Any recommendations on were to purchase good worm castings and compost?

I am new

Have had an established terrarium for 1.5 years. One garden snail, isopods, springtails, red wigglers.

It seemed like suddenly there are these small white or grey worms. I thought the red wiggler babies were reddish as well so I'm concerned with the amount of other worms that appear to be suddenly here. I tried to show an isopod and adult wiggler for scale.

Anything i should be worried about if i add these in small amounts ?

Can you add snooty tossue to worm bin amd is that bad idea ?

Hi! It’s been almost five months and I’m still not sure if my bin is ready for harvest. It just doesn’t look dark enough? I’m hesitant to feed it too much because i don’t want it to get too moist, i’m just not sure what I’m doing wrong if anything. Help!

Excited to be giving a very much hands on workshop with a group of homeschooled kids. Youngsters too... 5 to 7 yo. I usually don't sieve to 1/8" - goodness, it's beautiful!

Im looking for recommendations on good worm castings!!

I switch things up with my soil mix sometimes. This time I am using worm castings, coco coir, perlite and vermiculite. What do you use for your home made soil?

Hey guys,

I’ve been trying to start a worm farm, but I literally cannot find any worms near me. I even tried digging in the exact same place where I used to get my worms 6 years ago, but a lot has changed since then and I found nothing.

I already set up a 1-meter square compost pile, and today is day 7 and there's still no sign of any worms showing up.

Is there any way to get this going without actual worms, or what should I do? Any tips would be appreciated!

Hey yall, rewllly looking for advice/ confirmation on the steps I’m taking. First two pictures are before, third one is after mixing in new browns and aerating.

about a month and a half ago I mixed in some moldy coffee grounds and have seen the fungi mostly take over the bin. This is I believe predominantly driven by my over feeding/ hydration and not realizing the fungi was spreading as quickly as it was. It got to the point where for the first time I had escapees looking for a safe place to go. Luckily a majority of the worms still seem fine in the bin while there is a healthy amount preferring to be riding the fungi out on the walls between the bubble wrap.

I have for the past two week mixed in dry browns to dry things out and slow the blooms. I have been going through and aerating and breaking up any clubs through the whole bin. It seems to be better and I haven’t seen any attempted jail brakes the past few days.

Amy advice is appreciated!

I fed them pre compost last week. Not quite a worm party but it could be considered a respectable worm get-together.

Do I add it to the top and allow the worms to incorporate it or should I disturb the compost and mix it in myself? I would prefer the first option, but my bin is fairly thick and dense right now.

This new bin is now around a year old. Before that, I was doing an in ground vermicompost and after a year of that realised I was just feeding the nearby trees, but at least I had a small worm population. Moved them into this bin outside under a large goat willow. Initially it was a bit anaerobic, the roof has a bit of a leak too, so heavy rains sometimes got the bin a bit wet in the lower levels. The holes in the bottom helped, though they got gummed up at times. There have been various species of fly that have been present at one time or another as well as ants too. I’m hoping the spider web played its part in keeping the flies under control. Now seems like mostly just worms present. I’ve been giving kitchen scraps, some garden residues like old/eaten cabbage leaves, and some hay and rye/fireweed stalks for browns (I had previously found lots of worms hanging out in piles of cut rye and fireweed stalks). Expanded this autumn to 2 new slightly smaller bins to grow the worm population.

Fortunately I haven’t seen any bears yet, but I have been fighting various flying bugs since I started vermicomposting in the Spring. I do freeze all of my food, I do keep dry bedding on top, but there are always still gnats and/or phorrid flies. I have an indoor tower and my question is simple — is it really possible to operate a tower without these bugs or is my tolerance for bugs just lower than most? Is anyone operating an indoor tower and you don’t see flying bugs around it at least once a day?

They are translucent and about the same size as a piece of cardboard fiber. I could only really see them on camera.

If I focus really hard, I can see a couple with my naked eyes, but not nearly as many as what the camera is able capture

The most similar thing I found were pot worms, but these seems much smaller

I think ready to harvest in a week or two?

Outside of the pesky mites, I'm interested in knowing what other pests have you seen in your bin? Ants? Roaches? Spiders?

Asking as a "don't freak out if this happens" prep for myself.

Any other strange appearances you did not expect?

I had my Vermihut prepped for me to be gone for a week. PH good, great level of not being too dry or too wet... And I came home to black cap mushrooms growing out around the edges of my top active tray - on just two of 4 sides. I did a dig into remedies and took care of it, but boy did I freak out.

We had a very dry summer with no pests in the house, but after the rain showed up, pest activity has ballooned. I found a tiny little roach - freaked out, baited for it, and done. But I'm seeing a ton of ant activity pop up outside, all around the property (we do have pest control), and I dread the day they may make it to my bin.

I have a vivarium with terrestrial newts that has more flowerpot fungus than I would like. Do red wigglers or encs eat that? I don't want a bunch of worms in there but I keep both and would definitely add a few if that's something they eat since isopods and springtails don't touch it.

1 i plan on using rubbermaid container as the worm bin i got air holes drill into it but what else should i do before adding worms

2 are red wiggler the best option the bin will be indoors a garage even during winter

3 are there any risk to using leaf litter as brown in worm bin

Do you take your worms to any events to educate others about worm farming?

Hello guys,
Long story short i bought a package of Eisenia Fetida in july. Being a beginner, i just thought the larges part of them were dead from the package. Started the colony with a few of them in a box. A few days ago, when tilling the raised beds i found a "clump" of worms. The rubbish bin where i placed the container with the "dead" ones is near the greenhouse. Can you help me identify if what i found are nightcrawlers or EF.