Vermicomposting 101: How to Create & Maintain a Simple Worm Bin (2023)
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 Published On Premiered Oct 13, 2022

If you're interested in learning about vermicomposting, this tutorial is for you! Here we share step by step how to make a simple worm bin system using plastic bins for indoor and outdoor composting. We'll discuss the basics of vermicomposting: what it is, how to create a worm bin, and how to maintain it to avoid issues like smells and insects. We'll also answer some questions about vermicomposting, like how much food to feed your worms, how often, and more. So if you're interested in taking your worm bin to the next level, be sure to watch this video!

This video has four main sections:
1. Your Vermicompost as an Ecosystem
2. The Structure of your System: Selecting your Bin
3. Worm Nutrition
4. Key Variables that Impact Worm Health


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0:30 Intro
1:35 Your worm bin as a living ecosystem
3:30 How to foster the biology inside your bin
3:47 Carbon to nitrogen ratio: the foundation of your bin
4:50 How much food can you feed your worms
5:17 Selecting your worm bin (tote bin system focus)
8:06 Catching system, the lower bin, odor insurance!
11:18 Worm nutrition: what to feed your worms
15:14 Key variables that determine worm health
15:49 Humidity
16:52 Temperature
18;:03 Acidity

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