Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel! Worm Bins I use: Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3Xs1eGe Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT 20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr 3 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck tote amzn.to/3eKDLhO Other Worm Bins: Worm Factory 360 3-Tray Version amzn.to/3AHnjqK Worm Factory 360 5-Tray Version amzn.to/3tYfWY4 Bus bins amzn.to/3fd8AvP Equipment I use: 12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4 Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz Kitchen scale to weigh worms & food: amzn.to/3HnOQjg Blue gloves amzn.to/3XsBg5n Spray bottles to mist bedding amzn.to/3Fq23rN Digital handheld Thermometer amzn.to/3EWfC2j Compost Tea Bags amzn.to/3fCb5o1 Solar powered light amzn.to/3nOucAq Reusable Keurig Coffee K-cups amzn.to/3FNXvt6 Other useful equipment for worm farming: 5 stackable sifter with different sized mesh: amzn.to/3S2k184 Cameras & camera equipment I use: GoPro HERO11 amzn.to/3jkRpLa Flexible Tripod amzn.to/3CGTjcF Insta360 GO 2 camera amzn.to/3oxCc80 Insta360 One X2 camera amzn.to/3nqV6hp iPhone 13 Max Pro amzn.to/3nq52aU Canon EOS Rebel T8i amzn.to/3HcBuX6 4 Ocean bracelets I wear Multiple colors to chose from bracelets amzn.to/3HMbHEx Books on worms & worm farming Worms Eat My Garbage amzn.to/3L4FXN2 Where to buy worms: www.TheGardenAndWormLady.com
Really very informative and it so much required during these hot sunny day.... thanks for sharing this valuable process as have learned a lot today from this video...
Good idea to try cool down temperature in your bed. I heard the weather is warm that used to be. .. water melon might be the better way. The worms eat toilet paper roll 😁
Wow they DEVOURED all that food from the last feeding! I adopted your idea of using a fabric pot when I was dealing with a bad gnat infestation and needed to air everything out. To keep the bin cool, I too add frozen food scraps and that seems to keep the worms comfortable.
That was crazy how well they did with the food scraps, compost & bedding I put in there last time!! I really love the fabric pots as worm bins!! They drain well, breath well, and surprisingly keep pests out as well!! That is so great it has worked for you too!! Good to hear the frozen scraps works for temperature control!! I just put in my first set of frozen watermelon as it was slightly warm in there today! Thanks so much for watching and for letting me know about your fabric pot worm bin!!!🪱🪱🪱
fantastic, good ways to keep the temp's down. I'm learning the hard way about outdoor bins, but like you, I like to check quite often and no major damage occurred from the rain we got today.
Thanks! Yep, until I went through a whole year with it, knowing the seasonal sun shifts, what are rainy season does to it etc. I had to keep checking in on it. Now that it’s summer I know check on it on day 2 & 4 then I’m good!! Are both your blue & black worm bins outside? Thanks for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Helloooooooo wormie friend!!! 🪱🪱🪱 I love the ice idea 🙌🏼 I’ve done that with my worms here before too on super hot days…… I even do it with my flowers out on the flower stand during summer 😆😆 Ice in the water works a treat!! That compost has worked a treat!!! They’re looking nice and healthy and super happy!! 🙌🏼👌☺️ Ohhh great to see the toilet paper rolls too, I wondered how they’d break down!! Hahahaha oats or egg shells, we don’t mind!!! Awesome to see the gang Patrick! Hope you guys are having a wonderful week!! 🪱💐💕🌼🦋☺️
Hellooo Anita!!! Ice works so well especially if you have a bin that drains…I forgot to mention that the frozen bottles work well if you don’t want to add moisture but you can see I’m working with half a brain based on the number of times I mix up the oats and egg shells 😂🤣😂 Luckily I have Autumn their to keep me straight!! I was really happy with how well the compost worked out for them this week!! They really seem to break it down even further and go through the bedding and food faster!! Worms are so amazing!! I really enjoyed your last video & went straight into the garden and weeded and prepped a good patch for more okra and pumpkin seeds!! Thanks for the inspiration & for watching!!!🪱🪱🪱
