I was thinking about going to the bait shop. I usually drop 3 or 4 worms in each pot, this round I didn’t and I’ve had a few issues, so I think I’m going to go back to doing it. But I’ve really wanted to vermiculture for a few years, just for the castings.
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You were using nightcrawlers or what type?
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No, the little ones. The like 36 for $4 ones
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They probably euros. It’s what most people have been finding at Walmart. The carton even says something redworms, but if you look at the worm and look up the scientific name, they are euros.
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Yeah, I think I get the same brand as them. The DMF (dirty mother fucker) worms, the ones in a white little tub.
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Those are for sure euros. I went looking when someone said they found redworms at Walmart. I know they’re the same because Walmart orders like 15000000000000 at a time and sends them to all their stores.
They work find, but redworms are a bit faster. Some people use them both because they work different layers of the bin iirc.
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Cheers
G
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Where do you order your worms from, I d like to start a worm bed but use nightcrawlers they sit on a hook a lot better than red worms
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try Sonoma worms 
Or even go hunting for your own… gives you something to do when its raining 
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I’ve used https://unclejimswormfarm.com. Don’t need much, get a small amount and they’ll keep reproducing to their optimal amount for the container size.
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I managed to talk my wife in a ‘cute’ worm bin last year.
Now, she is OK with the little critters in the kitchen and I have half a cubic foot of castings for our plants… 
Time to get serious
That’s a 50 gal. (190L) storage tote, drilled and prepped. It is sitting on 2 inches of hard foam board to give it a thermal break from the slab (garage).
Inside I have 6 Lbs of Coir, a big bag of last fall’s leaves all shredded & a cubic foot+ of old soil from previous grows. To this I’m adding usual kitchen scraps and leaves from my grow.
Right now the temperature is 6C (43F) (thermocouple under the bin) so, too cold for the worms yet (wish I had a large heating pad)
As soon as the temperature hits 10C (50F) I’m moving half my population to this bin and get them going.
I have another 4 cubic feet of soil I want to process this summer. Plus garden detritus etc
Depending how things go, I may try to over winter (with a heat source)
Cheers
G
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Looking great @Gpaw haven’t see one like that before(Bin) … you’ll come to realize that the worms can take a wide range of temps I’d be more concerned in the hot end of the temp spectrum.
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By mid summer I’ll have the foam out from under so I’ll use the slab as a heat sink.
So long as I don’t get it so heavy I can’t lift it… 
Cheers
G
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Been spending some time getting things going on the farm. Bought 10cubes of worms and have them set up under the old kraal enclosure where all the sheep and cows used to be housed. Cut up a few old reservoirs and filled them in. I’m using a few different amendments to feed each drum so will be building a specific casting per drum.
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Wow. So is it like a veg, transition and flower castings your shooting for?
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Yessir… the big pool like thing with green tarp over is going to be an all round pretty much leaf, woodchips and alfalfa with cow and sheep manure. Will put other odds and ends in too like kelp, biochar and rock dust.
The other 4 bins will be more specific to certain food or plant groups /parts and their npk values … the idea is make a casting for seedling, veg, transition and flower.
Still have to get the ittigation pipes across but have some sprinkler heads bought so just have to labour it out hehe
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That’s how you charge biochar like a boss 
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Harvest day from the composter. Good day in CO to start prepping those gardens. This is all from food waste (coffee grounds and paper filters, produce waste, egg shells). It’s my first harvest since I started my bin a couple years ago and it’s looking rich and ready to be worked into my garden soil.
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Looks like some awesomeness there!
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