Setting up European Nightcrawler Worm colony Composting for beginners

Setting up the European nightcrawler worm colony for beginners for the autumn season shipping. The Worms will return in the autumn. Stay tuned my website will be in the comments.
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[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

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[@zuundre]

New here. I have been raising mealworms for my chickens and exotic birds and thought i might start some ENC and redwigglers.

[@HappyHeart_Garden]

New viewer!! 👋🏾

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Hello 👋🏾 😊

[@kdog543]

New viewer nightcrawlers are one the best worms for composting for they eat carbon and greens both well and good natured compared to others i researched online.

[@mllokie9075]

My euros we am have been adding lots of coffee and so far they seem to love it

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

They love it 🤩

[@mllokie9075]

@@TheGardenAndWormLady yes now I can’t wait for corn harvest now hehehe maybe start a bin with just that as bedding to start The gf is cursing me now hehe as she wants 3 more bins still

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Hey I am just getting my channel to increase...u can go see it...I wanted to know why my worms vanished...I put them in a bin no lid in the garage and nxt day they were gone....have u got more videos about how to set up a bin I'm going to try again...European nightcrawlers 4 fishing bait.ty😮

[@DouglasHolland-ig2mz]

Your web site is down dang

[@jessehenderson1689]

I’m newly interested in worm composting and was getting worried nightcrawlers wouldn’t be a good choice. But my frogs and turtles cant eat the red wrigglers so thanks for this! I’m hopeful I can use nightcrawlers now :)

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Why can’t they eat the red wigglers? I’m just curious.

[@differentkim]

Relatively new. I think that I've chimed in before. Anyway, I'm setting up a worm box outside. I was going to order new wiggler stock but, decided to give the natives, which include tons of nightcrawlers, a whirl when I saw so many in the compost pile. I've been very hesitant but, OMG, look at that bin! If my box gets anywhere close to it I'll be singing. Thanks for sharing.

[@DouglasHolland-ig2mz]

Mmm corn cobs throw them throug my yard shreeder out to make some great beding

[@guylewis3982]

Hello Vee, Thankyou for another great video. I am so pleased to see you are looking so well and are happily 'Loving your worms'. At the moment I have a 'wormery in a bucket' that I would like to enlarge to a tray wormery, not only to give the worms more room, but to give more room to access making the maintenance of the wormery easier. Could I please ask you , if you have any recommendations for the size or depth of tray that would be useful? Thank you very much for your help. Guy❤ P.S. I was going to ask for help about what I could do with wet bedding in the wormery, so pleased to say you have given the answer in this great helpful video. 😊

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Thank you so much for commenting and asking! The trees are started out with squirt 20 x 15 x 5 and then that size I used to put about a quarter pound of red wigglers. That size to me is very easy to manage.

[@DouglasHolland-ig2mz]

Getting ready for a new start up willbe needing a lot of worms

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Really? Thank you for letting me know, let me go look. I checked it, it’s fine. Here’s the link TheGardenAndWormLady.com

[@johnwalton5303]

If I'm not mistaken. That's one of those concrete mixing tubs. How is it that the worms aren't just crawling out? I've tried it once before. In one of those, and they just head for higher ground. And I make sure that I'm not putting anything in there. That would scare them away. You know, like citrus or acid food. I know that, I do often have a problem with moisture levels either to wet or to dry. I never can seem to find a good middle.

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

When your bedding is ideal for them they’ll stay put. I’ve been doing this 22 years now. I’ve learned what the bedding feels like and I know their likes and behavior. I have spent a lot of time with them. You’ll get the hang of it☺️ Don’t give up!

[@kdog543]

​That is awesome tune in to their nature and behavior.

