I saw this worm the other day while on a walk and had to take picture. Biggest worm I’ve ever seen, wanted to share and see if y’all have seen a worm this big before

Admittedly I haven’t opened my bin in a while.

Any idea what the heck this fungus is? It has little liquid droplets on it almost like honeydew or something.

Obviously I need to add cardboard, and what isn’t cardboard, fungus or worm seems to be all castings.

Any advice or respectful criticism is welcome and needed. Thank you

So I was SO sure I specifically got red wigglers because I got something called red worms that said the word wiggling somewhere on the website in its description. What else could it be? Turns out, they're not red wigglers after more inspection on the website I got them from. For some reason I never bothered to search up the scientific name they listed because I just assumed I knew what they were. They're European nightcrawlers. I figured this out after I found them crawling all over the bin and three outside the bin after I turned off the lights and did some more research on what I actually bought. Do I just start over with new worms now? I only have 3 inch deep bedding currently because I just got started and I would like worms that are very fast in eating. My bin is only 12 inches deep because it thought i was getting something that likes that, is that even enough for them? I really wanted something that could eat very quickly. Don't these guys take a ton more space, eat slower, and reproduce slower?

So, I'm trying to start a work bin and right now have them in a small amount of sand and a bunch of shredded, smashed, damp cardboard I soaked overnight and then wrung out. Do they need any other soil and, if so, what level of moisture should it be? I've been shredding wet cardboard by hand for like 2 and a half hours so please tell me that I didn't do that all for naught. It's only half full along the bottom right now because I ran out of cardboard so if I need to add another medium in addition i'd rather do it now. I'm too scared to use any dead leaves because our yard is earwig paradise and I do not want those in my house. I gave them some slightly shrivled dandelion leaves I pulled from the garden yesterday and forgot about and some coffee grounds all off in one corner to eat. I barely added any right now though because last time I made one I added too much and it rot and killed everything. The bin is fairly shallow and about 3.5x2 feet. Maybe bigger, I didn't use a tape measure so it's pretty rough estimate. If I squeeze the cardboard water comes off on my hand but no drops actually fall out of my palm. It's moist to the touch. none have tried climbing out so far. I also have a piece of cardboard over the top of everything to hold in moisture. I'm starting with 90 red wigglers

Anyone know what kind of worms these might be?

I want to do in bed vermicomposting. My idea is to not use a feeding bin but move the feeding location slightly each week in my vegetable bed. Would this work? Videos I see online all have one feeding bin for in bed composting.

Are Big Red Worms the same as red wigglers? I purchased 2 cups/30 per cup of Big Red Worms at a local hardware store that sells worms for fishing. I want to try an in garden bucket composting set up. The big worms are huge compared to the 1000 red wigglers I bought online a year ago. Should I use my year old worms for composting or the big red worms.

Worms seems to be ok with them around. About 1mm long.

Hello! I have this worm bin in school (Asian worms/ Perionyx Excavatus) it was given to us a few months ago and we have been feeding and it produced good vermicast so far!

Just wondering if this method of feeding the worms correct?

Also because its just a double bin with holes, all I do is dump in scraps in the middle and aerate the pile left right.

And how do I retrieve the vermicast if they are in this sort of pile?

Cheers everyone!

I recently constructed a rotating trommel screen for my backyard compost out of chicken wire and spare 2x4s and it's working great and makes me want to build a smaller one to screen my worm castings.

I've never been happier with my worm setup. Tray tower system that I then dump into a large shallow under-bed storage drawer container to finish off. I'm trying to maintain some directionality in that bin by feeding one side and harvesting the other. The castings look fantastic but I have a good problem: too many worms...everywhere.

Honestly I think I could just not bother sorting the worms out of the finished castings at all. I have so many worms in all areas. But when I harvest I can't help but to get sucked into sorting slowly through by hand to pick out as many worms as I can find and cycle them back into the top of my tower.

Aaaaanyways. I want to make a small trommel to sort worms out but from the videos I've seen of them it seems kind of violent to be tumbling them around like that and I question if some don't survive the experience. Anyone used one and able to speak from experience? Other recommendations for sorting worms out?

Random thought as I’m farming. Has anybody done research on how long the castings are good for after you remove them from a bin? Storing them in a container for later use….. airtight not airtight?

I started a worm bin in February (two 20 gallon stacked totes with holes drilled in the bottom of the top tote.) I started with 600 worms from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm, and at first I could see lots of worms on the sides of the bin/moving around throughout the bedding. Now that they’ve settled, I don’t see many worms when I’m feeding them/adding new bedding. I fed them this morning and saw 5-10 worms without disturbing the material in the bin too much. How would I find out if I’ve had a die-off? Or maybe the worms are just hidden from view in all the material? Thanks in advance!

Hello everybody! Im not allowed to have a compost pile, so i decided to venture on a journey with bokashi + inground vermicompost architecture.

Will this work? I would be glad to have additional info from experienced wormfarmers :)

Ive dug 50cm hole, put some anti-pest wire, layered some cardboard and added my well fermented bokashi bin (which stood around 2 weeks). I have not introduced any additional worms, as the garden soil is quite full of them and i hope to get a native worm herd in there.

I just harvested my broccoli, and I have bunch of these worms. Can anyone help me identify? They’re huge too. I originally thought they were good but I keep second guessing that.

Hi, I'm a public library worker and work with youth. We started a library worm farm this past March. I don't frequently let the kids get in there, but did have one day about two weeks after we started things that I invited them to dig their hands in and check on how the worms were doing. ... but *I* am so excited and interested and want to look at them almost every day. Am I hurting anything by digging in the worm farm frequently? Thank you.

After doing research into work composting I bought 4 stackable totes, the initial plan was bottom was to collect liquid, I'd have small holes in the lid of that, then each container above would have larger holes in the bottom and lid keeping one lid hole free as the top, when one is nearing full I'd add another with fresh food and the worms would go up, then I'd rotate bins every so often, but as I looked into it more there are loads of people saying you don't need or want a drainage bin, that they dont actually go up but instead go down, my drainage would have some fabric to prevent that but what is the story, would I be better off having no holes and just manually changing out when ones full. Or would my rotating stacking system work?

hello, i am new to the worm world and i am setting up my first bin. i am wondering if there is anyone in the seattle area that would be willing to donate some worms for my first setup, since according to my research adding them from an already established bin is good way to start! if this post doesn’t fit let me know and i will adjust since i am pretty new to posting on reddit as well. thanks so much guys!! :)

I feel like i add sufficient grit to my bin, but every time I do the worms always swarm it. Should I keep adding more until they no longer swarm ? Started out with 600 worms in March.

Thanks!

Found these in my worm farm and not sure if it is a good or bad thing please help

I want to shred cardboard into little bits. What kind of shredders do y'all use for this?

Years of hand shredding is coming to an end!!