Surprising Worm Chow Test Update!! + Time Lapse | Vermicompost Worm Farm

[@Vermicompost]

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[@NanasWorms]

Wow, Patrick. This goes to show you that we really have to be careful not to overfeed worm chow! Thank you for doing this side-by-side comparison. ~ Sandra

[@Vermicompost]

That is a good point!! I wonder if the pine nuts would have been consumed faster and skipped the mold stage if they were the only game in town??!? Thanks for watching and for your insights Sandra!!🪱🪱🪱

[@naturalflow157]

I have always found your videos so soothing and peaceful to watch. It's almost like a meditation to me, every time I find myself struggling with stress or my mind being too overthinking, I play your videos and find an easier time to breathe. You truly add a unique perspective to the day, and it just really helps me a lot. Thank you again for your creativity and sending you much love.

[@Vermicompost]

Glad to hear it!! Thanks for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@evergreengarden1M]

Wowoo Its really a great updated video dear friend.. Keep it up..👌👌they love will this worm chow great idea I can see a large no. Of wormies.. great

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you so much my friend!! I'm so glad to have found a good mix of dry ingredients they like for my worm chow!! Thanks so much for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

[@mikkosgarden]

That's great, a new worm chow! The benefits of ongoing experiments.

[@Vermicompost]

I love to experiment!! I want to throw a half a watermelon rind in like you did in your last video!! Thanks for stopping by!!🪱🪱🪱

[@A-V]

@01:16 -- I think the missing ingredient that you forgot to mention was either phosphorus or perhaps uranium :D To play it safe... just in case you got an overdose of gamma radiation, make sure you don't let yourself get angry _(I don't think people would like you when you're angry after a major O.D. of gamma radiation - remember how it went for Bruce Banner... haha!)_ Looks like a nice mix of stuff in that chow. I think the worms will *really* enjoy eating it 👍🏻 That worm party you found under the _'Yeti'_ pine nut & almond flour goop mounds was cool... very cool! Great advice on being able to put pretty much anything, in moderation, into a worm bin for composting. It's so true :)

[@Vermicompost]

🤣😂🤣🤢Don't make me angry...you won't like me when I'm angry!!! My mom used to say that to us periodically as she was trying to raise the 5 of us!! When I was cleaning out the pantry I felt like I was gonna find some uranium or phosphorus back there!! I'm sure the worms would have eaten it in the right quantities... I really didn't expect to find too many worms under the yeti but they definitely found something they liked in aged moldy pine nuts! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and throw back to one of my favorite shows growing up with Lou Ferrigno!!

[@theunskoch4256]

Really cool to see them finish of the lentils and coconut flour as well as the other stuff,intetesting mix for the worm chow

[@Vermicompost]

Thanks!! The lentils were the big surprise for me (besides the yeti the pine nuts grew!) I didn't think they would go faster than the 2 flours I put in there!! Should be a good worm chow mix for the next few weeks!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch & comment!!🪱🪱🪱

[@Globaltalentgt]

Can't stop watching until the end 💙💙💙.

[@Vermicompost]

Glad you liked it!! Thanks for stopping by!!🪱🪱🪱

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Wow! WORMS 🪱 You guys are livin' the Florida Lifestyle with your very own customized Worm Chow🪱🪱🪱 Whoa Whoa 👍 Seriously, great video, Patrick and Autumn 🪱🪱🪱

[@Vermicompost]

Thanks Peggy!! So happy to finally be feeding a true worm chow and not just 2lbs of pulverized oats!! Thanks for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

Fascinating time laspe!! Definitely seemed like on day 3.5 more worms were on the side of the bin than any other "day". Kinda makes sense it would probably be the warmest in the middle of the feeding zone and there may be a correlation of off gassing from it ??? I noticed in my lazy compost trial, that day 3-4 was the warmest, then temp started dropping, probably unrelated but still interesting. Only the 3rd feeding is crazy brother !! Trademark that chow brother!! Hey could you mix some eggs and pune nuts ??? Let's go guys !! Have a great Latour Day weekend!! Cheers J&C 🌱🪱🌱

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you! You are probably right about day 3.5, I imagine there was more condensation on the sides on that day although the castings never felt too much warmer than room temperature on any day. Egg shells may work well with the pine nuts as a declumping agent. Right now the extra pine nuts are in the freezer after seeing how much mold they grew!! Love your insights brother, keep them coming!! Thanks so much for the insta-click & for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

@@Vermicompost perfect timing tbh !! Let's go !!

