anyone a worm farmer?

I have been reading into worm farming and was wondering if anyone makes there own worm castings or worm juice? maybe a picture of their set up. or a review on how the soil goes with growing is it the best that can be used? any info would be good.

I have a few wormtopia bins. I like to dump the bottom catch trays into readily made fresh tea before using or in my positive exp. -treatment for fungus gnats. I think the worm juice/leachate further adds a lot of diversity to the mix. If you want to jumpstart into vermicomposting, get these wormtopias trays.

Sorry, misread your post. First you'll harvesting castings and soon enough you'll just end up farming worms. Maybe that's why I ended up with 4-5 of those bins.

I have been working on recycling organic soil and the most expensive amendment turns out to be worm castings. Not only are they expensive but the quality could be much higher. They are not fresh and their diet is questionable.

So making your own seems like the best thing an organic farmer can do. My setup is simple a 10 gallon tote with air vents on the lid. Cut a hole in the lid and use paint strainer material and duct tape to keep fungus gnats out. If you manage the moisture level there is no need to drain which simplifies the design. Organic fan leaves for bedding (they do not like trichomes on the leaves) I always feed whole grain carbs and organic fruit waste. Once in a while I treat them with kelp meal, azomite, organic pulverized eggshells and pulverized dolomite lime. The castings are slimy and black. They are great for reamending used soil and brewing microbial teas. I only wish I had more of them so I will start a few more bins.

I also have pot worms/white worms/enchytraeids in there which I don't mind helping out. Their castings are much smaller but they procreate and process waste very well. Good luck worm farming!

My approach is a little different. I buy nothing to feed my worms. I feed them scraps: vegetables, fruit, lots of coffee grounds, egg shells. etc. I use shredded paper for bedding (best way to total destroy documents). My worm castings are beautiful. I have a local worm farm I can buy good castings $.50 a lb. Before I would spend much on feeding worms I'd buy the castings. Worms will produce great castings from your real food scraps, not leftovers from McD's but real food.

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My approach is a little different. I buy nothing to feed my worms. I feed them scraps: vegetables, fruit, lots of coffee grounds, egg shells. etc. I use shredded paper for bedding (best way to total destroy documents). My worm castings are beautiful. I have a local worm farm I can buy good castings $.50 a lb. Before I would spend much on feeding worms I'd buy the castings. Worms will produce great castings from your real food scraps, not leftovers from McD's but real food.

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Yeah, this is a great way to look at it; food scraps, shredded paper, and neglect.

Think MickeyDs would work in a bokashi bin??