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Utah Worm Company
Приєднався 17 чер 2024
Welcome to the Utah Worm Company UA-cam channel. Here we show you how worms function, work, eat, breed, and more entertaining content. We also sell worms, their castings, and give free tours of our worm farm! If you enjoy our worm content remember to subscribe to our channel and turn notifications on. OUR WORM LINK WEBSITE IS BELOW THIS DESCRIPTION!
Nursery Update - 4,000+ Pure Red Wiggler Cocoons (Eisenia Fetida)
In early August we set 12,000+ Eisenia Fetida cocoons and today we checked the progress of one of our bins of 4,000+ …….SUCCESS!
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Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com
#worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
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Shredding Cardboard For Worm Bedding
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Quick and easy way to shred cardboard for your worm bedding and composting! Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
Homemade Worm Sifter
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We built this sifter to help save time and be more effective in sifting our castings and cocoons. Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
Successful Worm Bin Setup
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Worm bin setup is easy and anyone can do it! We’re breeding thousands of worms and producing lots of castings using this same setup! Thanks for watching :) Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
European Nightcrawler Nursery
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Breeders to Cocoons to Wormlets Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
🪱 Feeding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Worms With Rotten Produce🪱
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Turning Rotten Produce Into Worm Food 🍉🍎🍊🥝🍐🍈🫐🥑🥦🥒🥬 Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
Part 1: Nursery Prep For 4,000+ Pure Red Wiggler Cocoons🪱
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One of three nursery bins that will each house 4000 Pure Red Wiggler (Eisenia fetida) cocoons. Start your worming journey today! Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
How We Harvest Our European Nightcrawler Cocoons!
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Sifting Cocoons To Increase Production Please Visit Our Website 🫶🏼🪱www.utahworms.com #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbusiness
Worm Castings - How We Harvest
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The Best Fertilizer In The World Is So Easy, Fun, and Fascinating To Produce! Here’s a Glimpse Of How We Harvest 👀 Please Visit Our Website At www.utahworms.com & Thank You So Much For Subscribing To Our Channel 🫶🏼🪱 #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organicgardening #fyp #fascinating #hobby #smallbu...
Farm Tour - Utah Worm Company
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Welcome to our worm farm and THANK YOU for watching our video! If you want to start your own worm composting bin, worm farm, or business we’d love to help you! Please Visit Our Website At www.utahworms.com & Thank You So Much For Subscribing To Our Channel 🫶🏼🪱 #worms #education #gardening #composting #fun #organicfarming #vermicompost #wormfarm #fascinating #vermiculture #utahwormcompany #organ...
How often do you feed the worms??
4:22 Worm don't eat much of the food scraps. Bacteria eats food scraps, especially food with high sugar content, like banana and melons. which is why worms are always around a ripe banana.
@@victorm7274 Correct!
Where did you get the shifter trays
@@lukeriley5595 Ordered on Amazon 👍🏼
my favorite cardboard to shred is the dividers from liquor boxes.
I like the long strip shredders, but the last ones I got were cross-cut.
I actually have counted 1,000 out by hand before!
do you shred your own cardboard?
How long will it take to grow out I’m going to order a couple lbs of your composting mix soon but would like to get some pure reds in the future
@@TripleHFarm_hobbyFarm Awesome I look forward to providing you our quality composting mix! I’ll have pure red wigglers at the beginning of 2025 and would love to be your source 👍🏼🪱
Always a great day when I can begin it with a clip form Utah Worm Company woot woot
@@zgoat4127 Thank you!
Thanks for the information Tell me why you sort the worms into multiple boxes and what is the benefit of this work. Thank you
@@nassersunaid1850 Great question! My purpose with these specific worms is to reproduce…so they will need to be sorted to about 500-600 worms per bin so that I can see the maximum cocoon production 👍🏼
Nice happy worms 🇳🇿🪱
@@dnawormcastings Pretty exciting! Thanks for watching 😊
Thank you for sharing!! So glad you got a great hatch!!
@@MemesWorms So happy with the hatch! Thank you!
Wow many wormys
@@davebanner8666 Yes! Super exciting!
How long does it take for you to fill a bulk sack with worm casting?
@@helenamcdowell6841 With adding an inch of compost a week, about 7 months.
Is garden lime, ok?
@@helenamcdowell6841 Yes 👍🏼
I use color boxes all the time they seem to get it done eventually. It does take more time to break done.
@@LaDonnePhillipsGardening Thank you! I was waiting for someone that has used them to give some input. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much
@@Debbie-Keller Thank YOU for watching!
