Can O Worms Set-Up (how to)

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Mark runs through setting up a Can O Worms (home worm) composter farm!
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Its great for vermicomposting and producing worm tea from our kitchen waste material.

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@cherrypichick6782 4 жыл бұрын

Those "scraps" look like a delicious salad they would serve in a NYC restaurant for $20!!! 😱🥗

@ItsBrendo 2 жыл бұрын

Lucky worms!

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@nicmortimerwhite 13 жыл бұрын

brilliant video made so much sense when I bought a second hand wormery from Ebay that did not come with any instructions

@thekayyysayyy 3 жыл бұрын

I realize this video is old but it's important to mention that where you setup the worm bedding and worms themselves is actually the collection tray to collect the liquid gold, or liquid worm castings. The worm bedding and worms should be on the first tray above this, likewise that cardboard circle should also go in the tray.

@sickChevycolorado 3 жыл бұрын

I agree thought thats the whole point .. to collect the worm castings ...

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kayyysayyy , just for you kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g52AerekncW8fH0.html

@heythere5817 3 ай бұрын

Actually no. You're wrong, but so is he.

@RizKxHD 12 жыл бұрын

great video very well set out ready now for the beginning of my worm farm..

@Llewellan 11 жыл бұрын

Very good video. I had the farm given to me and was not sure how to start it. Thanks for the information!

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gracehc9356 2 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful thank you so much

@Colleen-ln7wk 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this video!

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Colleen!

@hazelblair6634 7 жыл бұрын

That is the 1st time i have seen a set up of a worm bin / farm done with the food on the 2nd tray.

@alpinewhite 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I don't understand why they didn't put even a little bit of food on the first tray. Are the worms supposed to consume the bedding first prior to moving to the scraps? This is different than other videos I've seen where they keep feeding the first tray first. Then, once that's almost full of castings, they start filling the 2nd tray.

@AndrewMorrissey 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you that was great 👍🏻

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

huge thank you!

@jasperz88 9 жыл бұрын

perfect!! I inherited my worm farm from my Grandma's shed and didn't have the instructions - this made perfect sense, glad I found before using the lid as the base for the worm bedding....

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@chipnorthup6397 9 жыл бұрын

Good and simple vid. It's not rocket science. I got a big bale of peat-moss and that seems to work well, Moisten it up and chuck in a bunch of veges and stuff, I think I spoil my worms because I chop the compost into bits and sometimes blend it. They go nuts when I do it; I feel like Caesar and they are my minions. I did a test on regular potting soil, with Miracle Grow, and my mix with worm castings/vermiculite/perilite and it's what you would imagine. Mine was superior! Miracle grow came in a close 2nd to the loser but couldn't touch the worm-grow. Viva la verms!!!

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chip!

@lacasa470 6 жыл бұрын

This is the first instruction that's made sense. I've been wondering why I've always had just the one tray - i.e. how do I coax the worms up to the next level. By putting the food in the tray above the worms, they'll have to crawl up into it to eat. I've had my Can O Worms for over 2 years and they're still only in the first tray, so I'm going to do it Mark's way and see how it goes.

@nickdaley5008 6 жыл бұрын

Is this company still going? Been trying to contact them off the web phone number to no success.

@alpinewhite 6 жыл бұрын

@Michelle, how is your worm farm now? I'm just curious since I'm just starting mine.

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

@@nickdaley5008 not sure

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

@@alpinewhite still going strong 10 years later

@juleswithnorthstar 3 жыл бұрын

Are the worms too big to get through the holes to get to the top tray?

@tulsibabsroberts-borchers6904 6 жыл бұрын

nice thanks heaps

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

much appreciated

@Alexismealright 14 жыл бұрын

thank you this has helped me :)

@wexmalaza8573 2 ай бұрын

We're you not supposed to do the bedding and put the worms in the second try and use the bottom try to collect the tea?

@TheRobcorbett 11 жыл бұрын

how are the worms going to gey up the holes?

@yellowroo Жыл бұрын

I kinda just use one layer and bury the food in with them there. I think they rather move up than down, without a wet carboard on the top they used to never eat on the surface, so I don't have enough trust to put the food on the top as is to rot uncovered.

@ralphwiggum3d 10 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, great video, what about meat scraps? I'm buying two of the rectangular Worm Cafe's, one for kitchen scraps and another purely for dog poo (to keep seperate), can any meat be put into either of them?

