Worm Farm - The Organic Rose

How do you get millions of worms to work for free? Chef Steve Rose visits with his long time friend Jack Chambers to discuss the benefits of using soil amendments. A local trip to the Sonoma Valley Worm Farm shows us the process of creating soil enriching Vermicompost.
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[@snackymcgoo1539]

I don't know this "Rose" guy. But everyone, ESPECIALLY members of the media, stand to learn a lot from him. Ask a question, and let the professional / expert you are speaking to convey complete thoughts. This was very nice to watch.

[@SunshineCountryChickens]

I appreciated how he quietly took in the information being shared without a constant nod or interjecting words or sounds at all. Very refreshing. I bet he has a vast knowledge of many things because he knows how to listen

[@gioknows]

Absolutely amazing! Cheers from Ottawa, Canada 🍁

[@daughterofafrica]

Awesome insights and thanks for sharing.May God bless the work of your hands .

[@katefulton3932]

Love his story!

[@FidelHimself]

Beautiful story and an inspiration ❤

[@FloydLeggett]

Great job

[@lindomarjc7113]

Moro em Caiaponia. BRASIL. Parabéns!

[@joshream3164]

I would love to learn more about how to setup a manure composting container like that. We have lots of horse manure that I'd like to compost down faster to keep up with it. Our state only allows 500 sqft of composting space per the EPA so if you are able to compost manure down to compost in 4 weeks with that setup (4 bins) that would work perfectly for our operation. How can I learn more about how the forced air setup works? Great video by the way, thank you for sharing your process!

[@thegreenviking1422]

Just watched this Video with much interest. I am a worm Farmer from South Africa and it makes me very happy to see that you guys have such a mature customer base over there for the vermi-products. I love your channel and am learning from you also on how to better prepare and enjoy our organic fruits and foods. Thank you for sharing. I can say this, Jack is not spinning tales over there... We have tested vermicompost and extracts and we have the same amazing results as he claims over here and even better in places. There is no better Soil-healer in nature than Vermicompost/castings

[@steveallen2623]

Thank you for such a awesome video

[@torrencekrepps757]

I truly love how he spoke about everything completed comes and filters out from the bottom how are these worm beds made to keep the flow rotate out from the bottom I think that it's a great idea just wish to learn more about this

[@joebaldenweg]

Flat out impressive work you are doing. We need people to understand and accept this concept and keep moving forward.

[@TheHerbinfarmer]

Glad to see you're doing well, Jack. Cheers.

[@steverose854]

Hi Jack! Is this THE JACK? Hope you're doing well too in this crazy world. Great comments on this episode and still coming in. I'll write to you on your email address if it's still the same. Chef

[@bobcat9314]

I'm new to this , and I love your content.. The products at the grocery stores is not good for human consumption .. I can't live off over priced / withered fruit and vegetables with very little nutrients left in them I love your story of how it all started... The universe had you right where you were needed.. isnt that amazing how things in life unfold ..

[@dlou3264]

I enjoyed the video. This is a truly important thing . . . To build the soil and grow good food. A truly important way of life.

[@HOUSEfulsoul]

What’s up with the worms in wintertime, du you need to warm them during frosts? :) awesome story of yours

[@somedude5951]

I can imagine raising worms for years, will give you the desire to go fish with them 😄

[@eddieleong6490]

I have 300 hectare project site in Tunisia...semi-arid, probably less arid than Sonoma Valley. I will start my earthworm farm to generate vermi-compost to revitalise the land. I have the Water Technology (Freezing Water Deslination) and we are right next to the sea. Water, land and worms. Sunlight and air are free. Te worms work for free. Plenty of feedstock free too.

[@steverose854]

Wonderfull Eddie. Best of luck with your project! I would love to come and visit your worm farm sometime. I wish you much success. My mentor for worm farming is Jack Chambers in Sonoma as seen in the video.

[@DireBiteLove]

Yikes, living in AZ maybe the misting system over head , since i dont have a mulcher i pre freeze the food particles to soften, ill see how it goes. Great episode.

[@nelsonolivera8059]

What is the machine at 0.28 where he dumps the 5 gallon bucket? I need a food waste shredder. Please let me know. Thanks, Nelson.

