With a static bin like that, it would probably be easiest to harvest in sections. Using a bright light, you can scrape layers on one half, the worms will move away from the light. Put fresh bedding on that side, then repeat on the opposite side.
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Thanks @ReikoX I’ll do that. I dumped my bin in a bigger tray as you can see in the second picture. Is that worm castings?
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Looks like good shit to me! Lol… I like useing those - gallon net pots that hydro growers use
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Yep! That would be castings.
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Man thanks guys. I’m ecstatic! Lol. It has a good oder to it too. And saves me a ton of money
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@ Corey I just usually work out in the sunlight and dump the whole damn pot over On a tarp mound it a bit and scrapethe tops and side down on the cone of crap the worms will all migrate and ball up in the center mass then just grab the worm ball!
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That’s freaking brilliant @Tinytuttle. I will do that because I bought 7 containers of big red worms from Walmart to start this project. Imy gonna let the casting dry out a bit before removing all 200 worms. I would like to expand, breed, expand excetra. Because I will use everything I can grow.
This is a great thread! I went over it a couple of times a few questions to you brilliant overgrowers, and BAM! 6 weeks later I have a good amount of black gold.
I’m thinking a 66qt tub next with holes in the bottom for drainage. I also have barley germinating for there next feeding.
How do I make sure I grow the most nutritious castings, and is 200 big red wiggles enough for a 66 qt tub?
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I think that’s what tiny likes to sift with the net pot. You strain our the cocoons, and keep the future babies in the bin. Multiplication will fill it up eventually. The better you take care of the bin, the more they will breed. For years my bin was neglected, and the worm count stayed low. Now my little bin is hopping since I’ve been maintaining it. I was just telling my wife I need to fund some regular redworms and start my airpot going. We enede up with a bunch of extra salad fixings perfect for a bin. Plus all the fan leaves and stuff coming up from harvest. Did they call those trout worms or what at Wal mart?
Castings are expensive man for sure. Plus if you make them correctly, they are much better.
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Hey @Badger. They call them Big Red Wigglers. 30 count. Just under 3 dollars per container
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You can fortify your castings with kelp and and other amendments a wide array of foods Is best
I have found fabric pots better than plastics … you have way more the 200 wigglers they multiply like rabbits
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Either way for a quick pound or less I like the net pot … I clean my bins entire about every 3-4 months … I would go with the 25 gallon smart pots probably cheaper than a plastic tote
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I barely worry about that cause the cocoons that get through are colonizing more area or pots down the road
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Maybe Walmart would have the smart pots and kelp. I have tons of grain I can feed to them
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They may have pots … kelp I doubt though nursery or a grow shop on the kelp
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Of what Iv seen at Walmart yes I’m almost certain 100% those are reds just look for the orange /reddish tail band then your golden!
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Clackamas coot uses the same ammendment he puts in his living soil, plus comfrey and barley hay to make his castings. I think the biolive would be a perfect mix for it.
@corey if you really want to get serious and have some extra room, you should get some comfrey going. It’s free fertilizer bro.
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Yeah I can do that. I’ll look for some seeds and plant a bed of it
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Don’t get seeds more than likely it will be very invasive and spread to a point where you won’t be able to keep in check … look for plants Bocking #14 is what ya want
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I will get you a root bro. I’ll pm
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Getting ready to build my first worm bin and have a couple of questions.
We drink a LOT of coffee. Do you use the grinds and how much is to much?
I live in the Midwest on 10 acres that is mostly wooded. Easily have 4-5” of natural leaf compost on the ground in the woods. Would this work as a base with shredded paper and cardboard? What about coco/ perlite?
Thanks for any help!
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