How to Start a New Wedge Style Worm Bin- European Night Crawlers

[@A-V]

An additional system means more Plant Obsessed content... which is always a good thing 👍🏻

[@PlantObsessed]

And God help me there is another one coming in a few months courtesy of Tom at vermi bag.🪱👍🏼😃

[@A-V]

The new tote?

[@PlantObsessed]

@@A-V I think it may be full mammoth sized. 100 gallons.😲

[@A-V]

Why am I not surprised at your choice? :) Tom reached out to me not long ago pitching the idea of me trying his newly redesigned Tote bag. I danced around the pitch a bit because I couldn’t really tell (and I didn’t want to come right out to ask) if he was offering a complimentary bag, or if he was simply suggesting the I purchase one. Based on what you mentioned, it kinda sounds like the bag that your getting is complimentary. Unfortunately right now my budget can’t swing such a purchase :)

[@PlantObsessed]

@@A-V he is probably trying to match worm parent style with his new systems. Where the heck I'm going to put another worm bag I'm not sure. Lol

[@jayteaman]

This is great, I appreciate the visual on your wedge. I am brand-new to worm farming but I am genuinely hooked. I have three 27 gallon bins going in the basement that I'll transfer this coming spring to an outdoor wedge system I am concocting. So fun!

[@PlantObsessed]

Wow! That sounds like an awesome project. Don't forget to tell us about it when you get it done. Thank you for sharing. 👍🏼😃🪱

[@NanasWorms]

It's all about space -- for worms, plants and us. We are considering where my indoor worms and seed starting will go as we choose our next home! ~ Sandra

[@PlantObsessed]

I hope your new home has a big spot for all your worm and plant babies 👍🏼😃🪱

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Hi Ann, As always, watched completely and enjoyed thoroughly. Good tips and info❤ ❤Peggy❤

[@PlantObsessed]

Thanks so much!🪱👍🏼😃

[@dnawormcastings]

Lots of healthy worms and great set up 🇳🇿❤️🪱

[@PlantObsessed]

Thank you 😃👍🏼🪱

[@Tippler0611]

Dug into my leaf mold pile today and found SO many worms. Have a couple bins that could use a few more friends so its perfect timing!

[@PlantObsessed]

Good worms!!😃👍🏼🪱

[@GardeningwithBarchuckin]

Nice Ann! Glad you were able to restart up baby blue 😂 Couple feeding they should be pumping out castings. Hmm 🤔 experiment cooked corn vs raw corn.

[@PlantObsessed]

I finally got the chocolate moruga germinated. They are only about 4 inches tall. Fingers crossed I get some peppers.🪱👍🏼😃🌶️

[@GardeningwithBarchuckin]

@@PlantObsessed wow I hope so, I have two plants going right now. They are about 10-12 inches tall. Last year they grew to about 4 feet tall

[@PlantObsessed]

@@GardeningwithBarchuckin the first set dampened off. This is my second try. They are only about 3 months old. The rest of my hot peppers were planted in January.

[@195dm]

Da quando ho abbandonato il CFT per il sistema a Cuneo Non ho più avuto nessun problema, la produzione di humus è altissima e I lombrichi stanno benissimo, prima con il CFT avevo sempre problemi di surriscaldamento. Grazie perché i tuoi video mi hanno aiutato moltissimo a capire il sistema a Cuneo

[@PlantObsessed]

I'm so glad I was helpful. It is wonderful your system is working well now.🪱👍🏼😃

[@dianachase7867]

Im so glad I found your videos. I was on the fence about this and you helped me decide. I appreciate your knowledge and dedication to this hobby? Craft? You seem to have streamlined alot of the process. Pretty fascinating to me. But Im going to have to save going down this rabbit hole for my next life. Congrats on your success! 👏👏👏👏 Good luck with your endeavors and thank you!

[@PlantObsessed]

Glad I could help!👍🏼😃🪱

[@Val140Ohl]

I didn’t know chipmunks ate worms until they ate all of mine. I just started last fall and I learned from the best, YOU, I watched many different channels but yours is the best. Well I guess I have to start all over again, I can’t afford to buy worms so all of mine were caught in my garden where I already bury scraps. It was a light winter so I was out in Feb digging up worms out of my garden. Right now we are going through a bad dry spell, so I can’t find any, and I even use a soaker hose in my garden. But I much appreciate your videos, God Bless you.

[@PlantObsessed]

If you have a shady spot you can put a small pile of grass clippings or weeds and water it well i bet you can catch some worms in a week or so. good luck :)

[@Val140Ohl]

I dug a hole under one of my pots with ground cherry tomatoes in it, I put some leaves from fall in bottom, frozen scraps, then more dead leaves. I then watered it well, put my plant back, watered it well. I will check it in 2 weeks, Thanks again! Oh! The dirt I dug out of the hole looked like pure worm castings and very soft.

[@windhamflowers]

LOVE watching your videos! Tell me what you are starting for fall planting! I am going to start another round of brassicas this week!

[@PlantObsessed]

Here is a link to where I post my garden picture. You can share yours too. I put in radishes rutabaga and more ginger. facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560626003600&mibextid=ZbWKwL

[@windhamflowers]

@@PlantObsessed YAY! Thanks!