Just started about 3 months ago and I currently have 4 starter trays going in my garage. I found that by simply taking my trays off the table and placing them on the ground, I was able to drop their temperature by 7-8 degrees
Very interesting!! My Urban Worm Bag is suspended in the air and is the one I have the most trouble with heat wise now. All my other bins are on the ground, so what you mentioned makes sense!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Good morning, Patrick, from Windermere Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 I freeze rain water in shallow plastic bowl and I take the big cube and lay it on top and it takes about 8 hours to melt under the top lid. The worms can move away if it's too cold. And the water is just enough to keep them happy. Your results are great 👍
That is a fantastic idea Peggy!! Rain water is even better!! Thanks for passing it along!! Juicy Fruit Island is looking so nice and tidy with the Moringa plants!! Thanks for stopping by to watch & add a great tip!!🪱🪱🪱
I was wondering how my worm bin friends were dealing with the heat 😃 The temperature hit 40c here fir the first time ever today, usually half that! Must be difficult to deal with such wild variations in temp. The water bottles are a fantastic idea 💡 I would end up eating the watermelon hehe 😋
Whoa!! We don’t even it that temperature here in Florida!! The water bottles work well especially if the bin is already at a good moisture level. I’m with you on the watermelon!! Delicious!! Thanks for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
@06:25 - _"...as I'm doing this, I'm just kinda not playing around.."_ Riiiiiight, we just kinda believe ya.... *hahaha!* I tell ya - it doesn't even show that you recently extracted a bunch of worms from the system 👍🏻 I agree with ya - I bet the chow, coffee & grit up in the top layer of bedding is going to produce a great result
🤣😆😂 Busted!!! I'm totally playing around! But secondarily it's good for the bin!! I would have been totally buttoned up if the executive producer hadn't reminded me about the chow etc. Then as I was putting things away I would have had an Oh @#&% moment😀 Thanks so much for stopping by AV!!🪱🪱🪱
You hit on my biggest fear & my biggest surprise!! This bin was started a little over 2 years ago, when I rescued 90 worms from a failed try at an indoor bin with too much matted paper & over feeding. I just chucked the worms in a bucket I had put some weeds in and to my surprise about 4 months later there were hundreds of worms...So I started this bin which now has at least 6000 worms!! I keep it in a mostly shaded area, fold down the top flaps of the grow bag and keep it directly on the ground. I think this combination keeps it stable in the mid to lower 80's during the day and high 70's at night during the summer...well within the red wigglers range of temperatures! I never thought an outdoor worm bin would work in Tampa, FL but I'm on my 3rd summer with them!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!! I really appreciate it!!🪱🪱🪱
To cool our compost we add carbon, I wonder if you mixed in shredded cardboard (carbon) it would mitigate the temperature increase??? Wicked awesome Patrick!! 💪new refrigerator 💪 Let's go !! Cheers J&C 🌱🪱🌱💪😁
That is a good question!! I seem to really notice the temperature rise when I put a lot of both in, but maybe if I change the ratio it will prevent it from rising in the first place? Sounds like an experiment coming on!! Keep those ideas coming!!! Let’s go!!🪱🪱🪱
Good Evening from Brisbane, Australia, similar climate to Florida, just started my own 3 tier vertical worm bin, 900mm x 600mm (35 inches x 23 inches) a large one I know, have about 3000 worms, around a week in and all going well, so pleased I found your channel, so much info, almost overwhelming, however loving it, none the less, thank you so much for your video's. One question I have: when you do the time lapse video's, how do you supply the light and not have the worms try and burrow down? Thanks in advance, and take it easy from downunder!!
