Different types of compost and the value of vermicompost

[@Dan4052]

At last, an intelligent, sophisticated, clearly explained video on the fundamentals of soil, decomposition, and compost. Not that I don't glean good info from the countless videos from the generous people who make and share them, but I am always looking for what I don't know, not the same story over and over. Thank you.

[@Didgeridoovibes]

I'm confused about the coffee grounds being with the browns - Aren't they rich in nitrogen and therefore a green, despite their appearance?

[@qubilahmuhammad6023]

This is one of the best videos on vemicomposting. Thank you for sharing.

[@Dan4052]

Great video. Can you answer a few questions about keeping red wiggles in large leaf piles? I accumulate a leaf pile about five feet high and twelve feet in diameter. It's contained in a fence about three feet high. Mostly oak leaves, but I do shred them well. I would like to turn the worms loose in it, perhaps several thousand. Will they be able to get to the bottom of the pile with all the weight and as it compacts over the season? I don't have room for smaller, numerous piles, and I am not planning on adding extra foods, as it is the leaves that I want composted. Your Thoughts? Thank you.

[@laven111]

Very good video .I learned a lot . The worm tea kind of threw me. I was thinking you could use on every plant. Thanks

[@mrcockslut6719]

I personally think its fine to use the worm tea as a liquid fertiliser and think it would add lots to fuit and veg plants

[@jenniferg6818]

Of course it is. I haven't heard that. Did he say that?

[@pasechnikpasechnik2235]

Coffee Grounds related to greens, not browns - according the manual of WF360

[@WH6FQE]

I am sorry, but I have to disagree with you on the backyard composting needing moderate temperatures of 60 to 100 degrees. I operated a compost pile in my backyard when I lived in Alaska year-round. The compost pile does not care what the outdoor ambient temperature is at all. As long as the compost pile is a minimum of 4 cubic feet in size, it WILL generate heat in its core from the decomposition activity happening within it. The bacteria working on the compost materials in the center of the pile is what is generating the heat. The bigger the pile, the higher the heat will be that it generates. I have had multiple times where my compost pile was running between 150 to 160 degrees when the ambient temperature was well below zero outdoors because the compost pile was large enough that it created its own thermal insulation layer. If my compost pile is ever less than 140 degrees, something is wrong and I need to address it immediately.

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

WH6FQE - RC Anderson in your experience have you left the pile long enough for the worms to know in? I left compost pile long enough and now have red colour earth worm I didn’t add them. My guess is if you leave the compost long enough nature will work on it. Man is too much of a hurry to use for incomplete compost.

[@WH6FQE]

@@sweetvuvuzela4634 Yes, after the compost finishes its hot "active" composting cycle and the temperature comes down in the pile earthworms and other insects will enter the pile to continue decomposing the contents of the pile. I leave my piles sit for at least another 3 months after the thermophilic stage has completed so that fungi will start to take over the composting. You get a much better compost that way. Compost is just like wine, the longer it ages the better it gets. After the hot composting phase, try to turn it as little as you can, no more than once a week or so. I typically turn mine about once a month while it is finishing out.

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

WH6FQE - RC Anderson glad we agree. Vermicompost can work for kitchen scraps but it’s no good for greens with seeds those seeds won’t die in the process so hot compost will be the way and then let the worms in to finish it properly. It gives same results

[@rustysmith6008]

Great video

[@KathleenJean53]

This is a very informative video. Love the job that worms are doing in the garden. I have heard that worms, not native to the USA are a threat to forests. They would be doing a different kind of composting, aerobic instead of the anaerobic composting that happens in forests. Is that correct? Does it change the forest floor biome somehow that weakens the trees or perhaps influences what species would and would not grow? Have our forests adapted to them or is it sort of a standoff or is there no impact?

[@edcheremet5331]

Kathleen Gustafson I don't believe that worms cause any trouble. They enrich the environment and provide food to many species. I don't know if anyone could prove worms didn't exist in the Western Hemisphere or not. In Michigan we had worms everywhere and beautiful healthy forests. I think this would compare to blaming pythons for destroying Floridas wild places and nobody mentioned draining the swamps for golf courses and houses. In conclusion with all we have done to our world in the past 200 years I find it hard to believe worms are what will finally kill the forests.

[@jenniferg6818]

Great question. I have a forest that I haven't seen a worm in yet. They love the yard. Maybe they go where they're called. 💚

[@mickey_mouse9591]

Please help a question: Is it possible if we didn't feed the worm for a week or a month? what happens? Whether they go out or still be there? Thanks

[@NatureScapes]

Nice Video 👌 Keep the good work going on as always my Friend 👍 All the best for next video 👍

[@loneforest6541]

very very informative video....thanks

[@Myu007]

Great video. Learned a lot. I was trying to feed my plans with fertilizer and worm casting :) thanks for sharing.

[@lilywondertwin]

Really excellent video thank you

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

It is possible to layer and layer on a compost pile it will take longer to break down but no reason it won’t decompose. Also you don’t need masses and masses of compost good quality compost can be used to inoculate the soil. Look at su Johnson bio reactor

[@TheDawaKid]

wow didn't know we shouldn't use worm wee on food we eat. great tips.

[@2ashi]

amazing video ,nicely explained,very informative .thank u for sharing

Awesome! Thanks!

[@theones261]

African nightcrawlers are voracious eater even not big in number can easily multiply.

[@newnegritude1550]

Thank you, sir.

[@evelynconroy4821]

New Negritude Raised beds

[@michaelmartin5356]

I feel smarter.

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

me 2, aheee

[@shannonmarie6261]

Good info but some things here and there seem a little wrong.

[@nathanjordebrek5648]

Shannon Mullennix

[@svetlanikolova7673]

Like what?

[@jenniferg6818]

Agreed.

[@roam2]

Bonus speed up 1.5x =]

[@britneyb8876]

What's the best way to kill slugs

[@britneyb8876]

Naturally or keep them out of the garden?

[@kan-zee]

16:13 What do you mean ? the Worms were not native to the USA?? The worms in USA, before contact were probably healthy than the European Species...

[@johnleslie3880]

I was surprised that too, he tried to take credit which no one could verify. thumb down.

[@svetlanikolova7673]

The red wiggler is not native to US. As you know English came here and brought it with them! Your worms are different species!

[@sonnymery4193]

why would fruit flies be bad?

[@cathleenbaldwinmaggi2252]

why not just add worms to the garden? seems like it would be easier and a shortcut. is there a reason to not do it that way? doors it go back to taking longer because they are not as compacted?

[@quilt23]

some gardeners put their worms in their raised beds to help aerate the soil...then they put mulch on top of the raised bed to feed the worms

[@quilt23]

but maybe farmers are not adding worms on their farm, because of birds that might eat their worms

[@cathleenbaldwinmaggi2252]

That is a thought. This year I will be doing a great deal of experimenting and coming to my own conclusions. I do believe I will add worms to the garden as well as some in my compost areas. If they don't like it they can move on!

[@ptudor63]

Yeah but if you add chemical fertilizer it would probably kill the worms.

[@livinglight1628]

Darwin? Lol. Almost everything he said has been proven wrong! As a new gardener I have to reject the info provided for lack of credibility, sorry.