Enjoying the videos I’ll be ordering worms soon, still getting my space organized.
excellent job absolutely excellent
@@zgoat4127 Thanks 😊
cant believe I missed this
Will you use this material with your pure reds or just your mixed worms?
@@ThehandygeekGA Hey Damien! Great question! This will feed our mixed composting worms to prevent a species cross contamination 👍🏼🪱
Try cutting lightly around the labels. You should be able to peel it off while only removing the layer it's stuck to.
@@ericburge9198 Thank you! I’ll definitely try that!
@@utahwormcompany a bit off topic but after the cocoons hatch how long do you leave them in your nursery? Do they become breeders or bed run?
I've had an Amazon basics 24 sheet shredder for 3 years now eating up cardboard like it's ... Paper. And man, the worms LOVE the shredded cardboard.
@@thebigshmoog Awesome 🙌🏼 My Euros LOVE cardboard! They’ll eat over the produce I put in their bin!
Fun video. Sometimes I tell my family let’s have a card board shredding paper. They think I’m a little nuts.
@@davebanner8666 We have them often hahaha! Thanks for watching 👍🏼🪱
party, you mean
Great video, I will be using your advice for my worms.
@@denisewilliams8609 Thank you! Definitely not a professional hahaha hopefully it helps someone 👍🏼
Nice work great video 🇦🇺🪱
@@dnawormcastings Thank you!
is =the white cardboard good to use?
@@traviscrosland8078 Thanks for the question! Usually the white cardboard doesn’t have the protective, shiny coating so I did use it when I was just starting and needed cardboard. Now I have enough general cardboard with minimal dye that I will generally use that, however, if that’s all I had I wouldn’t hesitate using it. My worms plowed through it just like anything else. Appreciate the support and hopefully that answers your question 👍🏼🪱
What is it they are eating?
@@TrickleCreekFarm Hey there! That’s a banana hahaha 🍌
@@utahwormcompany oh! I thought maybe it was mushy sweet potato! lol
Thank you for talking about the cocoons, I never thought about it until I came across your videos. I was going to start out with 30 lbs of African night crawlers for $1000.00 . I ordered 4000 cocoons and they came in today. They are all set in their bins now,and It's just a waiting game. I'm so thankful to you. I"m starting the new hobby of worm farming in my garage as well.
@@georgemastrovasilis5079 that is awesome! That’s what it’s all about is just educating each other and helping each other be as successful as we can be. Did you buy African nightcrawler cocoons?
I use a garden shredder/chipper to put the veg through, but I go through mainly spuds, carrots and brussel sprouts depending on whats in season. I get mine from my local farmer.
Great job on the sifter!!!
simple valuable and fun👍ur my worm guys if i ever need one, count on it😅
@@Tyler-gd7yw Thank you! Simple is best, we just want to share our excitement. Thanks for the kind words.
Nice video. I just set up my second bin. I'm having so much fun with my worms!
@@jayteaman Thank you! Isn’t it fascinating! Congrats on a second bin 🙌🏼
I’ve never seen this kind of detail before it’s fascinating! Love the sieving table what a fantastic idea!!! I subbed. Thank you 🙏
@@homebuddha Thanks so much for watching and the kind words!
What is the angle recommended for the screen?
@@camarieyoung4700 Hey there! We have ours at 40 degrees and adjust the trampoline springs down with chain if needed. 40 degrees work great though 👍🏼
whats your base mix to grow the worms in and what do you feed them or is that proprietary info?
@@dean4939 Hey there! Nothing proprietary at all, want EVERYONE to be successful and learn from each other! If you watch the bin setup it’ll show you the bedding 👍🏼 The chow is wild bird seed, chicken crumble, alfalfa pellets, molasses, and horse sweet feed.
@@utahwormcompany I grew up on a small farm. I know what most of those are except the chicken crumble. Are you referring to chicken Mash, or chicken feed? I'm hoping its not ground up chickens haha..My worms eat all my kitchen scraps except anything protein based. I like the sifter you made, i usually hand sift when i want to bag up my compost with a wood framed 2x3 wire mesh x 1/4 thats shaken by hand. Its hard on the back leaning over a wheelbarrow. thankfully i only do it once a year after my mulched tree trimmings cook down. anything that doesnt pass the mesh gets thrown back on the pile. any worms i see i throw them on the new pile trying not to bag them up. I see you keep them in concrete mixing troughs, keeps the load small and easier to move around. Have you see the demand for worms go up? it would seem so if you're looking for ways to speed up production. thanks!
This is too funny…I just built one very similar to this. I originally planned to put 2 different screens on one but decided a single screen would be much easier. I e not seen anyone else use springs under the end part, which is what I did as well. Since I have several species of worms I made screen sets for each of them and the body folds up for easy storage.