[@ChrisBrewster]

Good interview and great insight

[@Horse237]

I would add rock salt and some kelp meal for minerals. I would add coffee grounds to make chelated nitrogen to match the chelated minerals from the rock salt. (Chelated meaning bound to an amino acid which the plant can uptake.) If you feed worms bone meal or egg shells, the worms will produce chitinase, an enzyme that digests the exoskeletons of aphids. (You need to wash egg shells and then sterilize them in a 375 degree oven for 10 minutes) Plant seeds for subsequent transplanting into a mixture of soil and worm castings. Plant transplants after adding worm castings to the transplant target area. Before planting seeds, soak them for 24 hours in clean water with amino acid chelated copper, cobalt, molybdenum, zinc with a trace amount of boron. I learned this from a high priced agricultural consultant. Worms do not like temps below 70 degrees. Soil biology goes dormant at 53 degrees.

[@familybuddies]

Can i feed banana peels to worms for potassium

[@Horse237]

Use a search engine to get a list of foods. Banana peels are too big for worms. And the ends too hard. No citrus.

[@troymcdonald9795]

Rock dust (67 minerals) is also good to add to worm bins worm break it down so the plants can use it better!

[@GDKLockout]

If you have a proper composting routine which includes manure and wood chip or brush, you dont need this stuff. Im sure its useful for kickstarting poor soil.

[@ElectricBoogaloo007]

@Horse237 You would add salt to your worm bin? Brilliant.

[@steverose854]

Michael---go for it you will appreciate it!

[@craigglewis]

Amazing where the path of life will take us :)

[@aimandjulian3195]

great

[@small-timegarden]

Excited to see such volume

[@michaeldvorak8140]

Had a worm farm in 1975 , built on a shoestring, went great for 8 months, then the shoestring broke. But now, I m thinking 🤔 maybe it’s time to begin again. Just got my bail out check so who knows.

[@mahermorice1809]

What is the maximum intensity of African crusher in square meter?

[@newbiegardener3980]

what type of worms are you raising?great video by the way.

[@powbruce]

Do it work on weeds? ĺasking for some friends)

[@michaeljarvis8377]

Question, those large composters for the manure are they just huge bins with carbon and nitrogen inputs that make them heat up or is the manure heated by electric means?

[@anibaldamiao]

Only nature, no need to add anything. Blowing air or mixing accelerates the heating as microbes start eating/replicating more

[@AlokeshBagchi]

Incredible

[@DolphGeurds]

How does the bottom of the bins work? Is there a blade or rollers to harvest the castings? Really interested in the construction of the box

[@robs9574]

My commercial bin has a 5’ wide knife that rides in guides above a 4”x6” heavy wire grid. Boat winch on each end of the bin drags the knife sled across the bin. When you initially set up the bin add a layer of cardboard first then bedding. By the time castings are ready for first harvest 4-6 months the cardboard will have deteriorated for the most part. Scored my bin for free off of Craig’s list. Some ticked off landlord got stuck with it after her tenant moved out.

[@downundervlogs]

So do you separate the cocoons from the compost? If so how? Great video here. Greetings from Australia.

[@진용준-z5w]

Sir. Do you have the harvesting compost youtube here? Just here? Sir

[@ЕркинЕламанов-т4б]

👍👍👍👍👍from Kazakhstan

[@redhillscoffeeskenya9437]

Where is this farm.......I would like to visit

[@dianafelix3859]

Sonoma

[@doubleooh7337]

Those COMPOST BINS THAT GET HOT! You should have water pipes going around inside of it ,so you can have hot water 24/7 some off grid people use the water for household heating and showers but I'm sure you'd think of your own usages! And as you take the heat it actually decomposes the compost faster! Don't let that heat go to waste!

[@steverose854]

That's a great idea! It could act just like a solar water pre heat. I have forwarded your comment onto Jack Chambers. Thanks so much for your comments and you're enjoyment of my show! Steve

[@doubleooh7337]

@@steverose854 ok thanks well it is all about learning off eachother, I'm interested in the worms mainly , I've also thought of a way to make 2 different types of worm castings one high in nitrogen/ one high in phosphorus? if anybody is interested? I'll post my theory HERE! I'm also making it myself but just for myself nothing big. nitrogen one will encourage bigger, faster, more healthier plant phosphorus one will encourage bigger, faster, more nutritious fruit/flowers the second one would fetch a higher price as theres nothing on the market similiar you can only really get one type of worm castings

[@jerrymaxey4664]

You shouldn't take credit for things you didn't come up with first

[@doubleooh7337]

@@jerrymaxey4664 are you dumb? Or just can't read?