Hello from Brisbane, Australia!! We definitely want to visit sometime soon!! I'm so glad you are enjoying out videos!! That 3 tier vertical worm bin sounds fantastic and huge!! So the time lapses I do in my VermiHut worm tower, we do by quickly lifting the lid and filming for 1 minute. We usually do this once a day or once every 12 hours depending on how fast the food is disappearing. I then string the series of videos together, speed them up and cut them down to about 2 seconds of fast footage from about the first 20 seconds of each days filming...so the worms don't burrow down too fast in 20 seconds but since it is sped up 10 times and put in series...7 days of footage gets compressed into about 14 seconds and the worms appear to not really burrow down as it goes from day to day. Hopefully that makes sense! When I do the time lapses at the end of my Outdoor Worm Bin videos, I let them burrow down for about 5 minutes and speed up the footage about 20 to 40 times! Thanks so much for all your support and thanks for letting us know about your big worm tower!!🪱🪱🪱
So glad I came across this video! I literally just had an incident yesterday where my bin temp went up to 90 degrees, and posted that video just minutes before finding this gem. You pretty much described the same situation in my bedding...the sides were cool, so the worms took off over there. This video explains a lot, and great tips for cooling things off in there. Thanks so much for sharing! 👏
I’ll check that video out! I look forward to seeing how the worms reacted and how you mitigated the heat!! I always run into issues in the summer but the worms figure out how to find the cool areas until I get my act together and cool things down for them😀 Thank so much for watching!! I’m really enjoying your channel!!🪱🪱🪱
Patrick, I’ve taken food out of the freezer several times and neglected to feed it to my worms for a few days. It goes moldy in the summer temperatures right away. I noticed the food had heated up yesterday when I was feeding some mouldy food to my systems. Maybe if you take your food out of the freezer and let it go through a hot cycle before you feed it, your worms would not be subject to excess heating?? BTW, I think it’s time we see the executive producer on camera! ~ Sandra
Letting it go through a thermophilic cycle would help to prevent future heat, almost like adding regular compost into the worm bin, but I think I would be afraid of the smells and critters that might be attracted to the food!! But you never know until you try it right? The executive producer has a few cameos...here she is with the whole family towards the end of this video: czcams.com/video/TWPsUyLtAzw/video.html she makes a quick one in the middle of this video: czcams.com/video/Mz207WzT5pA/video.html and she makes many (tiny) appearances on my watch face in many of my videos...she also helped me count for a few seconds in this one😀: czcams.com/video/lxFjjGWRn8M/video.html She's even more kind than she is beautiful so I really lucked out in life!! Thanks so much for watching and for the suggestion on preventing heat!!🪱🪱🪱
Great questions!! This outdoor bin has been going for almost 2 years! I started my first partial harvest at about 4-5 months and then just kept harvesting every couple of weeks. I've never harvested it all at once, I keep it as a continuous flow bin where I keep feeding & adding bedding each week and pull about 3-5 pounds of castings out each 1-2 weeks. I hope that helps!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and ask some great questions!!🪱🪱🪱
Finally have to try the frozen plastic water bottles, this week temperatures might hit 40°C to 42°C, never had that before here in southern Germany. I hope my bins can take it with some cooling since I life at the top floor. By the way, pulverized a load of egg shells today, is there anything more smelly than that? :D
I didn’t realized how crazy Europes temperatures were getting this week until some of my UK commenters mentioned it getting up to 40C!!! It doesn’t even get that how down here in Florida!! The bottles trick works well because it doesn’t change the moisture level of the bin if you already have it perfect. I’m quick to put the pulverized egg shells in the jar so I don’t have to inhale too much🤣😂Not the best smell for sure!! Thanks so much for watching!! Keep hydrated and cool during your heat wave!!🪱🪱🪱
The apples take long in my bins too. Some wrap the frozen bottle in newspaper then put them in the bin. Would you do a comparison of the wrapped and unwrapped? It's not hot in my bins so I can't do it but I'm curious to see which works better.
