I recently learned that wheat bran is very high in oxalates, which are micro-abrasive crystals that some plants produce to kill the insects that eat them by cutting up their digestive tracts. It is the ingredient in Barkeepers Friend cleanser. It takes time to kill them, but I wonder if the worms/ beetles would be healthier and live longer if other media was used? I am using a mix of wheat bran with some oatmeal that I grind finer than the rolled oats. Carrots, spinach and potatoes are also high in oxalates. (I have been studying foods high in oxalates as it was the cause of my fibromyalgia and bladder pain, and mineral deficiencies.)
Would you want to make more videos about mealworms? Maybe how you separate pupae from the mealworms. And just everything else. There are not a lot of people who are making videos about mealworms regularly. And yeah. Im going to start my own farm next month. But i want to know more.
the first thing is start with what ever you like, but if you're raising meal worms to feed your pets then i suggest you start with 500 meal worms ..the larva will pupate at different temperature ..to separate them all you need to do is hand picked them when they pupate and place them in a container near a warm place..the warm place will make them pupate faster... when the larva pupate into a pupa you can tell if he's gonna turn into a darkling beetle by the redness of his back head...the redder the sooner he'll turn, they usually turn in around 8-11 days after pupate into a pupa... if you could buy meat maker for chicken i would recommend that cause i been raising meal worms for 8 yrs and they live longer on a higher protein diet, instead of on oatmeals and wheat bran..get meat maker#4 or 5 is best, but this is my opinion only from what i used and worked best for me.. the worms also live longer than the one eating oatmeals and wheat brans. you should always make a new bin with whatever substrate you wanted to use in every 15 day and just put the bin you had them beetles making out in a warm place and it will hatch within a week ... the only water source i really used is potato, any veggie , apples, will do, but i never use avocado , but that doesn't mean you can't......2 things you need to watch out for is, 1 tiny little red ants...these boogers will kill all you larva if you're not careful if you have ants around your home...if you do, like i do then i would just spray ant spray on a cloth and wipe it around the outside walls and around the bin like a moat to protect a castle ...2nd is mold...to prevent this from happening, i would recommend you put a little tray or cap under your water sources such as, veggie, potato, carrots etc...oh, i also used a wet hand towel and soak it in water and put into a lttle tray for the larva as water source..you don't need to put lids on them cause they can't climb or fly even when they're a beetle...i hope this helps you and i apologized for my poor grammar .
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I want to breed mealworms to sell to people. But i want to sell the best as possible out there. I mean, it all depends on what the mealworms had to eat in their lives. If its just carrots, then i guess it doesnt have all the nutrients it could have. My mom said that avocado is a great source of nutrients and if i give mealworms that, they will be better quality too. Isnt that right? I hope im making sense. I dont really know how to explain it. But yeah. What are the best foods you can give your mealworms?
Carrots aren't made for the nutrition it's made for the water inside and that's what keeps the mealwoms hydrated, you can also have a few deed bugs in their darkling beetled love to eat them, and just some oatmeal or some grain is basically what they eat you can use it as food and bedding, I have.my qown mealwoms and be sure you know what to do with the cuz the breed like crazy!
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Avocados are pretty expensive to feed to mealworms. I'm in my second year of raising them and I thought this video was an eye-opener. I built two "breeding facilities" from containers like his. He painted them black because they like the dark. I cut out the bottom of one and put in aluminum screen. I hotglued the duct tape I taped the screen onto the sides. This was super important because the beetles tried to get under the tape and got stuck. Had to euthanize them. I put the beetle box over a plain box with supports to hold up the beetle box. I use carrots for moisture and food. I've tried kale and they liked it. They didn't like beet greens. They LOVE apple slices. I give both the beetles and the larva wheat bran and quick oats. The beetles get their bran in peanut butter jar lids. Periodically I change them out and put what's left in with the larvae because they lay eggs in it and there are often larvae. I put plastic jar lids, like from a coffee tin in the corners of the larvae box because they clump together in the corners and like to hide. When they're mature, they will begin to pupate. I have dollar store shot glasses I use to collect them (one pupa per "glass") and then set them in old slide boxes. Since I want to use the larvae to eat myself, when I see they're pupating, I know it's time to harvest the biggest worms and induce mortality in the freezer. I now have almost 2 cups. Soon I'll be cooking them up. I only use organic foodstuffs to feed. I should make a video of my set up. LOL
wow so thats what worm success looks like... if i felt like careing about a few pupa.... jk but a few pupa for me is major.my heart hurt when i accadentaly smashed a beetle that hatched in the dirt in a pets tank. :( great video... think i will give up and just watch your videos to feel success
funny video edit ^^ the worms magically teleport from the sieve to the tray
Thanks for your video, that was very interesting.
New sub,thanks for taking the time make these videos,very informative.
I recently learned that wheat bran is very high in oxalates, which are micro-abrasive crystals that some plants produce to kill the insects that eat them by cutting up their digestive tracts. It is the ingredient in Barkeepers Friend cleanser.
It takes time to kill them, but I wonder if the worms/ beetles would be healthier and live longer if other media was used? I am using a mix of wheat bran with some oatmeal that I grind finer than the rolled oats. Carrots, spinach and potatoes are also high in oxalates.
(I have been studying foods high in oxalates as it was the cause of my fibromyalgia and bladder pain, and mineral deficiencies.)
This was relaxing to watch him sift but soo cool I'm going to try meal worm breeding
How do you get your Beatles out of there ? I have so many Beatles in with my worms ..
Thank you Sir! Good stuff.
How big are the beetles eggs…are they very visible compared to the frass??