[@doubleooh7337]

@@jerrymaxey4664 what have i taken credit for that someone else come up with?

[@deandean5947]

WHAT IS THE UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT?

[@pccebu]

22 dislikes? OMG amazing video thanks for this! ALL ORGANIC! ADDICTED to organics working on mylittlewormfarm.com now !

[@Death_User666]

where can i find customers for a worm farm?

[@jeil5676]

any organic grower

[@realcasama]

i just got my 100 worms today lets see how things go

[@fincaecologicalapilaricagu5999]

J.M. Director 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷👍

[@Soilfoodwebwarrior]

After intro I am hooked, subscriber!!

[@wayneandrade5765]

Hey Ross how much is it 20 pounds of worms money

[@Rshtuni-Papikyan]

$2000

[@SibHoustonTX]

How big and how thick for worm bed?. Thanks

[@SibHoustonTX]

@Ag Agios I may buy 3 lb from Amazon, thanks

[@SibHoustonTX]

@Ag Agios African worm

[@SibHoustonTX]

@Ag Agios for vermicompos

[@SibHoustonTX]

@Ag Agios thanks. I hope to sell vermil in near furture soon. I would do it as in your documents. Do you have idea where who should i contract to? Thanks

[@DansEarway]

👏👏👏

[@stevenallen2530]

I wish I knew all this 30 years ago.

[@lavondacarter7228]

We grew worms, but turned out to be a scam, lost thousands of dollars , hope the scammers have to eat worms !

[@robinwilson-sauls]

Your feeding your worms hot food? I see steam-which means hot; fresh manure; wish is deadly to worms. Old/Aged manure is best. OLD food!

[@andrewfields8556]

What he's doing makes complete sense, he is putting it on hot so there is no time for pests and plagues to grow on the material. This way it goes straight to the worms mouth from the compost bins, and no contamination. As soon as you spread the material out it cools almost immediately. He only composts it partially as to leave enough food energy in it, but not enough to be too rich and kill the worms. This man knows what hes doing.

[@robinwilson-sauls]

@@andrewfields8556 No. Deadly-if it's Hot.

[@robinwilson-sauls]

@Ag Agios NOPE-NO GOOD!

[@robinwilson-sauls]

@@tyler238 FK YPOU!

[@robinwilson-sauls]

@@tyler238 Have at her.

[@joansmith3492]

I bet the mice, rats and roaches love that too. It's wide open. I bet it's at varmints smorgasbord at night.

[@mchlive6930]

Looks like they feed peat so no vermin

[@PaulBengtsson]

composted manure

[@aregst]

The end result lacks castings... it should be dark, almost black and hard or woody-looking particles almost not to be seen. If they are fed manure only, not at all to be seen. Otherwise it is "selling fast-composted manure with bits of warm castings" to clients.

[@andrewfields8556]

That's not true, the worms are completely eating and digesting the manure. He has a biologist in there helping to fine-tune his craft, and the extract he is making comes from his product which gives the ultimate result. He is doing tests with his product, and the proof is there.

[@robs9574]

aregst most don’t understand quality worm castings. Let them enjoy their mass produced product.

[@robs9574]

Old chunk of coal. Pretty simple math with castings, they’re only as good as the inputs used to make them. If you feed worms peat and cardboard vs a quality blend of composted manures and organic veggies which would you prefer?

[@aregst]

@@robs9574 I agree but I use no manure but only food wastes and it is black as the night. Although my problem is the lack of the "brown" parts maybe :D (balcony composting for several plants :)

[@robs9574]

Old chunk of coal. The fuck ever, I make a high quality castings that go into an even higher quality super soil mix that I have no problem selling to smart growers who want a water only mix. I know castings, good and bad. So shift this🖕

[@svetlanikolova7673]

Start procesing restaurant waste and humanure and get your country cleaned u?????You can sell the humanure vermicompost to Christmas tree farmers or lawn care. Think ! Use recycled wine bottles for the packaging that can be returned to you. Then you are really green