[@sandyjoao4489]

Hiya Patrick..was nice to see the worm chow experiment. I tot the coconut flour would go last becos of the oil it contains. But these worm are tough. I tried cashewnut powder n it worked too. There's nothing the worms won't eat. Today yr bin has a heavy feeding with a variety. I m sure they'll enjoy it. Gd luck wormies.

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you Sandy!! I was real surprised at how quickly the coconut flour went compared to the almond flour! They were definitely attracted to it first!! That is good to hear cashew powder works in your bins! We make a trail mix with cashews so I’m sure I have some left over. Thanks so much for watching and for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

[@ไส้เดือนเพื่อชีวิต]

If you want to do a really cool time lapse with worm chow, get some "Worm-Glow" and add it to the chow and show the worms in the nighttime darkness. Just a suggestion I think your viewers would find interesting. Have a great Day!

[@Vermicompost]

Whoa!!!! I had to look that one up!! Sounds cool!! I appreciate the suggestion; that is a great idea!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and pass on the idea!!🪱🪱🪱

[@GardeningwithBarchuckin]

Sweet experiment Patrick! Glad to hear you made your worm chow with a few different ingredients. Looks like they all did well. Growing a yeti 😂

[@Vermicompost]

😀That yeti that climbed up in my worm bin was a little shocking when I opened the lid on day 3!! Now I'm like all you cool kids with your worm chows🤣😂🤣 Thanks for stopping by!!🪱🪱🪱

[@joshslackslack8115]

try chicken starter feed and cornmeal I've got it in my worm chow mix with lots of other stuff

[@Vermicompost]

That would be a good mix to throw in there...I need to find someone with baby chicks who needs to get rid of some!! Testing my expired pantry food has really opened my eyes up to all the ingredients you can toss into a worm chow!! Thanks so much for the tip and for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@flowerfolkfarm3553]

Hiya wormie friend!!! 🪱🪱🪱 Oh the first thing I thought of was a fluffy cumulonimbus cloud ☁️ and you thought yetti!! I like yetti way better 😆😂😆 so many worms 🪱!! Great to see the time lapse of it all! I have wondered about mould and if it was good for them or not, but like you said it’s all part of the breaking down process! No pine nut butter this week 😂 awesome worm chow, those wormies are gonna love it!! 🙌🏼🪱💪 have a great weekend guys! 💐💝🐝🦋🌻

[@Vermicompost]

Helloooo Anita!! It did look like a cumulonimbus cloud!! & cotton candy as well!! It was certainly an entertaining experiment as we were filming it each day!! It should end up being a yummy worm chow for them after finding out what they like!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch & leave a fun comment!! Have a great week ahead!!🪱🪱🪱

[@flowerfolkfarm3553]

@@Vermicompost 💐🌻🐝🪱💝

[@PseudoAccurate]

Pretty cool stuff, I love seeing time lapse videos. One thing I wanted to warn you off of was the colored cardboard shreds. I think that glossy colored paint has heavy metals in it unlike the soy ink on the newspaper. But maybe that's changed! I'm sure either way it's not too big a deal, I never know how much to worry about stuff like that. Keep up the good work and build the channel!