@Alexischile10nz 9 жыл бұрын

no meat

@mews56 9 жыл бұрын

What would you be able to use a dog poo worm farm purely separate for ? in mind of hygiene safety

@juliaholmes6652 6 жыл бұрын

The dog pooh compost goes on your garden flowers and shrubs - as you say, for hygiene, never on your vegetables.

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, meat is not good.

@davehib1 12 жыл бұрын

aren't they supposed to be setup in the shade?

@kostaleotta8854 4 жыл бұрын

So you watch the other video can’t remember what the vid was called but...

@Myu007 8 жыл бұрын

Just wondering if you still got the worm bin. It's great idea to reuse the packaging but by putting the whole cardboard it will stop the airflow, will get too soggy. Took forever for the worms to break it down. This is speaking from my experience. Would be nice to see your current bin condition.

@aliciabrucey 7 жыл бұрын

M Yu ooh, I used cardboard in the bottom of mine too but I haven't checked that far down. I'll do that this weekend. :)

@itsthatwutangguy.9370 4 жыл бұрын

@@aliciabrucey so what happened to that weekend???

@aliciabrucey 4 жыл бұрын

Paulie That was some time ago now but I think it got soggy. I ended up breaking it apart and putting it throughout the worm farm. It did take ages to break down.

@itsthatwutangguy.9370 4 жыл бұрын

@@aliciabrucey hahahah better late then never for the reply.

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

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@rachaelkingnz 6 жыл бұрын

Oh i thought you put food in the worm level and add the 2nd tray when that level is full ...now i am a little confused.

@svrnclv 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing against this video, but he should have done it the way you described.

@magspies 6 жыл бұрын

5:50 he adds food to the 2nd tray as it's full and the top is making contact with the underneath layer.

@huiyingtanyayap 8 жыл бұрын

i just bought the can-o-worm. and coconut fibre took forever to get soft. I just separate it by myself. i hope i didn't screw up my worms' house .

@PinkPoo 6 жыл бұрын

Hello from the future

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

@scottnelson1033 3 жыл бұрын

Woooah

@analuizanb Жыл бұрын

Lol. I have no idea how the worms would come to the top layer from the bottom layer.

@nickdaley5008 6 жыл бұрын

Is Can O Worms still around? Would like to get hold of one.

@paulgoodall7891 6 жыл бұрын

Yes they are.

@juliaholmes6652 6 жыл бұрын

yes, they cost about £90, try Amazon, Ebay or Greenfingers.co.uk

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

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@melliw2804 3 жыл бұрын

Would the ink on newspaper be harmful to worms though?

@flyfish 2 жыл бұрын

if lead free then no problem

@cliffordhatton4444 6 жыл бұрын

What's the tap for? And there's no mention of what the contraption is for! Are we merely fattening-up worms or is the intention to breed them?

@juliaholmes6652 6 жыл бұрын

The tap lets out the worm 'tea' - urine.. You use this as fertiliser on your veg patch. Dilute it about 1:3 with water. The intention is to make your own compost, and use the worm castings ( pooh) as a fertiliser for your plants. The worms just breed and keep the whole thing going for many years if you look after it and do not overfeed with fruit and veg, and add enough 'brown' stuff like paper and cardboard.

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

the tap is used to tap of or drain of the worm 'tea' used as compost.

@gman7359 5 жыл бұрын

Any updates?

@flyfish 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Gmain, tks for your message, do you mean on the worm bin front?

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

big thanks, still have my worm bin going strong 10 years later!

@kostaleotta8854 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve worked out some things about my advance and you’re doing it all wrong you don’t put food in the next layer can you put the food on the first layer with the worms and then once they’re done fertilising that liar you put coconut husk into the next layer and then put food in it and then they come up and start on that

@chewee2k 5 жыл бұрын

The kitchen scraps you put in for food should have been chopped up.

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

big thanks

@kostaleotta8854 4 жыл бұрын

WHAT ARE THOSE ❕ (3:30)

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

Peat

@kostaleotta8854 4 жыл бұрын

What’s peat

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

@@kostaleotta8854 Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species[2] of mosses, commonly known as "peat moss". Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 to 26 times as much water as their dry weight, depending on the species.[3] The empty cells help retain water in drier conditions.

@kostaleotta8854 4 жыл бұрын

I was talking about your shoes

@flyfish 4 жыл бұрын

Kosta Leotta they are Crocs