My favorite worm bin: https://shop.epicgardening.com/collections/composting/products/urban-worm-bag Does your worm bin stink? Is your worm bin too wet? Are there a ton of other bugs in your bin? You’ll be surprised to know that almost all of these problems have the same root cause…over feeding. It’s a common myth that worms can eat 100% of their own body weight in scraps per day. This is almost never true!
A more accurate number is around 25-50% by weight. So for a pound of worms, a quarter pound of a mixture of bedding and food per day is adequate.
Today I had my friend Steve Churchill, owner of the Urban Worm Company, over to chat about this problem. He’s much more savvy about the finer details of worm composting than I am, so I figured I’d let him drop some vermicomposting knowledge and showcase his flow through worm bin, also known as a CFT worm bin.
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Went to order. Coupon no longer valid. Bummer.
I just ordered the #2 bag. Hope it works! I can mess up anything!
I hate anything tiny that wiggles, flies, or runs fast. Yet here I am…
I have just about 20-25 worms in my worm bin. I just gathered them up from my backyard and stuck them in a plastic tote (no holes for aeration, I just open the tote everyday for a few minutes) with about 30 pounds of green tea, coffee grounds, sawdust, and banana peels, and they seem to be doing fine. No smell, no overheating, no issues so far. (The total amount of food and sawdust are only about 5 inches deep)
Are these worms going to multiply eventually, or do they have too little space to grow?
Hello,
I have been watching your videos for a while and enjoy the information you have put out. I actually choose to get this particular worm bag in this video. So I have a question about my current worm bag. I got it back in July and added the worms per the guide. Today I finally decided to check on the casting to see if it was time to harvest and it looks similar to how I put it in. I started to look for the worms at this point because I was curious what was going on in the bag. I could not find any worms but I found a few roly-poly, a centipede, and a couple of either fruit flies or gnats. I would put food scraps in the bin maybe once a week or more and dried grass from my lawn every few weeks. When I went looking in the bin I could not find one worm. I live in Colorado Springs and the worm bin was in my garage this whole time. Do you have any ideas where all the worms have gone and should I toss the whole bin and start over?
I've had my bag for a couple months now. It's great. We overfed the worms with too many scraps with high water content. I'll be adding more coco coir. Thanks for the video.
Thank God for intelligent posts. Love you Kevin & Co.
The discount code is no longer valid. Can we get a new one?
I over watered my bag awhile back and realized that any amount of water in there will stay. I put about 6 or 7 square foot of cardboard on the top inside and it absorbed the excess water. The cardboard was ripped in pieces but with the evaporation of the water it was absorbed instead of just dripping back inside. A closed system and a very great ecosystem. I'm going to buy 7 more systems so I can sell european night crawlers on a regular basis. An easier way to make the money it takes to keep my old lady's trap shut. It's always blah blah blah and gimme the money. Hells bells I may need to buy more and sell them world wide but still be in the poor house. Lol Just kidding but she will have to learn to handle them when the time comes to fill resale cups. They last long and don't need a refrigerator . Thanks and Peace
So I got 5 cold compost piles of all kinds of stuff. The worms just come up outa the earth. Every day I dig a whole and dump a bunch of food scraps in their. Never measure anything. Then I soak it in water. The worms keep multiplying like crazy They eat anything I put I. There carbon or no carbon. I even started putting them in bins with tons of food scraps and leaves.
Ya, nothing seems to even slow these guys down. I seriously don't know what the hell to do with them all.
Some say do this and some.say don't do that o/ I'm lost … Just going to freestyle it and learn from my mistakes..
I'm a bit confused, is he talking about moisture problem in a container (that's what is sounds like). My understanding about one of the benefits of the continuous method is that excess moisture falls through and out the bottom and/or, since the bag has airflow bottom to top (and maybe sides depending on the design) these bag systems tend to run a bit on the dry side because of the additional air flow.
Vermibag is the way to go !
Seems like two guys who really love gardening has gotten together and realizing that they don't really like each other a whole lot. Is what I'm seeing. Lots of aggressive body language. Great video by the way!
Just use dirty kitchen napkins, paper towels, cardboard to-go boxes, pizza boxes, leaves, or mulch, for a carbon material instead of using recyclable materials or purchasing straw or coco fiber. Most ecofriendly and resourceful way of doing it
Just setting up my bin this week!
Dry Leaves would be considered basically a carbon material then right? if I dump a ton of leaves from last fall (its april now) in my bin that can be considered more of a bedding substance like the coco?
Is it not vermicomposting? because thats what i'm doing.
Older video but I’m purchasing one without the coupon. Love the ease of use.
Do you recommend putting worms in large potted plants?
What happens to the worm tea with this bag
This is what Ben Affleck would look like and be doing if he wasn't rich and famous.
I have caused wormageddon by adding watermelon rinds lol… so much water!
I own this worm hotel and I love it!!!! Is it ok to add gro Kashi to a worm bin? I tried it but I don't think my worms liked it at all, they seem to have scattered and clung to the sides avoiding the material
Kevin, I have been using the Urban Worm Bag for about 6 months now and I really appreciate Steve's great product. I am wondering if by chance you have ever had worms escape through the bottom? I have tightened the cord to the max but every day or so I see poor little worms that have come through the bottom and are now dead on the floor. I put a tub under the bag in hopes I will see them before they crawl on the floor and die. It breaks my heart when I see the little critters on the floor dried up and dead. Any suggestion would be much appreciated if this has ever happened to you. What can I put in the hole that they can't get through. Was thinking of putting a light under the bag to keep them in the bag but I think I am starting to think of some crazy things to keep my worms in the bag.
What a pleasure to see Steve! Hi, Steve! I love my UWBs and always recommend it.
Super interesting
The only moisture i add to my worm fridge is the materials provided, i don't have pests but i do have mycelium which the worms literally don't even mind, it's the right temp for them since they have been making the right environment for the perfect heat loving bacteria, which apparently there isn't a ton wrong or it wouldn't be black and smell great
Where do I get the pound of material to add? There are only two of us at home and I don't think we create enough waste for a Worm farm.