@@brookeonyx6271 Thats awesome! I have a set for each species too but I wasn’t smart enough to make it foldable haha!
@@utahwormcompany I have such a small space it has to fold up. It can’t take up much more space than my current hand powered ones. Also an old palm sander works well as the motor! Found a 40+ yr old heavy duty Makita at a yard sale for $3 since the foam bit that keeps the paper was broken off and replacements are not available anymore. Works perfectly and was cheap. Thanks for sharing, it’s fun watching when I have time.
@@brookeonyx6271you should do a video!
Have you consider adding varispeed to the motor. The varispeed could be used to control the speed.
@@tlnelson7598 Yes, I actually have one and forgot to mention it in my video 🤦🏻♂️ I just don’t need it on my wood frame but on my metal I do use it, I’ll be sure to mention it on my next video. Thank you for the suggestion, I love learning better ways!
Looking good! ~ Sandra
@@NanasWorms Thank you 😊
This would work for shifting compost too?
@@asf130thecompany7 Yes thats actually where I got the idea! Thanks for watching!
why not two layers of mesh?
Question: Are the room lights on 24/7? Or do the worms wander at night with the room lights off? Those Lowes bins have no fitted lids I believe. Thanks.
@@ewjutube Yes we leave the lights on 24/7 however we have had times when the lights have been off and they didn’t wander so I think they’re happy in their bins. Just don’t want to take the risk and lose any. No fitted lids unfortunately so I use cut up visqueen plastic to keep the moisture in and keep it dark for them. Plenty of O2 gets in 👍🏼Appreciate the question and support.
Very helpful and appreciated.
I built one of these last year and use it for compost, cleaning up old potting mix, and sifting ashes from my wood stove where I burn lots of pallet pieces, so have a ton of nails. Works wonders... and is it FAST! Next upgrade is to wire in a switch to turn it on and off. Also have a 1/2" screen, primarily for the compost. BTW, if you know anyone who works in a crushing plant, they might be able to salvage heavy duty stainless steel screen for you. The rock eventually wears a hole in some part of the screen and then it is changed out ansd scrapped.
@@garthwunsch7320 Hey there! Soil sifting is actually where I got the idea. So awesome to see it turn chaos into fine product. I have a variable speed switch I bought and forgot to use it in the video 🤦🏻♂️ Works great and thanks for the idea on the screen! Im going to work on that tomorrow! It’ll be a pain if I have to replace it often. Thanks for watching and the suggestions 👍🏼
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your tricks!
@@MyFirstWorm Thanks for watching!
Good day sir hope you well i would like to know what material is your worm blanket made from.
@@kishenrichards4874 Hi there! It’s Jute Fiber (vegetable) 🤙🏼 Thanks for watching!
What size is the breeding bin?
@@ericburge9198 It’s a 10 gallon mortar mixing tray from Lowes 👍🏼
How do you avoid other pests from the wood chips? I have an old pile but its loaded with insects and other things
@@ericburge9198 I actually bake my compost for a short period and will be doing a video on that shortly. It’s a tradeoff because it also kills the existing microbes so inoculating your bin with castings or other living material is important for the best start to your bin. Hope that helps and thank you for the support!
@@utahwormcompany I put mine in a 5 gallon buck with holes in the bottom then stuck it in a larger bucket full of rain water. That killed any living thing and now I've emptied the bucket on a plastic tarp to dry out a bit.
@@ericburge9198 Thats a great idea! How long did you leave it for?
@@utahwormcompany About 10 mins. I think 15 to 20 would be better but I lack the patience when I'm in go mode.
@@ericburge9198 Hahaha I feel ya! Time is the biggest challenge and most valuable hahaha
Fantastic "How to" and setup!! Lots of great tips along the way!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost Thanks! I appreciate the kind words!🪱
That's a very valuable tool for your current size for sure, the time savings are crazy lol. I want to build a sifting attachment for my little cement mixer, I can already tell I'm gonna need it lol.
@@ThehandygeekGA Thanks my friend, definitely took some time pressure off, not perfect but definitely get the job done I need to.
Great build. The only suggestion I have would be to add a reastat switch, not sure about the spelling of switch but I hope you know what I'm suggesting.
@@rickjay4639 Thanks for watching! I actually bought one with it and should’ve added it to the video 🤦🏻♂️ I have it bolted with rubber hose to absorb the vibration and have it just right for standard operation but I should probably run it through just for on/off use. I sure appreciate the suggestion, keep em’ coming!