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you!! This one was a pretty unique one for me as the moldy yeti looking pine nut substance grew over the first 5 days, then died back some as the worms started eating it! I think the glossy colored ink has also been switched to soy based inputs since the 1970's from what I could find on the internet and the glossiness is made from clay...but like you said it is hard to know how much to worry about stuff like that. I do know the worms take a lot longer to consume it so I limit it's use in general and usually send our cereal and other glossy boxes off to recycling. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch & pass on the ink info!!🪱🪱🪱

[@crystalsmith5330]

The video I had been waiting for but had to wait longer due to a train tour

[@Vermicompost]

😀A little bad timing but I’m glad you finally got to see it!! Those moldy pine nuts took a little longer than I thought they would so the video came a bit later than planned!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@Countrygirlgirt]

Country Girl Grit watching from Myrtle Beach S.C.

[@Vermicompost]

Awesome Country Girl Grit!! What a great place to be watching from!! Thanks so much for your support!!🪱🪱🪱

[@annsalty5615]

Yeah! Coconut flour 👍. I have a oodles of it. Have you tried rice flour or chick pea flour? Or how does any old wheat based flour do? I know I have some expired regular wheat flour lurking in the deep forgotten corners of my pantry. Thanks for doing this experiment!

[@Vermicompost]

I was so surprised at the difference between the almond flour and coconut flour!! Who knew??!?? I haven't tried rice flour or chick pea flour but I have tried chick peas and they ate them up no problem!! I think wheat flour will be a great base to any worm chow as long as it is spread out pretty thin in the bin...I've seen some clumping that lasts in the bin for a couple feedings when I've used super fine flour. I think having different sized particles in the worm chow helps it. Thanks so much for stopping by to watch & thanks for all your support!!🪱🪱🪱

[@mascatrails661]

Seems like maybe the pine nuts could add a "slow" food component to the chow, given how many worms you found underneath 'em. Incredible how quickly the worms ate up the lentils

[@Vermicompost]

That is a great perspective on the pine nuts, I didn’t even think of that! I was super surprised how quickly the lentils went, I thought both “flours” would be gone way before them! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch and for offering a good reason to leave the pine nuts in the worm chow mix!!🪱🪱🪱

[@kishannayak5773]

Nice experiment. I’m almost tempted to save my ice cream cones whenever I go out and get ice cream. 😂

[@Vermicompost]

🤣😂🤣 They absolutely devoured the whole sleeve of ice cream cones in my outdoor worm bin a couple videos ago so I figured why not add them to the worm chow!! I would definitely save them for your worms!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!! I hope your worm farm is doing well!!🪱🪱🪱

[@FornirArt]

Nice worm :)

[@Vermicompost]

😀Thank you!! So glad you stopped by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@DanielFreeman-jv3er]

Hey love the videos! Why don’t you combine the spent coffee/tea grounds and the ground up egg shells inside of the worm chow?

[@Vermicompost]

Thank you!! Surprisingly you are the first person to ask me that! It is a great idea & I have thought about it and almost did it, but I produce used coffee ground & egg shells at a much faster rate than expired worm chow ingredients...so I've taken the lazy way out and just put them in their containers as I use them. I have a feeling you'll see me combine some in the next batch of worm chow just to see how it goes!! Thanks so much for watching & thanks for the great suggestion!!🪱🪱🪱

[@AJsGreenTopics]

Have a great weekend Mr. Worm Farmer. 🪱

[@Vermicompost]

😂Thanks AJ!! I hope you are having a great weekend as well!! Thanks for stopping by!!

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Worm chow main! 👍

[@Vermicompost]

It was definitely an interesting worm chow experiment!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@SK-gc7xv]

I get that these additives are what worms love, but is the extra expense and trouble worth minor boost in output, vs something that might be slower, but less work and cost per?

[@Vermicompost]

You are spot on! I am a frugal lazy worm farmer so I try not to buy anything for my worms (other than the bins themselves). All these additives were from expired items in our pantry so I didn’t purchase them specifically for the worms…it makes me feel a little better that I’m not throwing them out😂. I totally agree with you, I’m not sure buying additional additives for my worm bins is worth the results I might or might not see in my garden. If I was a commercial grower or more serious gardener then something like azomite or other additives might be worth it. Great question! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@lootbird]

i may be completely wrong, but i think pine nuts are anti microbial ....

