Vermicomposters Unite! Official Worm Farmers Thread
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Dr.D81
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No it is not i have two bens. One is a 27 gal tuff tote and one is a open bottom box under a rabbit pen. I have used chest deep freezers, old school big satellite dishes, and lined plywood troughs
Smidge34
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I'm at the point of building a homemade sifter like the expensive rotating model, using a couple 5 gallon buckets, brackets and 1/8" or 1/4" hardware cloth. Eighth inch seems awfully tight and I don't mind a little vermicomposting, so u guys think 1/4" is too big? I'm not too worried about the egg pods, but would like to keep my bigger worms separate.
Dr.D81
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If you use 1\16 it will leave the worm cask and only pull out the castings. I have been using it for a couple years now.
There was a DIY on YouTube where the guy used bungee cords to facilitate using different mesh size screens. That impressed me.
I like having the babies and cocoons in the VC. Now, I add very little if any to a fresh mix. The heat from cooking also cooked many of the babies and cocoons. Now I mainly add the VC as the mix is being used and the mix stays loaded with worms. Top dressing with worm rich VC inoculates wherever it is used. Containers, raised bed gardens, flower beds and so on.
I also treat the VC like a 'sorta' worm bin, adding just a bit of food and keeping the moisture levels right. Any big worms go back to the bin. The little ones and cocoons get applied with the VC.
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I like having the babies and cocoons in the VC. Now, I add very little if any to a fresh mix. The heat from cooking also cooked many of the babies and cocoons. Now I mainly add the VC as the mix is being used and the mix stays loaded with worms. Top dressing with worm rich VC inoculates wherever it is used. Containers, raised bed gardens, flower beds and so on.
I also treat the VC like a 'sorta' worm bin, adding just a bit of food and keeping the moisture levels right. Any big worms go back to the bin. The little ones and cocoons get applied with the VC.
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I'm still using the 18 gal Rubbermaid totes I started with 5-6 years ago. Running 2 of them. The DIY bit was on *Redworm Composting* Still is, but you need to search a bit.
But, like Dr.D81 and Mohican show, many things can be used for bins. Worms aren't all that picky.
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hyroot
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Home deps and lowes around here doesn't sell any mesh smaller than 1/4"
That's what I use for my sifter. Some worms get through. But I catch them when it happens. My sifter is 12" x 12" so I only sift a small amount at a time. It takes me about 20 min to fill up a home deps orange 5 gal bucket.
That's what I use for my sifter. Some worms get through. But I catch them when it happens. My sifter is 12" x 12" so I only sift a small amount at a time. It takes me about 20 min to fill up a home deps orange 5 gal bucket.
Check out Ace Hardware. I know they have 1/4 and 1/8" mesh cause I bought some. IIRC, even some 1/16", but I passed on that, it was so tiny.
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greasemonkeymann
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I like to use the plastic needlepoint screens. Work perfectly and it's smooth as to not hurt the cocoons.
If you are interested, here is how I did it.
Works well, especially when your worm population is low, and you want to maximize saving all the cocoons.
Course now I have like a billion worms...
https://www.rollitup.org/t/excellent-way-to-harvest-homemade-ewc.863032/#post-11389522
ShLUbY
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Worm food porn??
Juiced a shit ton of apples and canned a bunch of cider... put a bunch of baggies full of this pulp in the freezer for future food stock since they like apples so much
can't wait to get to the worm bins.... just need to stop doing other projects like this lol
little over 5 gal canned so far. this year the taste is superb... last year there were no apples. I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Cheers...
Juiced a shit ton of apples and canned a bunch of cider... put a bunch of baggies full of this pulp in the freezer for future food stock since they like apples so much
can't wait to get to the worm bins.... just need to stop doing other projects like this lol little over 5 gal canned so far. this year the taste is superb... last year there were no apples. I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Cheers...
Amazing and yum yum yum!Worm food porn??View attachment 3514888
Juiced a shit ton of apples and canned a bunch of cider... put a bunch of baggies full of this pulp in the freezer for future food stock since they like apples so much
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little over 5 gal canned so far. this year the taste is superb... last year there were no apples. I wonder if that has anything to do with it? Cheers...
Dr.D81
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@papapayne this is a good place to start looking at different worm setups
green_machine_two9er
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Hello fellow worm farmers. Im looking to up my worm game this year. only have a 360 stacking bin so far, and although it seems to work great and i love the design, I need something to actually produce enough casting for what i go through. So..... I have an old tent style garage thing. I want to use this to HOPEFULLY get a happy worm factory going year round outside.
My plan is to place this tent right on top of my setpic tank. than build a smaller insolated room inside of which i plan to build my bins. I can always pull some of my exhaust from my flowering roooms to help supliment heat if i gets to cold out there over winter. I think i can keep it about 50 degrees, with the ground heat and ventilation combined.
Any sure fire ways anyone knows to build bins?
And compared to my multileveled worm bin, most of you guys are not making stackable bins correct? just larger size containers which would be sifted?
would this larger bins stop feeding to prepare to harvesting? or just seperating the raw greens and browns and worms during the sifting?
Im in michigan and if anyone thinks my outdoor tent wont work due to heat please chime in!
Thanks for any and all replies!
My plan is to place this tent right on top of my setpic tank. than build a smaller insolated room inside of which i plan to build my bins. I can always pull some of my exhaust from my flowering roooms to help supliment heat if i gets to cold out there over winter. I think i can keep it about 50 degrees, with the ground heat and ventilation combined.
Any sure fire ways anyone knows to build bins?
And compared to my multileveled worm bin, most of you guys are not making stackable bins correct? just larger size containers which would be sifted?
would this larger bins stop feeding to prepare to harvesting? or just seperating the raw greens and browns and worms during the sifting?
Im in michigan and if anyone thinks my outdoor tent wont work due to heat please chime in!
Thanks for any and all replies!