[@cree4466]

I love watching your videos ! So much content! I started about a year ago with 250 red wigglers, now have well over 10k and about 6k night crawlers

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

That is awesome! Great job!!!🤩

[@nancyfargo4209]

i have this problem with euros only, they turn lighter and shrivel up, about 5-10 a day. not protein poisening that i can see altho sometimes i do see a swollen area around the clitelum. they make tons of cocoons and i've tried all kinds of bedding over the last 6 month, bufffered peat, leaves, precompost, coir, cardboard. i've added eggshells and oystershell. it's so odd and doesn't happen to any other worm, (blues, anc, reds). i;ve read about this shrivel up and die thing from another person on reddit but no one had answers! any ideas? euros are my nemisis!!

[@nancyfargo4209]

ps there is no odor and i turn them fairly regularly. thanks so much for your videos

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

I can’t really say, but I have two guesses. One would be some form of protein poisoning, and the other one would be very dry environment, but these are just educated guesses. Do you add dolomite lime to your bedding?

[@nancyfargo4209]

@@TheGardenAndWormLady yes when i use peat i add dolomite lime and grit. i think at some point you said "give them room" so i've tried splitting them so they are less crowded. also added more moisture. its a mystery. i do make sure the ph is 7.0 now, maybe that will help. and i'll try adding straw as you've mentioned. we'll see! thanks again.

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

@@nancyfargo4209 that’s nature for you. Sometimes you can control it and sometimes sometimes it just does its own thing.

[@42bellabella]

I had a shipment of cocochip come instead of cocunut core. I went ahead and use it but starting to second guess myself. Did i mess up?

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Not sure what that is

[@42bellabella]

@@TheGardenAndWormLady its cocunut chips vs the super fine coconut core. It is typically used for reptiles. I didn't realize how course it was till I started to soak it. It is basically wood chips .

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

@@42bellabella as long as it doesn’t have chemicals in it, I would use it, but I would mix it with shredded newspaper or shredded leaves

[@NanasWorms]

Hi Vee, crazy worm frenzy over the corn husk! I'm doing a corn husk experiment right now using husks from tamale. We got to eat the tamale and the worms get the leftovers! ~ Sandra

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

I’m sure they’re gonna love it🤩

[@corwin81]

They don’t have any issues with the sodium or seasonings in the husks?

[@ThePawons]

Great video, thank you for sharing

[@sonnylucas508]

I want the bin lol , wow nice !

[@bevkelly2734]

I have a stacking wormery but it has no air holes in it. It was bought knew like this. Will it be ok?

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

What brand is it? A worm factory?

[@darnelljusthomesteading]

New subscriber. Been watching the channel for weeks now.. amazing content. We are starting worms soon enough on the homestead. Content is slow but will be growing soon.

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Thank you for watching! I just subscribed to your channel install the tomato video 🤩

[@HeadersbetterSLOTS]

Is it possible for my red wigglers to leave their bin and relocate to my European night crawlers bin... it's right next to it. I can't really tell them apart.

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Yes very possible! Years ago, I saw some wetness on the edge of one of my tubs next to the other one. So I started watching them closely, and my European nightcrawlers we’re crawling into the red wiggler bin. I’ve seen Worms go up wet surfaces like you won’t believe. Once you start fattening them up, you’ll see the difference because the European Nightcrawler will be bigger.

[@HeadersbetterSLOTS]

@TheGardenAndWormLady thank you so much! I'm pretty sure that's what has happened. I started with 1000 rw's and 100 enc's. I can barely find any rw and my enc bin has tons and tons if worms. I've only had them 2 1/2 weeks.

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Let me ask you where are you? Keep them? Indoors? Outdoors? Like what is the set up? I’m curious to know.

[@HeadersbetterSLOTS]

@@TheGardenAndWormLady outdoors in the shade. Lots of holes and shade screening covered with lids. The lids also have lots of holes. I'm in California.

[@TheGardenAndWormLady]

Sounds to me that that’s exactly what happened. Maybe European nightcrawlers are the ones you’re meant to have😄 you can always try again. My Worms are going to return in the autumn and make sure you keep them well apart.

[@GardeningwithBarchuckin]

Great looking Euro bin. Those are some big happy worms. My red wrigglers like the corn cobs. 21 day breeder bins look great. I really like red wigglers they are composting work horses. 😁🪱🪱