That’s interesting…I bet they would eat the newspaper as the water bottle melted. I can give it a try as we have at least 3 more months of hit temperatures!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!!🪱🪱🪱
The best range I've found for my red wigglers where they are most productive and consume the most is between the low 80's℉ to the low 70's℉. Parts of my bins have gotten into the 90's℉ and the worms just moved to the cooler outer edges like in this video: czcams.com/video/_fJNg0-1X6M/video.html I have also had my outdoor worm bin continue to thrive & consume food with temperatures down to the upper 30's & 40's℉. So anywhere from the high 30's to low 90's is livable for my red wigglers but the 70's to low 80's℉ is ideal!! I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for watching & for the great question!!🪱🪱🪱
I've never actually seen the inside of an avocado pit and didn't know it was orange, always learning something around here. Another great one Vermicompost! 🌱🦾📺
Thank you!! Alway something to learn new & different here huh?...Well imagine my surprise when you jumped into a plane and took of on a live stream...while taking us along! That was epic!!!👏🛩🪱🪱🪱
This is a 20 gallon grow bag inside another 20 gallon grow bag! They are great outdoor bins because they breath and drain excess moisture! They are super durable, mine is 4 years old. Here is a video where you can get a better look at it: czcams.com/video/ANahXegeuS8/video.html and here is a link to see how much they cost etc: amzn.to/3zPE2u2 I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
I'm putting frozen water bottles in my tower for my worms. Excessive heat is not something we usually have to deal with in the UK, but we're being hit with record 40c temps, so I'm being a helicopter worm Mum 🪱🤣
I would be a helicopter Dad for sure in that heat!! We don’t even get that hot here in Florida but those frozen water bottles will definitely keep your worms cool until the heat wave passes!! Thanks so much for watching and keep yourself hydrated and cool as well in that heat!!!🪱🪱🪱
Below are some of the items I use for vermicomposting & my channel's videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you if you use these links. Thank you for supporting this channel!
Worm Bins I use:
Vermihut 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin amzn.to/3Xs1eGe
Urban Worm Bag V2 amzn.to/3XE9QsT
20 Gallon Fabric Grow Pots amzn.to/3EBYhdr
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Equipment I use:
12 Sheet Cross Cut Micro Shredder (I use it to shred cardboard) amzn.to/3xYZKYu
Magic Bullet Small Blender (to pulverize egg shells) amzn.to/3gwEzb4
Indoor Outdoor Wireless Thermometer for worm bin amzn.to/3wIdXbO
Additional thermometer sensors 433 MHz amzn.to/41juD7v Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
Additional thermometer sensors 915MHz amzn.to/3WTFgua Please make sure Thermometer & sensor are the same MHz
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Other useful equipment for worm farming:
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wow! your worms are so healthy and large!
Thank you! They are a hearty bunch!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Really very informative and it so much required during these hot sunny day.... thanks for sharing this valuable process as have learned a lot today from this video...
Thank you!! I'm so glad you found it informative!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Good idea to try cool down temperature in your bed. I heard the weather is warm that used to be. .. water melon might be the better way. The worms eat toilet paper roll 😁
สวัสดี Bo!! The worms love cool watermelon on a hot summers day!! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and watch!!🪱🪱🪱 ขอให้มีวันที่ดี
Come to learn, step by step! Thank you for sharing this great footage! Greetings from Canada and wish you have a wonderful day!🍁🍁✅✅💯💯😃😃
Thank you for visiting from Canada!! I'm so glad you liked my video!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Wow they DEVOURED all that food from the last feeding! I adopted your idea of using a fabric pot when I was dealing with a bad gnat infestation and needed to air everything out. To keep the bin cool, I too add frozen food scraps and that seems to keep the worms comfortable.
That was crazy how well they did with the food scraps, compost & bedding I put in there last time!! I really love the fabric pots as worm bins!! They drain well, breath well, and surprisingly keep pests out as well!! That is so great it has worked for you too!! Good to hear the frozen scraps works for temperature control!! I just put in my first set of frozen watermelon as it was slightly warm in there today! Thanks so much for watching and for letting me know about your fabric pot worm bin!!!🪱🪱🪱
fantastic, good ways to keep the temp's down. I'm learning the hard way about outdoor bins, but like you, I like to check quite often and no major damage occurred from the rain we got today.
