Setting up a worm bin using a plastic container

[1roxylinkinparklover]

Would fungus or mold grow in the boxes when it sits for a week?, please let me know when you can. Thankyou!

[SquirminVermin]

@1roxylinkinparklover Yes..but this will not harm anything. The worms don't actually eat the food as they have no teeth. They wait for microorganisms to break down the food into a liquid so the worms can slurp up the microbes. The microbes that eat the food such as, mold and fungai, nematodes, protozoa are actually food for the worms.

The worms will get to it as long as you don't have too much food in. Mold may indicate too much food. you can stir it up though.

[1roxylinkinparklover]

@SquirminVermin So if mold or fungus appears, (and it dosn't have to do with alot of food) it goes away?

[SquirminVermin]

@1roxylinkinparklover Eventually, Yes. The worms will eat it all up but you should monitor it so it doesn't get out of control. You can flatten it or just turn things over and mix it up really good. This helps to add oxygen to the soil too.

[AndysGreenhouse]

one of the better worm bin videos i've seen so far....

[TheStratman2011]

My wife and I need something to substitute our income and this looks perfect. Approximately how much can a person make selling fishing worms?

[SquirminVermin]

@TheStratman2011 sadly it is not a profitable business. I just do it for a hobby. If you want to make money. You will have to go into it FULL TIME.

[iRlazyGoat]

can i use african night crawlers for this setup?

i cant use red wrigglers cuz im in the philippines and ideal worm hear for the weather r the night crawlers

[SquirminVermin]

@iRlazyGoat Yes you can use the African nightcrawler for the phillipines the are very heat tolerant. I am surprised you can't use the red wiggler in the shade or in a big heap. If it gets too hot they can retreat farther down.

[DreamsCatcher101]

It works really well. You can add as many as you want really. Then you will have different decomposition stages in different bins. Just take the bottom bin to your garden then put it back on top and start to fill it up again.

In the past i have had as many as 7 buckets in a tower. With all the worms being in the top 2 bins.

[DreamsCatcher101]

Get a third bin and cut holes in the bottom. When the top bin is half full put the third on top and start filling that one up too. After a while all the worms will travel into the top bin leaving all the compost and castings in the now middle bin.

Hope you understood that :)

[SquirminVermin]

Interesting! A Rubbermaid Flow Through System. Thanks

[Jewelbar79]

great to see what you used as bedding. I was wondering about that. All the other videos available use coir ( a brick of coconut fibre) as bedding, but I knew there must be an alternative. Thanks.

[SquirminVermin]

@Jewelbar79  Thanks Jewelbar. Pete moss is cheap and makes a great bedding as well.