i've been wanting to produce my own casting for a while now. i don't have any local places that sell fresh castings, and i am in need all the time.

- if i start my own bin what can i expect as far as time frame and yield?
- how large a bin do i need to be self sufficient?
- if i do it indoors will i need to install an exhaust system to control odor?

your first 2 questions depend on how many you start with and how much food you feed them.

I have a 5 tier worm bin, took about a year to really get them going strong, But I do not feed them as much as I should. Mine will give me enough for teas and some amending of containers, but not enough to make a new batch of soil(55gal).

If fed right there is no smell.

Nothing like fresh worm casing for making teas

how large would you say the bin is? just need a reference that way i can think of a way to incorporate it into my setup

5 bins at 20"x20"x7"

My bins stack so it is like a perpetual grow. Every 30+ days or so you have a finished bin. This depends on how many and how much you feed them

good i was hoping it would be fairly small. i was expecting a 5 stacked 2'x6' tables or something. i can deff fit 2x2 in the small space i was allocated by the wife lol

Is this for your TLO grow method?

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Is this for your TLO grow method?

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They also sell extra bins so you can go as High as ya want, but they start getting heavy pretty quick.

whats the worm count on your setup?

My bins allow me to layer plenty of casing in my containers. They will not give me enough to amend a soil turnover, I usually buy a bag when re-amending.

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whats the worm count on your setup?

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My bins allow me to layer plenty of casing in my containers. They will not give me enough to amend a soil turnover, I usually buy a bag when re-amending.

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It should and it feels good to recycle.

I feed my male plants to mine. The male plants already have the nutes in it that Mj loves the worms make them available again

aight i'm hooked. going to go google some of the home based products out there and see if i can do it cheaper myself :-)

Plenty of DIY's out there...Just remember they get heavy when full.

They also make them out of totes.

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aight i'm hooked. going to go google some of the home based products out there and see if i can do it cheaper myself :-)

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Cheap and Easy Worm Bin

http://whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/easywormbin.htm

I have a small stacking unit called Can-O-worms that I really like. If they are maintained properly, there is absolutely no smell. Home made units are harder to make smell free. I have to have mine in the house in the winter, so I need something you cannot smell at all.

My Granpa use to raise Night Crawlers. He took old freezers laid on thier backs for boxes. He filled them with soil ,bunch of crawlers and fed them all kinds of stuff. but man did he have allot of those things. He sold them for bait to PPL who fished the Lakes and Red River close to his place.

Nice DIY Melvin. Thanks

i raised worms for castings and tea for a while in a diy setup---pretty cool if u stay on top of it---lot of fun if u got a little one around to help

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You will be hook, line, and sinker when you have separate bins for your N-P-K

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Having 3 worm bins. One for N, one for P and one for K.