Thanks! Yep, until I went through a whole year with it, knowing the seasonal sun shifts, what are rainy season does to it etc. I had to keep checking in on it. Now that it’s summer I know check on it on day 2 & 4 then I’m good!! Are both your blue & black worm bins outside? Thanks for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
Helloooooooo wormie friend!!! 🪱🪱🪱 I love the ice idea 🙌🏼 I’ve done that with my worms here before too on super hot days…… I even do it with my flowers out on the flower stand during summer 😆😆 Ice in the water works a treat!!
That compost has worked a treat!!! They’re looking nice and healthy and super happy!! 🙌🏼👌☺️
Ohhh great to see the toilet paper rolls too, I wondered how they’d break down!!
Hahahaha oats or egg shells, we don’t mind!!!
Awesome to see the gang Patrick! Hope you guys are having a wonderful week!! 🪱💐💕🌼🦋☺️
Hellooo Anita!!! Ice works so well especially if you have a bin that drains…I forgot to mention that the frozen bottles work well if you don’t want to add moisture but you can see I’m working with half a brain based on the number of times I mix up the oats and egg shells 😂🤣😂 Luckily I have Autumn their to keep me straight!! I was really happy with how well the compost worked out for them this week!! They really seem to break it down even further and go through the bedding and food faster!! Worms are so amazing!! I really enjoyed your last video & went straight into the garden and weeded and prepped a good patch for more okra and pumpkin seeds!! Thanks for the inspiration & for watching!!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost yesssss!!! I’m so glad you were inspired and I hope you had a blast! Ring on the pumpkins and okra!!! 🙌🏼🤣🐝💐
Just started about 3 months ago and I currently have 4 starter trays going in my garage. I found that by simply taking my trays off the table and placing them on the ground, I was able to drop their temperature by 7-8 degrees
Very interesting!! My Urban Worm Bag is suspended in the air and is the one I have the most trouble with heat wise now. All my other bins are on the ground, so what you mentioned makes sense!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Good morning, Patrick, from Windermere Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸
I freeze rain water in shallow plastic bowl and I take the big cube and lay it on top and it takes about 8 hours to melt under the top lid. The worms can move away if it's too cold. And the water is just enough to keep them happy.
Your results are great 👍
That is a fantastic idea Peggy!! Rain water is even better!! Thanks for passing it along!! Juicy Fruit Island is looking so nice and tidy with the Moringa plants!! Thanks for stopping by to watch & add a great tip!!🪱🪱🪱
I was wondering how my worm bin friends were dealing with the heat 😃 The temperature hit 40c here fir the first time ever today, usually half that! Must be difficult to deal with such wild variations in temp. The water bottles are a fantastic idea 💡 I would end up eating the watermelon hehe 😋
Whoa!! We don’t even it that temperature here in Florida!! The water bottles work well especially if the bin is already at a good moisture level. I’m with you on the watermelon!! Delicious!! Thanks for stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
@06:25 - _"...as I'm doing this, I'm just kinda not playing around.."_ Riiiiiight, we just kinda believe ya.... *hahaha!* I tell ya - it doesn't even show that you recently extracted a bunch of worms from the system 👍🏻 I agree with ya - I bet the chow, coffee & grit up in the top layer of bedding is going to produce a great result
🤣😆😂 Busted!!! I'm totally playing around! But secondarily it's good for the bin!! I would have been totally buttoned up if the executive producer hadn't reminded me about the chow etc. Then as I was putting things away I would have had an Oh @#&% moment😀 Thanks so much for stopping by AV!!🪱🪱🪱
Your guardian angel to the rescue again!
Putting ice cubes in the bin is good idea to cool them. Great video as usual.
Thank you!! I really appreciate all your support and learning from your videos!!🪱🪱🪱
wow so you are putting an outdoor worm bin in florida? sounds challenging! lol
You hit on my biggest fear & my biggest surprise!! This bin was started a little over 2 years ago, when I rescued 90 worms from a failed try at an indoor bin with too much matted paper & over feeding. I just chucked the worms in a bucket I had put some weeds in and to my surprise about 4 months later there were hundreds of worms...So I started this bin which now has at least 6000 worms!! I keep it in a mostly shaded area, fold down the top flaps of the grow bag and keep it directly on the ground. I think this combination keeps it stable in the mid to lower 80's during the day and high 70's at night during the summer...well within the red wigglers range of temperatures! I never thought an outdoor worm bin would work in Tampa, FL but I'm on my 3rd summer with them!! Thanks so much for stopping by to watch!! I really appreciate it!!🪱🪱🪱
Interesting!!