[@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003]

Nice worms and systems they are grown

[@PlantObsessed]

I do love the ENC. They are probably my favorite worm. 🪱👍🏼😃

[@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003]

@@PlantObsessed ok nice👍

[@Vermicompost]

Best worm Avocondo I've seen in a while!! I would love to have two bins just like these!! I just need to build a basement first!! Awesome video Ann!! Your worms never dissapoint!!🪱🪱🪱

[@PlantObsessed]

Yes, good worms. I am still a bit salty about not getting any of the 6$ of avocado 👍🏼🪱😃

[@Vermicompost]

@@PlantObsessed 😂

[@abigailkarius9431]

Do you ever blend your food scraps before giving it to the worms? I’m curious if there would be any benefit in that

[@PlantObsessed]

Yes, sometimes. They do eat it faster. It depends on storage space in my freezer. 🪱👍🏼😃

[@melodylamour6123]

This morning, a baby yard lizard managed to get in my bin. I helped her out and sent it on its way.

[@PlantObsessed]

They are so cute. Was it eating worms? 👍🏼🪱🙂

[@melodylamour6123]

@PlantObsessed I didn't catch it eating, lol. I call the babies, little bits, because they are so teeny tiny. As long as she doesn't tell everyone about the worms, she can have a couple, lol.

[@eileenbartnick7202]

Love watching your videos and learn lots!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Question...can you ever have too many worms in a bin?? I know there is a life cycle, but wondered if I need to start new bins to lower the numbers??

[@PlantObsessed]

They will come to an equilibrium at some point where when breeding slows down. If you remove worms it will increase breeding. 🪱👍🏼😃

[@eileenbartnick7202]

@@PlantObsessed Thank you so much. I've been wondering about this and that makes total sense!! Have a great day!

[@davidhumphrey171]

Not to be a stickler, but 4 gallons is about 16 litres. Very informative video as I am going to be starting a wedge system in September or October.

[@PlantObsessed]

lol what I meant. Thank for the assist!! :)

[@hockey2806]

Been watching your channel for a while now and enjoying the content! This is my first year with my raised bed garden and thankfully everything has been going well so far. What vegetables are you beginning to plant now for a fall harvest? I live in SE Wisconsin, so similar growing zone to you

[@PlantObsessed]

I just put in some radish, rutabaga and chard when I pulled out the onions carrots and turnips.🪱😃👍🏼

[@martinwhitehurst9893]

Hey, love your videos! Great job on explaining how it all works. Quick question…. How would I go about having a worm farm in my not so well heated greenhouse over winter? I have a small one now in a big 20gal flower pot and they have seemed to do good but I need to do something a lil bigger

[@PlantObsessed]

I have seen a few people do it in a 20 gal grow bag. It works fine.👍🏼😃🪱

[@janicegerman5794]

Was that one of those jumping worms at 1:52

[@PlantObsessed]

Nope that was a European nightcrawler at 4x speed. Good eye I didn't think anyone would catch it.🪱😃👍🏼

[@memprime]

How small a bin can be used for a wedge system? Can a bin that is 2 ft on the long side be used?

[@PlantObsessed]

I have seen people try it in totes or bus tubs. I have not had much luck. A similar idea is to only feed on one side after the bin is about 6 months old. That way one side will dry down and the worms will leave it.🪱😁👍🏼

[@cheryltaft8005]

How often do you harvest your bins?

[@PlantObsessed]

In the bin that is older I can harvest some about every month. In the winter I often go a few months without harvesting when they slow down. 😃👍🏼🪱

[@rezayaseri2790]

how do you take the worm liquid out of the barrel?

[@PlantObsessed]

I don't make new liquid. I keep adding dry bedding until it is all absorbed. Is that what you mean? 👍🏼🪱🙂

[@rezayaseri2790]

@@PlantObsessed Yes 👏👏

[@cherylhowker1792]

Hi Ann….. don’t know if you would have the time to help me? But I’m intrested, have been for a while in making a wedge system in a large under the bed box. I live in the uk and have autism, I know I’ve commented before but thought I should say so you can understand me a bit better. I have my box and some bedding in it in coir and worms in it, and they making castings and all that but atm it’s just in the bottom all the way across, as I can’t work out how to get them to finish one area, as when I tried to do what you show in the beginning here, the finished end was still coir, after a few months, maybe I don’t have enough worms in there but I do have 2000ish babies that I’m feeding up to put in there. They are red wigglers, should I just put the babies in there and feed them up in the larger container?

[@PlantObsessed]

I understand you just fine. 🤗 If it has been less than 6 months you need to wait for them to finish up. The way to get them to move is by only adding food to the side you want them to go to. After a few months of only feeding on one side they should have moved out of the old bedding. Then you can remove the finished castings. Mine are never 100% castings. It is more like vermicompost. I still see threads of coir or peat in the finished product. Ask any questions you want. I will always answer. 🪱👍🏼😃

[@zosiasamosia2431]

❤

[@PlantObsessed]

😃👍🏼🪱

[@Huy0035]

What city in cen Il? I used to live in Peoria and Im originally from jacksonville/bluffs are. Now I live in Fl.

[@PlantObsessed]

I'm out in the sticks but I did go to Bradley. 😃👍🏼🪱

[@AJsGreenTopics]

Worm bin not a mice bin. 👍

[@PlantObsessed]

Sometimes the mice don't listen.👍🏼😃🪱

[@bettyturley6735]

Walmart products go bad quick. I find if you don’t eat them fast they go bad.

[@PlantObsessed]

Yes that is what I thought too. The worms win again 👍🏼😃🪱

[@naduba22]

I love your videos! Many I tell about my worm love may make faces at this, but watching your worm balls is so therapeutic for me :). i don't remember where I asked you if using cinnamon powder to repel gnats's ok, so I'll just let you know how it worked out for me right here. even in my beginner bin, it worked well, and the worms didn't seem to be bothered by it at all. Thanks for giving me a space to chat about mah wormies 🌱🪱🌱🪱

[@PlantObsessed]

I had not tried cinnamon before. Cool. Thanks for the tip.🪱😃👍🏼