The DOs and DONTs to worm composting.

[@TheWormsEquals]

Nice to listen to at a leisurely pace. But also works well to set the playback speed to 2x. 😊

[@djc6323]

1.75 worked perfect ty😂

[@rhondamontiel3827]

How do I speed it up?

[@TheWormsEquals]

​@@rhondamontiel3827it's simple just go into the video click the settings and you'll see a menu for playback speed.

[@4evermetalhead79]

I liked your tattoos. Thanks for the content mate. 👍

[@Learner-t9r]

We feed plenty of fruit with no flies. He just have to keep a very clean environment and stay on top of it. Nice, beautiful, warm castings.

[@alfonzograzadaushka3470]

Your harvest of worm castings looks like un-composted mulch to me.The goal is "Black Gold"

[@TheWormsEquals]

I get this comment/question a lot. I overload the bin with far more browns than the worms will consume. Keeps the smell down and gets the most out of them. Then what comes out goes into a bucket and cold composts until it is black gold. Used to separate out the castings, but then realized all I do is mix them right back into my soil mixture of shredded paper, a little clay, a little sand, and castings. So I stopped doing that. If you are harvesting pure castings your worms haven't eaten near as much as they could have because they will continue eating their waste over and over.

[@agood1]

​@@TheWormsEqualsgood reply

[@AJsGreenTopics]

I raise composting worms. You did a great job sharing your knowledge.

[@TheWormsEquals]

Cool. Hey good video and thanks for all you do! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ20p4ycYtKsh6ssi=OxuurA38i0jMRhru

[@timpritchett8859]

Fruit waste can be used without risking fruit flies and fungus gnats. I freeze and thaw before feeding. I also add some mosquito bits occasionally that contain a BT bacteria that kills their larvae.

[@TheWormsEquals]

Hey great tip!

[@JohnJohn-bc4nh]

i,ve always though rice is bad for worm bins. i also freeze all fruit/vegetable waste before it goes in bin-it breaks down much quicker and add some cedar shavings to top layer for the aroma.

[@agood1]

Way to go keep sharing your thoughts and experiences.

[@brianboe3774]

Who has leftover pizza past the next breakfast

[@MonzGary]

Great job by the kid holding the camera all that time. For the love of Pete, use this guys affiliate links so he can invest in a tripod. Nah, in all seriousness, it was refreshing to see someone share their outside of mainstream thinking and process. Imma sub and see where this all goes.

[@MissouriWormSupply]

i ask you to keep an eye on my page. we are actually in the filming process of making TRUE worm tea with the best ingredients, explanation of why we use these, temperatures of brewing and time limits on brewing. This "brew" again is probably the best recipe out there to date. and comes from soil biologist. you can get or borrow a microscope is needed and see the bacterial and fungal count

[@TheWormsEquals]

Sounds cool post a link here. I do think I probably should amend the video because warranty has a lot of different because worm tea has different definitions for different people.

[@MissouriWormSupply]

@@TheWormsEquals yeah there is worm.tea, worm.lechate, and worm extract

[@lyrooo326]

I use egg crate cardboard too. I soak it and then use a concrete mixer rod to turn into cardboard pulp the only downside is that I have to let dry the cardboard.

[@TheWormsEquals]

Hey, great idea!

[@gmo3686]

I’m usually very positive when it comes to this community, but I just have to say it: Those are the worst castings have EVER seen, & clearly have no idea what true worm tea is, wow smh

[@Motocross-006]

Uh James got me motion sick with the swaying of the camera.. plus what’s up with the fly traps if you don’t deal with fruit flys? Just wondering

[@pauljones8438]

so true

[@boovavjb]

your description of worm tea is not accurate. brewed tea is very beneficial.

[@TheWormsEquals]

I didn't say it wasn't beneficial, in fact I make a special brew in jugs that I let ferment for months and spread on the gardens just as whether turns cold. Perhaps I will do a video on that at some point. I said it was a rip-off because worm compost can be purchased at about $.50 to $1.00 a pound. If you put that amount of compost in a jug with water and whatever else you like then let it "brew" for a couple days, you'd have what is commonly sold as worm tea, and is almost nothing but water. That $1 worth of compost did not suddenly become worth $17.95 per 16 oz bottle, or $143.60 per gallon. That was my point. I am all about using worm tea! But anything over $9.95 a gallon is just absolutely screwing someone. Don't you agree?

[@boovavjb]

@TheWormsEquals you said "it's a scam".

[@TheWormsEquals]

​​@@boovavjbdepends on your definition of scam. Do you brew any worm tea?

[@boovavjb]

@@TheWormsEquals I brew worm tea.and I don't appreciate the scam shit.. define your system . so that is why I don't like it

[@TheWormsEquals]

​​@@boovavjb well I never want to fight with a fellow composter. We are all learning. Hope to learn from you.

