Reviewing the Subpod, the composting product I get the MOST questions about. It took me a while to get this review together because I wanted to put the system through its paces, and as you’ll see, there were some design challenges I faced with the larger model. The Subpod Mini is my favorite version of this system, and I think it’s a fantastic addition to a small home gardener’s composting arsenal.
00:00 – Intro
00:43 – How It Works
02:27 – Feeding Your Worms
04:50 – The Subpod Mini
06:01 – Installing The Mini
10:19- Outro
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nice idea.
Could you just bury a milk crate, having it stick out a bit for airflow (maybe put a screen on the exposed part to keep bugs out), and attach a lid to it?? I have lots of those crates and you can find them at a supermarket for free.
Kevin!!! Help!! I found a huge grub worm in my raised garden bed, does that mean i have more and will they ruin my veggies???? What can i do?
The sub pod is cool but expensive for what it is. I use 5gal buckets with holes in the ground and an urban worm bin in the house. I think I might try a milk carton in one of my birdie beds and build a wooden lid for it to emulate the subpod. With my 5 gal I don't add worms, I just add food and let the worms come to it.
The benefit I see(being in Colorado) is the regulated temperature. I’ve lost many worms to freezing temps.
Seems like a waste of money. But maybe not for some people.
I filled mine with sour gummy worms
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I am interested in vermicomposting, but I am concerned about the effect it has on the environment since these worms are not native to North America. Do you know of a place where we can get native worms instead of these invasive worms?
Hi EG, inspiring stuff. Considering starting my own garden exploits. Was really hoping you'd do a video on crop rotations through the season? Thanks and keep it up!
I’m curious about the viability of this method in freezing climates.
beautiful soil!
Can’t we just make our own?
This is a FAIL. 5 gallon bucket. Drill some holes in it. Dig a hole. Less than 10 bucks. THIS IS A WIN.
This is really useful for schools trying to reduce green waste. Lots of schools in Australia have this system because it just reduces the effort required to manage the composting process.
I have four raised beds for years and have used buckets or drums with plywood to cover them. Typically use shredded mail and grass cuttings for feeding along with kitchen scraps. Works year round. how do I get extra worms?
Forgot…also use milk crates
My understanding is that Red Wigglers aren't much for venturing out of the bin and into the soil (like nightcrawlers might).. especially if their food is inside the bin. Is that not the case?
Oh man, I need something like this, I have similar bed to that too.
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I diy'd an inground worm bin using a big bucket. However I found that it attracted slugs and earwigs too which then ate all my green vegies and were difficult to eliminate. Did you have that issue?
I guess I'm pretty ignorant, because I'm having difficulty understanding the use case. About every 2 weeks, I put kitchen scraps directly in the ground adjacent to my planted areas. My worm population is are crazy over the top. I totally love those worms doing the tilling for me 🙂 The reason I spread a layer of soil over the top is to prevent discovery by rodents, and it seems to work since I don't have a rodent problem.
Mostly great content but for my 7000sq yard garden I have one 70 gallon compost bin that provides all my worms. When I shovel out my black gold from the bottom, I segregate 1/2 the worms back into the top of my compost and they seem very happy the rest go into my raised beds. Here in 9b Sacramento, Ca. Thanks for the vids, bro.
I have the original SubPod in a 12’x4’ raised bed and it works really well but I am considering the Mini for my 8’x4’ beds so I don’t lose so much growing space. Everything growing right next to the SubPod does awesome though.
Amazing!
So with the mini do you just stop feeding the worms to then get to the castings? And then start feeding again to bring them back?
My store was just gifted one and am excited to learn about it.
Sir! Very powerful gardening content! Mr pakman gave me a perfect recommendation for this channel