so far. (The total amount of food and sawdust are only about 5 inches deep)
Are these worms going to multiply eventually, or do they have too little space to grow?
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I have just about 20-25 worms in my worm bin. I just gathered them up from my backyard and stuck them in a plastic tote (no holes for aeration, I just open the tote everyday for a few minutes) with about 30 pounds of green tea, coffee grounds, sawdust, and banana peels, and they seem to be doing fine. No smell, no overheating, no issues so far. (The total amount of food and sawdust are only about 5 inches deep)
Are these worms going to multiply eventually, or do they have too little space to grow?
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The
So I got 5 cold compost piles of all kinds of stuff. The worms just come up outa the earth. Every day I dig a whole and dump a bunch of food scraps in their. Never measure anything. Then I soak it in water. The worms keep multiplying like crazy They eat anything I put I. There carbon or no carbon. I even started putting them in bins with tons of food scraps and leaves.
Ya, nothing seems to even slow these guys down. I seriously don't know what the hell to do with them all.
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So I got 5 cold compost piles of all kinds of stuff. The worms just come up outa the earth. Every day I dig a whole and dump a bunch of food scraps in their. Never measure anything. Then I soak it in water. The worms keep multiplying like crazy They eat anything I put I. There carbon or no carbon. I even started putting them in bins with tons of food scraps and leaves.
Ya, nothing seems to even slow these guys down. I seriously don't know what the hell to do with them all.
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przybyla420
Thanks for the video. Any thoughts on specifics of serving the food: should I mix it with shredded browns before adding? Then bury lightly under the surface? or just plop on there and then cover with more browns? Or is it not critical one way or the other?
Ive been putting chopped up veggie scraps on the surface, under a couple sheets of brown paper bag that I use over and over, then occasionally spreading some more shredded browns over the surface.
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Thanks for the video. Any thoughts on specifics of serving the food: should I mix it with shredded browns before adding? Then bury lightly under the surface? or just plop on there and then cover with more browns? Or is it not critical one way or the other?
Ive been putting chopped up veggie scraps on the surface, under a couple sheets of brown paper bag that I use over and over, then occasionally spreading some more shredded browns over the surface.
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tina
You don't need any fancy bin. How much did that bin cost?
It's not that complicated.
Worms eat leaves. especially maple leaves. Egg shells, paper, and cut up boxes. All veggies and fruits. No fat or meat. or cooked food.
I use metal trash cans. with holes bottom, top, and sides. worms do not like light. they will not escape. Put in a shady under tree area. Cover in the winter. and feed once a month till spring.
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You don't need any fancy bin. How much did that bin cost?
It's not that complicated.
Worms eat leaves. especially maple leaves. Egg shells, paper, and cut up boxes. All veggies and fruits. No fat or meat. or cooked food.
I use metal trash cans. with holes bottom, top, and sides. worms do not like light. they will not escape. Put in a shady under tree area. Cover in the winter. and feed once a month till spring.
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kenargo
I'm a bit confused, is he talking about moisture problem in a container (that's what is sounds like. My understanding about one of the benefits of the continuous method is that excess moisture falls through and out the bottom and/or, since the bag has airflow bottom to top (and maybe sides depending on the design) these bag systems tend to run a bit on the dry side because of the additional air flow.
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I'm a bit confused, is he talking about moisture problem in a container (that's what is sounds like. My understanding about one of the benefits of the continuous method is that excess moisture falls through and out the bottom and/or, since the bag has airflow bottom to top (and maybe sides depending on the design) these bag systems tend to run a bit on the dry side because of the additional air flow.
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Lee
The BIGGEST tip from this video is the adding of bedding. The 4: 1 ratio is 4 parts veg scraps, 1 part dry bedding.
It makes sense, when you do the math, this reduces a 90% moisture vegetable scraps to roughly 70% average moisture.
I knew about the overfeeding problem and was very careful to test, learn and avoid. BUT the bin still got too wet.
I will always do this in my feeds now.
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The BIGGEST tip from this video is the adding of bedding. The 4: 1 ratio is 4 parts veg scraps, 1 part dry bedding.
It makes sense, when you do the math, this reduces a 90% moisture vegetable scraps to roughly 70% average moisture.
I knew about the overfeeding problem and was very careful to test, learn and avoid. BUT the bin still got too wet.
I will always do this in my feeds now.
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Keely
The only moisture i add to my worm fridge is the materials provided, i don't have pests but i do have mycelium which the worms literally don't even mind, it's the right temp for them since they have been making the right environment for the perfect heat loving bacteria, which apparently there isn't a ton wrong or it wouldn't be black and smell great
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The only moisture i add to my worm fridge is the materials provided, i don't have pests but i do have mycelium which the worms literally don't even mind, it's the right temp for them since they have been making the right environment for the perfect heat loving bacteria, which apparently there isn't a ton wrong or it wouldn't be black and smell great
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Jordan
I appreciate this video and information. Youre doing great work, Kevin! I do find the placement of this video as a weird spot. Almost like that door-to-door salesman that you want to give a shot selling their product, but not enough to let them into your home/garden
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I appreciate this video and information. Youre doing great work, Kevin! I do find the placement of this video as a weird spot. Almost like that door-to-door salesman that you want to give a shot selling their product, but not enough to let them into your home/garden
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Snacky
I have a geo-bin. I put whatever the heck I want in their. We have about 1. 5 plastic grocery sacks worth of kitchen scraps per week. I also put acorns, twigs, leaves, grass, weeds in there. No issues really ever. I don't really think about ratios.
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I have a geo-bin. I put whatever the heck I want in their. We have about 1. 5 plastic grocery sacks worth of kitchen scraps per week. I also put acorns, twigs, leaves, grass, weeds in there. No issues really ever. I don't really think about ratios.
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Josh
Just use dirty kitchen napkins, paper towels, cardboard to-go boxes, pizza boxes, leaves, or mulch, for a carbon material instead of using recyclable materials or purchasing straw or coco fiber. Most ecofriendly and resourceful way of doing it
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Just use dirty kitchen napkins, paper towels, cardboard to-go boxes, pizza boxes, leaves, or mulch, for a carbon material instead of using recyclable materials or purchasing straw or coco fiber. Most ecofriendly and resourceful way of doing it
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Othello
Yo Kev, you can also add lactobacillus serum to help with odors and digestive enzymes, I've heard some people say bokashi is something that helps worms too. Maybe you could do some research and make a post about it? Keep killing it epically
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Yo Kev, you can also add lactobacillus serum to help with odors and digestive enzymes, I've heard some people say bokashi is something that helps worms too. Maybe you could do some research and make a post about it? Keep killing it epically
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The
Just setting up my bin this week!
Dry Leaves would be considered basically a carbon material then right? if I dump a ton of leaves from last fall (its april now) in my bin that can be considered more of a bedding substance like the coco?
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Just setting up my bin this week!
Dry Leaves would be considered basically a carbon material then right? if I dump a ton of leaves from last fall (its april now) in my bin that can be considered more of a bedding substance like the coco?
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