[@Ryanthewormfarmer]

I appreciate where you are in your learing stage in worm farming. At the same time you offer up several statements about biology as well as a total misunderstanding about worm tea, leading you to the wrong conclusions. I'd be happy to offer some coaching probono if you would like. Consider growing your population through effective breeding and not just improve compost but instead make a product to share with the world around you and change your surroundings forever for the betterment for those future generations. Ps... If i wanted to buy worm tea from your friends who stopped worm farming what do you think their time and effort would be worth (starting from scratch) to make me just 16 oz of worm tea correctly? I know novody who will work for just a few cents an hour.... G How much is the value of your time? Its not the water, microbes, fungi, castings, bottle , shipping, food to keep it fresh that are the ingredients it's also the time, effort and education that goes into making it correctly. To prove this i'm willing to put you to the test! You make me a 16oz jar of your worm tea, ill do the same. We'll have it independently tested and if yours if rated higher than mine ill pay your quoted 'scam price' for a full gallon. But if I win, I get to grow plants side by side to yours and you share the video and and results on your channel...deal? We can even skip the testing if you want and jump right to the side by side? I would love to watch as the results might beneficial or not!

[@weedmanculture]

Where is the wormcasting? You dont have wormcasting, you know? Its only your bed

[@TheWormsEquals]

There's a lot of casting in there, they fall to the bottom. Like I was saying in the video I used to take a lot of time and filter pure castings through screens and all of that. But then I realized all I did was turn right around and add it back into some organic matter to create soil. So I stopped separating them that's the only thing.

[@townbell2248]

Do you ever use sawdust? Thank you for sharing

[@JohnJohn-bc4nh]

cedar shavings is good for bug control and smells good

[@PotatoEnvy]

One of my bins started with 100% pine sawdust (tiny tissue-thickness shavings). No problems, but nothing remarkable.

[@townbell2248]

I hope to see more videos you make about worms

[@MissMolly3377]

I. Sure there is something nasty in paper towels and napkins, considering they do enjoy poisoning us at every area of our lives, so the worms must be smart enough to know this.

[@BlueMountainWormsInc.]

You think rice would be good for my worms? new sub.

[@TheWormsEquals]

Won't hurt a thing.

[@Learner-t9r]

😂😂 that looked like all mulch with a few castings. No thanks. I go for the pure gold, a bucket, full of soft, gentle, dark castings only which in my opinion is the greatest benefit to warm farming

[@DavidWilliams-qk8vm]

feeling a little sea sick...........

[@TheWormsEquals]

Sorry. I'm new at this but I'm learning.

[@bojinovm]

No smell but on the other hand bread mold

[@TheWormsEquals]

You are correct and I actually stopped using bread since this video was shot.

[@johnfleming7017]

lol no the leachate is not good to use. Throw it out.

[@pauljones8438]

no nutrients in card board castings will be compromized

[@nkululekondhlovu4020]

James is terrible cameraman🤣🤣🤣

[@joeohalloran9309]

I totally disagree with you, I have 3, 4 tier tray farms, and i have no smell problems, or moisture problems, if it smells your feeding it too much? My worms finish all the food I give them in 2 weeks. I agree worms follow the water, but they breed like crazy there too. I separate them by moving them down and then i trap them in feeding zones to remove them. The only time I had a problem was when it got too hot and I forgot to place ice pac on top.

[@TheWormsEquals]

Sounds like you go top to bottom the same way a continuous flow bin works. Trays are designed to go bottom to top moving the worms upwards by rotating the trays and putting the fresh food on top tray and getting the worm to migrate up from the lower trays. That's what doesn't work. Seems like you just use a continuous flow bin that happens to be separated into trays. A little more complicated than just a tub but if it works cool.

[@nathanfenster3425]

Worm tea is a scam because the market value is way higher than the actual cost of production. When you talk about it here you make it sound like phooey, which I'm sure isn't what you meant. A person can start a whole worm farm for the cost of a gallon jug, that's the scam. However, the benefit of a well-brewed worm tea is scientifically (and for me anecdotally) supported. Absolutely agree about tiered systems though, they make more sense to us than to the worms!

[@brianboe3774]

Fill those bins up

[@Beachsideworms]

What?

[@Learner-t9r]

Inaccurate. Worm tea is real. Add aeration for 48 hours plus molasses to activate and it’s the best thing you can do for your garden. It’s important to share accurate information

[@elpapaupa838]

You need a tripod

[@k0fcalifornia]

Dude seriously why are you giving advice about something you don't like understand. You have no fruit to entice worms to migrate up.

[@zilpavandergragt2236]

Sorry I listened but could not watch, all the movement made me dizzy.

[@TheWormsEquals]

Yup Im a noob. Got a tripod now 😁

[@dnawormcastings]

Great information video about worms🪱🇳🇿