Composting with Worms/Grubs

Well, I am breaking down all my garden beds to let them rest for the winter and that just means I will be composting everything:) In this video I talk about the process. I also talk about the bugs a bit. If you find the video helpful engage it in some way!
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[@TheLifeofJenelle]

OMG!!! I love the part about using the kids. I am 41 and I have learned that same lesson. They run from me because when I come up with great ideas it means work for all 5 of my children. LOL!

[@AdaraAhab]

I just started gardening this year. I panicked when I saw the grub worms in my compost!!! I almost threw it all away but I found this video!! Thanks for sharing!!! I beleive my compost is going to turn out great. 😊❤

[@josels1292]

How did it turn out?

[@homefarmideas]

Well, I am breaking down all my garden beds to let them rest for the winter and that just means I will be composting everything:) In this video I talk about the process. I also talk about the bugs a bit. If you find the video helpful engage it in some way! Like always God Bless you guys!

[@chiefmorning7791]

God Bless u too brother;) Awesome video;)

[@homefarmideas]

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[@allendunson2826]

I allow my chickens to go through my compost. I will lose some earth worms and the grubs, but they do all the turning and when they are through the leaves and straw and banana peels and manure will be broken down. There are always some worms and worm eggs in the compost and usually the only work for me is putting the material in and cleaning the compost out.

[@rachelsour97]

Would you recommend having a separe compost bin for grubs bug ? And do these grub bug have the same rules for worms or can they be feed meat, dairy and citrus ?

[@margaretmanz2030]

Very informative! Just what I was looking for. Subscribed. Be well.

[@GregoryBoysHomestead]

Those look like Green Back Japanese Beetle larvae.... I would have fed them to my chickens the very Moment I found them to prevent an onslaught of beetles eating my crops come July.

[@bbendzunas]

How do you know they are not Japanese beetle grubs or immature larva of something else that you don't want?

[@GregoryBoysHomestead]

What he's showing sure looks like Green Back Japanese Beetles. Most likely, he was blasted by a wave of plant destroying Beetles come July. 😅 I feed them to my chicken as soon as I see them.

[@Mister.Doodler]

Great overview! I have done a small compost sample bin and recently saw grubs in there when I added goat manure to it. All videos which I saw mentioned that they are pest to roots. You are the only one who mentioned that they help in breaking down (like the other red wriggler worms). My question - then whenever I take out the compost and mix with soil , Will the grubs/eggs not start reproducing in the soil and damage my plant roots ? Your answer will certainly help at this stage. Please do give an elaborate answer. Thankyou in advance

[@davidschmidt270]

So he didn't answer .... maybe I can help....just my thoughts...I'm new to a lot of this myself....If I was in your shoes....and I kinda am being that one of my compost piles does have some grubs....here's some options : if you have chickens well, there ya go....spread it out all over there run.... the grubs will get be good eating and any subsequent larvae that make it will probably get eaten as well.... maybe do an experimental garden on a secluded section?? Take some seed that you've been saving that you can readily get easy like cantaloupe???.that way if it's a wash it's not a huge loss....or wait till this summer and recompost everything in the HOT HOT sun so as to destroy any possible eggs.....I'm not an expert...these are just some of my ideas....just trying to help

[@debral.phillips4366]

Your kids are so cute! They make the video not boring!

[@paulanix7561]

I saved my gumball tree stumps and stacked them in a pile for a "future chicken coop" feeding area. No chickens but after 2 years the grubs have broken up those stumps pretty well. Hopefully the chickens will come one day soon

[@supersixone9848]

Awesome video i was a little scared when i saw them. Thank you

[@OKBushcraft]

Cool. I noticed this year the bare trampled spots in the goat pen was fluffy dirt instead of being compacted. I had a bumper crop of grubs and they worked the dirt constantly. Enjoy the vids. John.

[@homefarmideas]

These grubs really come in handy John:) Ask my chickens! Ha ha ha:) Do you have chickens OKBushcraft? By the way, I have a survival channel here on youtube! I do not have anything on it just yet but lots of planing has happened and I will be adding lots of videos on it! Please subscribe so you can get all my video updates there! kzbin.info

[@OKBushcraft]

No chickens yet. Plan on building a coup this winter. I grew up on a 5 acre back to the land organic homestead in the 70s. Just been out of practice.