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch & comment!!🪱🪱🪱
Good job idea thank you for sharing
Thank you!!! I really appreciate you stopping by to watch!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost yes
To cool our compost we add carbon, I wonder if you mixed in shredded cardboard (carbon) it would mitigate the temperature increase???
Wicked awesome Patrick!!
💪new refrigerator 💪
Let's go !!
Cheers J&C 🌱🪱🌱💪😁
That is a good question!! I seem to really notice the temperature rise when I put a lot of both in, but maybe if I change the ratio it will prevent it from rising in the first place? Sounds like an experiment coming on!! Keep those ideas coming!!! Let’s go!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost booooooooommmmmmmm !!! Let's go brother !!
Good Evening from Brisbane, Australia, similar climate to Florida, just started my own 3 tier vertical worm bin, 900mm x 600mm (35 inches x 23 inches) a large one I know, have about 3000 worms, around a week in and all going well, so pleased I found your channel, so much info, almost overwhelming, however loving it, none the less, thank you so much for your video's. One question I have: when you do the time lapse video's, how do you supply the light and not have the worms try and burrow down? Thanks in advance, and take it easy from downunder!!
Hello from Brisbane, Australia!! We definitely want to visit sometime soon!! I'm so glad you are enjoying out videos!! That 3 tier vertical worm bin sounds fantastic and huge!! So the time lapses I do in my VermiHut worm tower, we do by quickly lifting the lid and filming for 1 minute. We usually do this once a day or once every 12 hours depending on how fast the food is disappearing. I then string the series of videos together, speed them up and cut them down to about 2 seconds of fast footage from about the first 20 seconds of each days filming...so the worms don't burrow down too fast in 20 seconds but since it is sped up 10 times and put in series...7 days of footage gets compressed into about 14 seconds and the worms appear to not really burrow down as it goes from day to day. Hopefully that makes sense! When I do the time lapses at the end of my Outdoor Worm Bin videos, I let them burrow down for about 5 minutes and speed up the footage about 20 to 40 times! Thanks so much for all your support and thanks for letting us know about your big worm tower!!🪱🪱🪱
So glad I came across this video! I literally just had an incident yesterday where my bin temp went up to 90 degrees, and posted that video just minutes before finding this gem. You pretty much described the same situation in my bedding...the sides were cool, so the worms took off over there. This video explains a lot, and great tips for cooling things off in there. Thanks so much for sharing! 👏
I’ll check that video out! I look forward to seeing how the worms reacted and how you mitigated the heat!! I always run into issues in the summer but the worms figure out how to find the cool areas until I get my act together and cool things down for them😀 Thank so much for watching!! I’m really enjoying your channel!!🪱🪱🪱
Patrick, I’ve taken food out of the freezer several times and neglected to feed it to my worms for a few days. It goes moldy in the summer temperatures right away. I noticed the food had heated up yesterday when I was feeding some mouldy food to my systems. Maybe if you take your food out of the freezer and let it go through a hot cycle before you feed it, your worms would not be subject to excess heating??
BTW, I think it’s time we see the executive producer on camera!
~ Sandra
Letting it go through a thermophilic cycle would help to prevent future heat, almost like adding regular compost into the worm bin, but I think I would be afraid of the smells and critters that might be attracted to the food!! But you never know until you try it right?
The executive producer has a few cameos...here she is with the whole family towards the end of this video: czcams.com/video/TWPsUyLtAzw/video.html she makes a quick one in the middle of this video: czcams.com/video/Mz207WzT5pA/video.html and she makes many (tiny) appearances on my watch face in many of my videos...she also helped me count for a few seconds in this one😀: czcams.com/video/lxFjjGWRn8M/video.html
She's even more kind than she is beautiful so I really lucked out in life!! Thanks so much for watching and for the suggestion on preventing heat!!🪱🪱🪱
How long have you been running the outdoor system? How long did it take you until you started harvesting the casting?