[@Vermicompost]

That makes sense why the mold was able to dominate them so well!! Thanks for passing that along, I think you are right!! and of course thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱

[@pandabear9194]

I am commenting for engagement.

[@Vermicompost]

I appreciate you stopping by!!🪱🪱🪱

[@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305]

😱 WOW...🐮🐮🐮

[@Vermicompost]

First Yeti spotted in the flat lands and coastal peninsula of Florida USA🤣😂🤣 Thanks so much for stopping by to watch Manda Moo!!🪱🪱🪱

[@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305]

@@Vermicompost 🤣😂🤣😂. I had a small worm Ball but I didn't have my camera with me.. sooo cute...🪱🪱🪱🐮🐮🐮

[@Vermicompost]

@@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305 😂I see many more worm balls in your future!!

[@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305]

@@Vermicompost 🔮I hope so... 🐮🐮🐮

[@cookie761]

I wonder why nobody seems to want to put the egg shell and dried coffee Grounds in the Chow. That would sure make fast feeding if you were in a hurry. But maybe there's a problem with it?

[@Vermicompost]

Hello Cookie!! I don’t think there would be a problem with it. I may add some to my next batch but I make coffee grounds and egg shells in much higher quantities than the expired ingredients in my worm chow…so I end up taking the easy way out and just throw them into their respective containers as I produce them!! So great to hear from you!! Thanks for stopping by to watch!!!🪱🪱🪱

[@supplies4reptiles228]

🤣executive producer....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Vermicompost]

😀 Yep, She wanted noting to do with the worms or my videos at first. Then she slowly started helping me know what to do (bossing me around😂) from behind the camera and while I was editing...So she essentially produces each video!!😂🤣😂 Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@leogutierrez5882]

Can you use colored newspaper

[@Vermicompost]

Yes, from what I've been able to research commercial inks were switched to soy based inks in the 1970's so I don't think there are any issues there. Additionally earthworms are use in some bio remediation operations to "clean" soils of toxic chemicals, so I'm not sure if it applies to any ink situation but it gives me confidence enough to not think twice about using any newspaper, cardboard or regular paper with colored ink on it. Hope this helps!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch & ask a great question!!🪱🪱🪱

[@tacosforus1688]

Have you ever tried old brewer yeast?

[@Vermicompost]

I haven't tried old brewer yeast but I wonder if it would activate with the moisture in the bin!?!! That would be a great experiment!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@wormsforlife7352]

I have done a couple Yeast experiments one was with breeder buckets, just 3 of them for 6 months and there was not a noticeable difference. I also ran a worm bin for 9 months changing the bedding every 90 days (harvesting) and the result was an overabundance of springtails. The bin that I ran for 90 days at a time, the Yeast was in the worm chow which was fed daily as the main source of food. Food scraps and used coffee grounds were only used at the setup of the bin. I am not entirely sure if the Yeast was a cause of the overabundance of springtails, but I will say this, I ran other bins the same minus the Yeast and they did not have a crazy amount of springtails. Once I stopped using the Yeast the springtail population decreased and went back to normal. Give it a try and see what happens. Have a wonderful Day!

[@clivesconundrumgarden]

Definition of INSTA CLICK

[@Vermicompost]

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[@clivesconundrumgarden]

@@Vermicompost ohhhh I'll be back in a sec !

[@KoLuX57]

Your videos are hard to watch 'cause they're not numbered

[@Vermicompost]

That's great feedback! I have playlists for my three worm bins which are in reverse chronological order so the newest is on top and the oldest is on bottom. You can watch them in order that way from my home page. I have come a long way since my first videos so I like to keep the newest videos on top 😂 Thanks so much for taking the time to comment & watch!!🪱🪱🪱

[@YouTube_can_ESAD]

Mold or beneficial mycelium? Really enjoying/learning and just subscribed. Thank you both and keep up the great work.

[@Vermicompost]

Both! I love watching fungi in all its forms always be the first visible sign of break down! I'm so glad you're enjoying our videos!! Thanks for your support and thanks for watching!!🪱🪱🪱