[@OKBushcraft]

Use to throw the horn worms from the tomato patch in our chicken pen one at a time. Looked like a rugby game would break out. Oh the simple humor of country life.

[@homefarmideas]

OKBushcraft, get back into it! I love it:)

[@homefarmideas]

OKBushcraft, yep:) Ha ha ha!

[@growingyourfoodinyourownba1221]

After composting for 2 years, this was my 1st experience having grubs in my compost bin and I had quite a bit of them. Freak me out, I did know if they were cutworms or grubs. Based on your photo that's exactly what I had. Based on your experiences sounds like that they can be beneficial to the compos. My compost was cooking but obviously not hot enough to kill them.

[@nunyabiznis817]

"And BTW, if you have kids, put 'em to work." AMEN TO THAT! It's not for you, it's for them. Build physically and mentally healthy kids, put 'em to work! But get those kids some boots, PLEASE!

[@CaliKim29]

I have tons of those grubs in my compost - they sure do break it down quickly. Have u noticed them eating your garden if some are still in the compost when you put it on your garden?

[@paulzupan]

My compost is full of them. Should I remove them before adding back to the garden?

[@jerryprewett5294]

yes i have japanesebettle grubs and vine bores both in my garden i get rid of every grub i see coming through the compost and naturaly there potatoes get eat and damage to squash and other vines

[@talekarsanket]

CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Calikim29 My vericompost beds have got lots of Grubs! I am afraid! What if they ruin my garden when i use this compost. Their eggs must be there! Please help me out. It's freaking me out! Big huge size grubs! Can't send hens on vericompost beds. Hens will eat my earthworms also! Please help! 😞

[@homefarmideas]

This is what I’ve observed but I cannot say it will be the same for you so take what I say with a grain of salt. I have added these scrubs to my garden beds with no issue at all of them eating root systems or anything else that is not rotting already. My observation is they only eat dead or dying plant matter.

[@70athens]

@@homefarmideas they do eat the roots of live plants, they eat my beet roots and every plant for that matter

[@patriciacontreras7816]

I'm a new subscriber! Do you use that soil for growing vegetales, ? Does the grubs eat the roots?🌺🌸☺

[@lifeofyooms3026]

Yes they eat roots and will kill your vegetable plants

[@donnapoolejackofalltrades7827]

Hi there , I just start composting in buckets and I have the worms you feed to chicken in it .

[@donaldsmith3048]

What do the grubs turn into? Many of them turn into something that eats your plants!

[@kingdaddy73]

Donald Smith grub worms turn into Japanese beetles June bugs

[@AdaraAhab]

@@kingdaddy73 which can eat plants!!😔 New gardener here...I'm composting in a closed lid trash can...but I do have holes in the bottom for drainage, which is how they're getting in there. So does this mean I'm going to have a june bug problem?? 😒

[@senixahaa]

He said he feeds them to his chickens before they become bugs

[@tavyfavorite1149]

These grubs ate and kill my guava roots, 3 of my young citrus tree roots, and most of my lawn. So cute " put my kids to work". My mother say the same thing. Worms are good for garden, but grubs Not. Good thing you got chickens to clear all those grubs. Thx for the info.

[@benhogwn1332]

thanks for the information I will do it at a big bucket

[@homefarmideas]

+ben hogwn, no problem at all:)

[@j1taveras]

great video thanks for sharing. have you tried using a fork? is much easier to turn the mulch with it

[@swizzleproxi4810]

Thank you for the information, I found your video very interesting to watch.☺

[@homefarmideas]

+Alice, awesome! I am always posting more and more:) You may also like some of our other youtube channels! - www.HomeIdeasNetwork.com

[@joelegrand5903]

I had these beetle grubs in my garden, they love coffee waste, mostly coffee chaff. They are bigger than Japanese beetle. The green fruit beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) is a large metallic beetle (1.25 inch long) with a scarab shape. The larval stage is a C-shaped, creamy white grub, which feeds on decaying organic material in the soil, such as piles of manure, partially decomposed compost, or piles of lawn clippings. Adult beetles emerge in summer and feed on soft, ripe fruit such as tomatoes, peaches, plums, figs, and apricots. When fruit is ripe, they literally cover it feeding in large groups. The grubs do not damage fruit. Photos of all life stages are included on the web version of this column (see URL below). cals.arizona.edu/yavapai/anr/hort/byg/archive/greenfruitbeetle.html

[@abaha9898]

Like your chickens

[@susieclark1498]

Great information. Do grubs eat earthworms?

