Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

keysareme

keysareme

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st0wandgrow said:
If you keep proper moisture in the bin there shouldn't be much runoff. Not enough to really use as a tea anyway. What you want to do is take some castings, maybe 2-4 cups and add that to a 5 gallon bucket of water with a good pump and a foodstock (molasses) and bubble that for 36-48 hours. That's where you'll really benefit your plants with the infusion of microbes.
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Ok, that is what I felt would be better. I will take castings from the first two trays and make a brew with that. I have a pump from a cloner I am not using, will that work? Also, how about using Organic Raw Coconut Sugar, the nutrient contents on this stuff is amazing. I can post what's in it. I will update post with it.
 
GandalfdaGreen

GandalfdaGreen

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keysareme said:
Ok, that is what I felt would be better. I will take castings from the first two trays and make a brew with that. I have a pump from a cloner I am not using, will that work? Also, how about using Organic Raw Coconut Sugar, the nutrient contents on this stuff is amazing. I can post what's in it. I will update post with it.
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I'd listen to everything st0w says. He's beyond on top of his game.
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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Can anyone tell me if this is a good design for a worm bin? Looking to do something myself that is pretty much as cheap as possible. I would love to buy one of those nice bins with the trays but can't do that right now.

 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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AllDayToker said:
Can anyone tell me if this is a good design for a worm bin? Looking to do something myself that is pretty much as cheap as possible. I would love to buy one of those nice bins with the trays but can't do that right now.

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That's fine ADT. As long as you have plenty of air flow you're good. I just cut out the middle of my lid and duct taped some screen from an old door over it.

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AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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st0wandgrow said:
No spout. I keep plenty of new bedding and lots of old/dry leaves in there to sop up excess moisture
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Alright, cool. Think I'll go out and pick up a tote tomorrow.

Should I go and order those red worms, or are the night crawlers from the backyard good enough?

Been doing some reading, think I got a good understanding of all of it.
 
st0wandgrow

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Javadog said:
The night-crawlers are "earth movers" where you want "shit eaters".

Order some red wigglers, bred for this purpose.

Good luck,

JD
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Steelheader3430 said:
If uncle jims get your order in today. They only ship on mondays to ensure healthy worms are delivered.
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Great info fellas! :hump:


AllDayToker said:
Good to know. I was looking at those.
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How many square feet of soil are you working with all together? To give you an idea, I've got around 20-24 cf in rotation at any given time, and I need 3 bins to (barely) keep up. Each bin started with 1,000 worms. Point being, order more worms than you anticipate using. You can never have too much worm shit, and worms are so cheap compared to what they turn out. They will pay you back a thousand-fold over the long haul. If I could give them a day off every week I would.
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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st0wandgrow said:
Great info fellas! :hump:




How many square feet of soil are you working with all together? To give you an idea, I've got around 20-24 cf in rotation at any given time, and I need 3 bins to (barely) keep up. Each bin started with 1,000 worms. Point being, order more worms than you anticipate using. You can never have too much worm shit, and worms are so cheap compared to what they turn out. They will pay you back a thousand-fold over the long haul. If I could give them a day off every week I would.
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Well I'm working with a tote that is 19" long, 14" wide, and 13" deep. So like 2 cf.

Damn I wish I knew more worms wouldn't hurt. I read somewhere that less was better so I just went ahead a order the 250 pack. I plan on buying some castings soon anyways so I have time for them to multiple or possibly buy more in a month or two.
 
Steelheader3430

Steelheader3430

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When I put my bin together I built it to keep the worms happy. And realized i put too much peat in there for good harvesting of castings. So I spread it out on a recently seeded part of my lawn and the grass went crazy. Also they hated the newspaper at first and tried to escape. I pulled it and spread leaves and they've been happy ever since. The homegrown castings really do seem superior to store bought. Even though the bagged stuff looks great. Order another 1000 ADT, 25O Ain't much at all.
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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Steelheader3430 said:
When I put my bin together I built it to keep the worms happy. And realized i put too much peat in there for good harvesting of castings. So I spread it out on a recently seeded part of my lawn and the grass went crazy. Also they hated the newspaper at first and tried to escape. I pulled it and spread leaves and they've been happy ever since. The homegrown castings really do seem superior to store bought. Even though the bagged stuff looks great. Order another 1000 ADT, 25O Ain't much at all.
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Alright thanks for the info. I got a bunch of leaves/cardboard/newspaper ready for bedding for them, and starting to gather scraps and such.

Well I might not be able to order more worms for a few weeks, but I'll get some more as soon as I can..
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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Got another question on the worm bin, sorry haha. :p

Do any of you add the branches/stems from your plants? I figured if I cut them up in small like 1in in length, that would alright?
 
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