Would you want to make more videos about mealworms? Maybe how you separate pupae from the mealworms. And just everything else. There are not a lot of people who are making videos about mealworms regularly. And yeah. Im going to start my own farm next month. But i want to know more.
the first thing is start with what ever you like, but if you're raising meal worms to feed your pets then i suggest you start with 500 meal worms ..the larva will pupate at different temperature ..to separate them all you need to do is hand picked them when they pupate and place them in a container near a warm place..the warm place will make them pupate faster...
when the larva pupate into a pupa you can tell if he's gonna turn into a darkling beetle by the redness of his back head...the redder the sooner he'll turn, they usually turn in around 8-11 days after pupate into a pupa...
if you could buy meat maker for chicken i would recommend that cause i been raising meal worms for 8 yrs and they live longer on a higher protein diet, instead of on oatmeals and wheat bran..get meat maker#4 or 5 is best, but this is my opinion only from what i used and worked best for me.. the worms also live longer than the one eating oatmeals and wheat brans.
you should always make a new bin with whatever substrate you wanted to use in every 15 day and just put the bin you had them beetles making out in a warm place and it will hatch within a week ... the only water source i really used is potato, any veggie , apples, will do, but i never use avocado , but that doesn't mean you can't......2 things you need to watch out for is, 1 tiny little red ants...these boogers will kill all you larva if you're not careful if you have ants around your home...if you do, like i do then i would just spray ant spray on a cloth and wipe it around the outside walls and around the bin like a moat to protect a castle ...2nd is mold...to prevent this from happening, i would recommend you put a little tray or cap under your water sources such as, veggie, potato, carrots etc...oh, i also used a wet hand towel and soak it in water and put into a lttle tray for the larva as water source..you don't need to put lids on them cause they can't climb or fly even when they're a beetle...i hope this helps you and i apologized for my poor grammar .
if you want to keep the ants out, try a mixture of baby powder and alcohol. That creates a barrier the ants can't cross.
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Nice thanks for vid
What is the point of wearing the respirator? Is it harmful to inhale frass?
Great Video!
Doug I like your videos, I was wandering how your red wrigglers are doing?
They are doing great. I have tried to get an update video done on that, but something always comes up when I start to record.
NWRedworms well I guess I'll just have to be patient then, thank you.
I want to breed mealworms to sell to people. But i want to sell the best as possible out there. I mean, it all depends on what the mealworms had to eat in their lives. If its just carrots, then i guess it doesnt have all the nutrients it could have. My mom said that avocado is a great source of nutrients and if i give mealworms that, they will be better quality too. Isnt that right? I hope im making sense. I dont really know how to explain it. But yeah. What are the best foods you can give your mealworms?
They are a desert animal and do not need much wet material. They would likely get a mite problem if they were in wet material.
Carrots aren't made for the nutrition it's made for the water inside and that's what keeps the mealwoms hydrated, you can also have a few deed bugs in their darkling beetled love to eat them, and just some oatmeal or some grain is basically what they eat you can use it as food and bedding, I have.my qown mealwoms and be sure you know what to do with the cuz the breed like crazy!
Hello, if you need mealworms microwave dryer please contact MAX Industrial Microwave，We produce mealworm microwave drying machine(MAX Industrial Microwave). it can best drying,puffing and sterilize mealworm, also can keep original color and shape for mealworm at after drying, the microwave dried insect could be milling to the powder,feed animal or to be edible purpose for human.We manufacture both batch oven and tunnel conveyor machine to meet with insect factory, LAB and insect farm demands.
more information please contact us/ info@maxindustrialmicrowave.com www.maxindustrialmicrowave.com
They eat oats and take water from vegetables. That s all they need.
Is there any possibility of eggs being inside the fertilizer? Because I dont want to scare my mother if I gift her that.
we freeze the frass to make sure there are no live eggs or mealworms in the frass.
@@NWRedworms How long do you have to freeze it for?
@@CyanideOwl until golden brown and cooked through
Is avocado a good food for mealworms? Not alone, but next to pepper bells and cucumber
Avocados are pretty expensive to feed to mealworms.
I'm in my second year of raising them and I thought this video was an eye-opener.
I built two "breeding facilities" from containers like his.
He painted them black because they like the dark.
I cut out the bottom of one and put in aluminum screen. I hotglued the duct tape I taped the screen onto the sides. This was super important because the beetles tried to get under the tape and got stuck. Had to euthanize them.
I put the beetle box over a plain box with supports to hold up the beetle box.
I use carrots for moisture and food. I've tried kale and they liked it. They didn't like beet greens.
They LOVE apple slices.
I give both the beetles and the larva wheat bran and quick oats. The beetles get their bran in peanut butter jar lids. Periodically I change them out and put what's left in with the larvae because they lay eggs in it and there are often larvae.
I put plastic jar lids, like from a coffee tin in the corners of the larvae box because they clump together in the corners and like to hide.
When they're mature, they will begin to pupate.
I have dollar store shot glasses I use to collect them (one pupa per "glass") and then set them in old slide boxes.
Since I want to use the larvae to eat myself, when I see they're pupating, I know it's time to harvest the biggest worms and induce mortality in the freezer. I now have almost 2 cups. Soon I'll be cooking them up.
I only use organic foodstuffs to feed.
I should make a video of my set up.
LOL
It looks so much easier then red worms ..
Any idea what the nutrient value of the Frass is?
My undergraduate thesis in bogor agricultural university about nutrition value about mealworm waste sir
@@imammahmudin3324 sir, can you explain the percentage of the nutrient?
wow so thats what worm success looks like... if i felt like careing about a few pupa.... jk but a few pupa for me is major.my heart hurt when i accadentaly smashed a beetle that hatched in the dirt in a pets tank. :( great video... think i will give up and just watch your videos to feel success
If you don't wanna go thru all this shit, jus feed em oats!
Why not nuke the frass? Does that lower it's nutritional value for plants?