Great questions!! This outdoor bin has been going for almost 2 years! I started my first partial harvest at about 4-5 months and then just kept harvesting every couple of weeks. I've never harvested it all at once, I keep it as a continuous flow bin where I keep feeding & adding bedding each week and pull about 3-5 pounds of castings out each 1-2 weeks. I hope that helps!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch and ask some great questions!!🪱🪱🪱
Finally have to try the frozen plastic water bottles, this week temperatures might hit 40°C to 42°C, never had that before here in southern Germany. I hope my bins can take it with some cooling since I life at the top floor. By the way, pulverized a load of egg shells today, is there anything more smelly than that? :D
I didn’t realized how crazy Europes temperatures were getting this week until some of my UK commenters mentioned it getting up to 40C!!! It doesn’t even get that how down here in Florida!! The bottles trick works well because it doesn’t change the moisture level of the bin if you already have it perfect. I’m quick to put the pulverized egg shells in the jar so I don’t have to inhale too much🤣😂Not the best smell for sure!! Thanks so much for watching!! Keep hydrated and cool during your heat wave!!🪱🪱🪱
The apples take long in my bins too. Some wrap the frozen bottle in newspaper then put them in the bin. Would you do a comparison of the wrapped and unwrapped? It's not hot in my bins so I can't do it but I'm curious to see which works better.
That’s interesting…I bet they would eat the newspaper as the water bottle melted. I can give it a try as we have at least 3 more months of hit temperatures!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!!!🪱🪱🪱
@@Vermicompost the newspaper would probably be Luke a popsicle in a hot day for them.
What is the best temperature range for the worms?
The best range I've found for my red wigglers where they are most productive and consume the most is between the low 80's℉ to the low 70's℉. Parts of my bins have gotten into the 90's℉ and the worms just moved to the cooler outer edges like in this video: czcams.com/video/_fJNg0-1X6M/video.html I have also had my outdoor worm bin continue to thrive & consume food with temperatures down to the upper 30's & 40's℉. So anywhere from the high 30's to low 90's is livable for my red wigglers but the 70's to low 80's℉ is ideal!! I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for watching & for the great question!!🪱🪱🪱
I've never actually seen the inside of an avocado pit and didn't know it was orange, always learning something around here. Another great one Vermicompost! 🌱🦾📺
You just didn't want to say "toilet paper". 😁😊🛡️🧻
Thank you!! Alway something to learn new & different here huh?...Well imagine my surprise when you jumped into a plane and took of on a live stream...while taking us along! That was epic!!!👏🛩🪱🪱🪱
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I was so happy that the livestream worked out and I didn't vomit. 😁😄😊
@@WaysideWade You did better than me on my first flight of USAF pilot training!!🤢🤮
What kind of container is that you are using?
This is a 20 gallon grow bag inside another 20 gallon grow bag! They are great outdoor bins because they breath and drain excess moisture! They are super durable, mine is 4 years old. Here is a video where you can get a better look at it: czcams.com/video/ANahXegeuS8/video.html and here is a link to see how much they cost etc: amzn.to/3zPE2u2 I hope this helps!! Thanks so much for watching!!🪱🪱🪱
Keep those Florida worms cool. 🧊
😂🤣🥵🥶They are the coolest outdoor worms around!!! I think some are Gator fans like you!! Thanks for stopping by AJ!!🪱🪱🪱
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I'm putting frozen water bottles in my tower for my worms. Excessive heat is not something we usually have to deal with in the UK, but we're being hit with record 40c temps, so I'm being a helicopter worm Mum 🪱🤣
I would be a helicopter Dad for sure in that heat!! We don’t even get that hot here in Florida but those frozen water bottles will definitely keep your worms cool until the heat wave passes!! Thanks so much for watching and keep yourself hydrated and cool as well in that heat!!!🪱🪱🪱