Vermicomposters Unite! Official Worm Farmers Thread

[TheBeardedBudzman]

And how are you planning to harvest the VC?

Same as on the farm. With my hands.

When you have that many worms in a bin, they dig 1-2” under the surface and really not much deeper. They form a blanket across the top just underneath the surface. It’s easy... you lay all 4 bins beside each other, start on one, and rake the top inch or two back with your fingertips, barely exposing the layer of worms to light. You toss the castings you scraped back into an empty barrel, and while they bury themselves another inch or two deeper, you move on to the next bin. By the time you circle back, you’ve got another inch or two to pull off the top. I’ve got so much practice doing it that it’s like nothing. It’s far easier than separating worms any other way on small scale. You just let the worms and light do the work.

 

[TheBeardedBudzman]

should I feed my worms the minerals I’m going to build my soil with? Or should I add them all into my mix with my compost, peat and aeration?

 

[Thai_Lights]

Go watch Alberta organic gardening on YouTube.. . Glacial rock dust doesn't do shit. Wetdog talks about using green sans into his mix... dudes an OG so I will do the same.

 

[TheBeardedBudzman]

Go watch Alberta organic gardening on YouTube.. . Glacial rock dust doesn't do shit. Wetdog talks about using green sans into his mix... dudes an OG so I will do the same.

Word up. Yeah I’m looking forward to talking to wetdog more.

 

[Thai_Lights]

Seems like with that many worms the best bedding is going to be manure

 

[TheBeardedBudzman]

Seems like with that many worms the best bedding is going to be manure

And paper, cardboard, wet shredded leaves, finished compost even. I’ve got two horses and raise chickens, and I’m surrounded by cow pasture. I’ve definitely got great access to the natural materials I need.

 

[hillbill]

They call them Manure Worms!

 

[TheBeardedBudzman]

Go watch Alberta organic gardening on YouTube.. . Glacial rock dust doesn't do shit. Wetdog talks about using green sans into his mix... dudes an OG so I will do the same.

I watched his vids on rock dust. Another guy I respect a lot on YT made a video about it too that came up in suggestions once I watched.

Something to use instead, which will cover the alleged benefits of rock dust?

 

[Thai_Lights]

I think green sand... and kelp?

 

[TheBeardedBudzman]

I think green sand... and kelp?

Do you feed these things to your worms? Or do you add them as an ingredient along with WC into your soil mix? Will my minerals do the same thing in my soil if I have my worms cast them?

 

[Thai_Lights]

I add kelp to my worm bin as well as comfrey and food waste

 

[Chunky Stool]

Do you feed these things to your worms? Or do you add them as an ingredient along with WC into your soil mix? Will my minerals do the same thing in my soil if I have my worms cast them?

I've got a few worms in my 10 gallon pots that hang out just under the surface.
They seem to like everything so far.
I gave em some crab meal couple of weeks ago and they're digging it.

 

[Wetdog]

I think green sand... and kelp?

Add some Azomite to those 2 and you've hit my personal trifecta of minerals. Those3 are all I use in my mix.

AFA the worms go, I've added both kelp meal and greensand to the worm bins. The kelp meal pretty regulary, every 2-3 weeks The greensand perhaps once/month, 6 weeks. The azomite will be new for the bins, but will be added like the greensand. Light top dresses not real often. I keep coffee jugs around the bins with various amendments inside for a little "bump" of minerals. I've also gotten some crustacean meal, but it's pretty new to me and I'm not sure how it's going to work in the bins.

My main food is coffee grounds and fresh/frozen comfrey along with fairly frequent top dresses of chicken laying crumbles, like 3x or more/week. It's usually gone the next morning and never beyond 2 full days. At between $12/$14/50lb bag it's as cheap as .... chicken feed. LOL It's also the main ingredient in Purina's Worm Chow (Yes, it's really a thing).

Wet

 

[Thai_Lights]

Thanks wetdog I will order some. Just dethawed and chopped up a bunch of cauliflower, green beans and lettuce for my two bins. For bedding I this time I used a bunch of old soil (with perlite). Wondering how it will be when I sift my VC with the perlite in there?

 

[Thai_Lights]

I've got a few worms in my 10 gallon pots that hang out just under the surface.
They seem to like everything so far.
I gave em some crab meal couple of weeks ago and they're digging it.

I have some SIP pots with worms in there too. I use the SIP pots to store a variety of strains in there. (I have too many strains and phenos btw.) 8 Hollywood pure kush phenos now to hunt through ahhh...

 

[TheBeardedBudzman]

@ANC look what feel off the back of a truck.....

 

[TheBeardedBudzman]

Guess I’ll never have to worry about mold damage if there’s a flood LOL

 

[pollen205]

any information of plagron Mega Worm...it is the only worm cast that I can get right now...
they say it is 100% Worm castings from Dendrobena Veneta.

will 1 l of that be good for 50 l biobizz lightmix...
I cant find any info about NPK or micro elements in it so if you know please type it

I dont have time to wait to decompost in soil for month so go diretcly to soil...

when it will be available for plant ...

Can I topdress with this...

 

[Thai_Lights]

any information of plagron Mega Worm...it is the only worm cast that I can get right now...
they say it is 100% Worm castings from Dendrobena Veneta.

will 1 l of that be good for 50 l biobizz lightmix...
I cant find any info about NPK or micro elements in it so if you know please type it

I dont have time to wait to decompost in soil for month so go diretcly to soil...

when it will be available for plant ...

Can I topdress with this...

Mix that shit in at 10 percent add some extra perlite and your organic nutrient mix and let it buck.

 

[pollen205]

Mix that shit in at 10 percent add some extra perlite and your organic nutrient mix and let it buck.

do you know any info about NPK...so 10 % on 50l biobizz light mix is 5l of this ...
so I must add 5 l right...

can I top dress with this