[@swizzleproxi4810]

thinking more deeply about grubs and I wondered , won't they start to eat my produce if I accidentally toss them around say potatoes or pumpkins?

[@homefarmideas]

+Alice what you could do his test it. Try and see if you can put some veggies in a container and grow them with these grubs in it. Make sure to feed the grubs rotting plant matter while they're in the container and see if they eat the rotting versus the fresh;)

[@Packgammon]

I collected the rotten, sponge-like material of a rotten tree log, crushed it with my hands and put it into a box and added 30 white grubs. When they will have eaten it through I should end up with kind of fungal dominated vermicast, right? Does the poop of these white grubs contain Chitin, so that it has also properties like insect frass?

[@homefarmideas]

I’m not sure on both of your questions. I know it works good as castings for plants because I’ve tried it:)

[@Packgammon]

Ok thx . Great use for these creatures. I'm composting a lot in my outdoor row and so I found also a lot of May beetle larvae. I thought they were in kind of a hibernation state and gave them away to chicken owners. After I watched your videos I also watched some about people in Africa who eat a not so different looking variety and how they get them in palm tree logs. Awesome.that I learned that they do compost here and that they prefer woody material bc worms can't break that down so well. Now when a May beetle is crashing I catch it and put it into my bin so that it can lay eggs. When I'll have enough then I'll use some as bait for fishing. Thx a lot man!

[@homefarmideas]

Backgammon Player thank you for watching and learning with me:) Fishing always good! Make sure you are subbed for all future videos!

[@Packgammon]

@@homefarmideas I have a few chickens now and so I expanded my grub composting. In most bins I let worms and grubs work together - works great. I like to give my worms crushed Neem leaves as it's healthy for them. Unfortunately Neem made the grubs sick and finally killed them (tried it in 2 bins) so now I will use it only in 100% worm bins. I watched a few videos about your guppies. I have guppies too. Lately I cleaned out some outdoor lamps with fluorescent bulbs. They attract small insects that die there. I tried this coarse powder of insects feeding the guppies and it was a success - the guppies love it! I put the powder in a plastic tomato sauce bottle and the guppies get a few puffs everyday :-)

[@benpracht2655]

Love the idea, where can I get these grubs?

[@earthtones1138]

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[@TheEmptynester]

Bye kids. LOL You will have some great compost for next year.

[@homefarmideas]

Yeah, they are a crackup for sure:) The compost always end up great when I do it this way! I mulch with grass in spring and the soil turns black. Can't wait for spring!!

[@psychobunny32]

our chickens LOVE grubs

[@abaha9898]

To get rid of them gently heat the compost with a little fire or feed them to birds

[@positiveeffect6770]

I have these grubs in my raised garden bed. should I be worried and how can I deal with them?

[@said.skopal]

Chickens are awesome

[@reneebrown5598]

You hand was next to a piece of black plastic in the pile. Lol. When you had the compost in your hand.

[@abaha9898]

I would sieve the compost after the grubs have done with the waste

[@Sunshine-gv2gv]

Oh my gosh, I love grubs❤️ there cute I hope they come into my compost bin

[@milky_leaf7154]

Sun shine me too, arn't they just the cutest?

[@thekingpug8281]

Have you get Duck 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 loves Grubs too 🐓🐓🐓🐓 there can make a team thank you 🙏🏻 God Bless you to brother amen 🙏🏻

[@homefarmideas]

God bless you as well:)

[@abaha9898]

I found a egg in my flower planter today buried, it was whole and I broke it and it was rotten inside and I showed my wife

[@dileshbansoodeb4962]

can you ship some to me mauritius

[@adamlimalia]

Peter Griffin

[@benhogwn1332]

can you do it in a pit

[@homefarmideas]

+ben hogwn, I am sure you can as long as the grubs do not get out:)

[@Ad-dm7cj]

HUHU GRUBS

[@benhogwn1332]

do more vids

[@Nik.No.K]

Well I guess you’re 45 now

[@SAGAWISIW30]

They eat that in africa😆

[@naseerbk]

They only eat dead flash