What is & How to Set-Up A Worm Composting Bin: Location, Bedding, Worms, Feeding, Castings & More
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2020
- I've been using my Hungry Bin worm composter for 5 months. I cover all the basics to help you get one set up. The principles are the same for any compost system you choose. I have been harvesting 'black gold' compost liquid for weeks. Once your composter is established you will have and ongoing supply of worm castings and liquid for your garden.
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I went camping last wk at a St campground. They built a good size box and insulated it with foam board. The sign said someone did a study on what folks put into the dumpsters at campgrounds. It said 2/3's is food scraps. They are encouraging the campers to toss their food scraps and coffee grounds into the worm composter. Cool idea
That is an awesome idea.
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I had my Hungry Bin delivered to day, yeah
Good luck!
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This is awesome Gary!! I wish I had a big enough garden for this. I've been getting educated on warm bins. It's amazing how those little guys work so hard to produce gold for our plants. So grateful for them. Thanks for sharing your review! :)
Thanks.They eat sooooo fast.
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This is a GREAT video. No mucking about, and we get a straightforward, articulate appraisal of the Hungry Bin. Thank you.
Glad to share that is my goal. BTW it is doing fine in the sun now as it 20 degree nights. I wanted to see how it did in our winters. So far so good.
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Nice set up and system.
Been using indoor bins for 3+ years now and love it. Don't get as much liquid because I also put in shredded newspapers and cardboard egg cartons. Keeps the worms in the bin by reducing the humidity. Also throw in dried crushed eggshells and occasional used coffee grounds to give them grit - they reproduce better with it apparently.
For my cold compost bins outside, I drop in 50 worms now and then thru late spring to early fall. In the summer and fall, I find fruit waste brings on the fruit flies inside so it goes outside. I am not sure if they survive our winters (zone 2b) but their eggs can if well insulated with leaves and compost. Should be no problem for your area Gary.
Lots of lists on what not to put in for plant matter- hot peppers, citrus etc but the first year I almost lost them when I put dried black bean pods in after collecting the seeds.
Worm castings are amazing for everything from seed starting, transplanting seedlings, top dressing to indoor tropical plants. Encourage everyone to give it a try.
Thanks for the tips and your are right about the eggs. If I left them out in the winter, the eggs would make it. To keep the worms alive, I am going to put it in the basement. Hmmm, interesting on the bean pods. I havent heard about that.
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I would love to have that system! Nice Gary
I wanted to test it out fully before talking about it. It is outstanding
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Very impressed by the worm bin system. Only addition I would make would be to elevate it, and place a plastic container with a tap on it beneath the main bottom tray, allowing extraction of the worm tea into a container through a tap. Thanks again Gary for another educational video.
Thanks for the tips
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Very helpful, thank you!
Glad to share
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Good information
Great video!
Thanks so much
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Just got a worm composter, wish i had seen this one earlier, it is larger than the canvas one.i have but the same principle
Thanks for this video👍👍👍
Same principle. Good luck
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👍 Sehr gut, danke!
Yep!
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I just got mine without English instructions so here I am 🤣
Good luck.
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I heard they like most sweet scraps but arent keen on citrus so added rockmelon rind as an experiment recently . Turns out the worms love it and breed like crazy.
So I give them everything. The live melon rinds and live under it.
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Curious how it produces in your basement during winter and how to store the bricks of gold till Spring.
Hmmm. I figured it would slowdown but actually never thought of harvesting and what I would do.
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I like this system but was also looking at the Aerobin 400 due to the run off system it has. Good presentation lots of details. I don't have any shade area in this N. Texas heat. Thoughts?
Thanks for this. I had read about red wigglers and how hungry they are Lol. The more common earth worms outside are much much slower but these type of worms are like the rabbits of the earthworm world. Always hungry and multiplying. And thanks for the tip on the temperatures. They don't like really high or really low temps. I'll give this some consideration! Let us know how it produces in the winter vs the spring/summer Gary.
Thanks in the winter it will slow down for sure but as you said the are hungry and multiply.
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Thank you for showing how easy this is. I'm particularly impressed by the fact that it doesn't stink. I'm wondering if it attracts bees or wasps. I'm highly allergic.
No odor at all. No bees or wasps hanging around. I am not sure to say if it would not though 100%.
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Question
Can I use potting soil at the bottom to start my Hungry Bin?
Do I need to use the casting ASAP or can I store the castings in my compost bin?
Just received my Hungry Bin this week and starting it this weekend. Great videos! 👍
Hey, how often do you have to turn the compost inside the bin?
Freeze your food scraps first. Helps in the breakdown.
