How to make a CHEAP worm farm.
Learn how to very simply, make a worm farm for a few dollars which will supply your garden with a richer fertiliser than anything you can buy. It’s so easy to do that your kids (7 years or older) can get involved – video by celebrity gardener Jerry Coleby-Williams.
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wowww………very innovative!!!
keep it up!!
MrKushalG
October 6, 2011 at 9:36 am
WHAT SIZE ARE THE HOLES? Great video but you didnt let us see the holes in the containers.
chest002
October 6, 2011 at 10:30 am
Wonderful. What size holes?
Thanks much for posting this video.
Aloha!
LeeEisenstein
October 6, 2011 at 11:05 am
how do worms changec to the other box, should one build a ramp etc
TWISTEDRIFTER
October 6, 2011 at 12:01 pm
@10asana Yeah, I guess I’m not supposed to touch them because of the oil on my hands? I totally don’t think of that when I’m out and about and don’t want one stepped on. Maybe if my hands are wet with the rain water, even if I run my hands over the grass to wet them, would that reduce the risk of getting oil from my hands on them?
Lavenderrose73
October 6, 2011 at 12:03 pm
@Lavenderrose73 how brilliant for you!! I do exactly the same thing. In fact, I go out when it’s raining in order to help our wiggley little friends a helping hand. I use a tiny stick and pluck them from the sidewalk so they don’t get glitched…I love saving those guys…they’re so helpful for our soul, plants and gardens.
Good for you, and keep it up……..! 🙂
10asana
October 6, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Shoot, I’d be worried about tipping the box. But I’ve got ladybugs and butterflies… and a little 2 bedroom apartment that’s already cluttered with my stuff. I think I could just step out on a rainy day and collect worms; I’m watching where I step when I get to school on those days because I don’t want to squish any of them. It looks like I could find some around my apartment complex too. Poor thing, I saw one already dead just outside my door or I would have put it back in with the plants.
Lavenderrose73
October 6, 2011 at 1:31 pm
AWESOME!!!!!!
emrfy
October 6, 2011 at 2:10 pm
@sakopcantsitstill You need ~1000 worms to get started.
Worms mutliply very quickly, but may take a couple of months to get going. I believe that worms can reproduce about 5- 20 worms every 15 days. 1000 mature worms properly cared for can produce up to 500,000 in a year! However they will restrict their own numbers to the correct quantity for the size of the worm farm container.
It took 3 months for our worm farm (started with 1000 worms), to be consuming the scraps of 4 adults and 3 kids.
gardeningcentral
October 6, 2011 at 3:10 pm
can anyone tell me at what rate do worms reproduce and multiply?? and what’s a good amounts of worms to get started for a set-up this size ?thanks
sakopcantsitstill
October 6, 2011 at 3:37 pm
This is very clever..Thanks for the know how..
payfulmeena
October 6, 2011 at 4:20 pm