Thanks for the tip
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I also blend my frozen food scraps
I blended too but I’m packed up in freezer now
How do you deal with the gnats? This has always been a problem for me since I have to keep my bin moist (but not soaking wet).
So outside, I let them cycle. They werent really that bad.
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I'm in central Florida. It's too hot warm to have your worm bin install here.
Its stays in the 90's here for weeks here. And its very humid. I think it would be fine in the shade. This location is full shaded. The worms my slow in the heat but you get them year round.
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Not true I am in arizona and I produce tons of worm castings..and as for the hunger bin..got getting another..great product..
Have you heard of "jumping worms"? I just read about them recently & I believe that I have them. They're apparently not good for soil. I was interested to hear what kind of worms you used & where you got them. Thanks!
Nope. Odd.
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Question, What happened to the starter compost?
Did you have to remove it to get to the castings? If so how long did it take? Thanks
The worms do move through the compost so you get castings in there. But early on you have more starter material before you get the concentrated stuff
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Do you add water to keep the soil moist? I noticed I have a lot of worm crawling to the top. Please help
They do crawl to the top. You dont have to add water typically.
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I always wanted a system this is simple just what I wanted. I just ordered mine. Where do you buy your worms, do you sell them?
We dont sell them but I got mine off amazon
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Hey Gary, where does the liquid come from? If your'e not putting water in the compost worm bin ?
Excreted from worms and from humidity. And some come from decaying organic matter.
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Great video! Quick question, do you need to water regularly or the moisture from the food scraps is enough for the worms ?
I don't water mine but perhaps once. The food scraps should work. If you are adding more peat, or bedding, that should be pre moistened
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you have videos on using peppermint oil sprays on things like zucchini. i tried jest picking a batch of mint , not sure which ones, but peppermint was one . i tied them in a coffee filter and put them in a gallon of water , and let them sit for a few days. i sprayed my zucchini with it after i pruned them. do not know if it made a difference , but did not hurt. have you ever tried this , and can it be has good as using the oil. thanks for the good info!
So the oil is the concentrate of pounds of plants. What you did wont hurt for sure but it might not be strong enough for the full benefit. You need like a teaspoon of oil.
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Where do you recommend purchasing red wigglers from? Are they sold online or in stores?
I got them on line Uncle something. That is the name that come up.
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We have had ours since May. Lots of worm pee! Too hot outside so temporarily in my kitchen 🥴! I add shredded paper every time I add food. We also have mites which I understand do not harm the worms but I clean the bin sides daily anyway. Any suggestions?
Not for mites. I did get some type of larva in there but turned out be some sort of good fly for the garden.
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Crushed dolomite is limestone But doesn't harm the worms Whereas normal lime stone does A light sprinkling Then watered in increases the Ph This stops milliped, centipedes and fly larvae inhabiting your bin They like the Ph slightly acidic But Ph around neutral to 8 better
Could I use worm castings on my cannabis plants even if I use a liquid fertilizer every 2 weeks? Or will it toxicate them?
So this is pH neutral and packed with great stuff. You cant over due it. I would add some to a plant or 2 and see what you notice in benefit.
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Do you add leaves or paper w the food ?
I would love to know this too? I don’t think I produce that much food waste every day/week so what else can we add?
I dont but you can shred and add some. You can add a LITTLE grass clippings. Any garden waste really.
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You can use yard waste.
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I bought this and have it all built. I just need to purchase my worms. Any recommendations where to purchase through that is a reliable company and reasonably priced?
I just got them off amazon from Uncle someone LOL. Seems to be the big seller but cant recall the name.
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Uncle Jim’s Red worms! That is who I was going to order from! Good deal, thank you!
Uncle Jim has a disclaimer. You are getting a mixture of different kinds of worms. Not all red worms.
Can you use it to grow ONE enormous worm?
Hmmm. I dont know.
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what do you mean by Leaf grow?
Its a local product of composted leaves. Compost can be inserted where I say leaf gro.
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Does it small?
The bin does not. They eat the food before it rots.
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I’m curious - will mosquitos breed in an open container of worm tea like that? Most of our property is shaded, poorly draining clay soil and the mosquitos are pretty bad. I’d like to try something like this, but I worry about encouraging breeding with any additional standing water/liquids. Great video!
I havent had anyting, insect or mold, growing in that and it has sat weeks. But I dont know for sure. You can buy mosquito bits from amazon. Its organic Bt and it kill mosquito larva. Just drop in a few granulars.
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I'd like to try but it's over 100 from June till September. 😭
Shade is key but I dont know about 100 plus for that long of time. Dang hot!
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I gave up on my Hungry Bin … it just kept clogging and I got no liquid out at all. Have moved to a Tui Worm farm - much better.
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Why to much water…….
Thanks
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