Raw vs Frozen Worm Bin Food Results!! + Worm Tower Rotation & Timelapse | Vermicompost Worm Farm

Surprising findings in our latest experiment! Find out which compost worm foods were transformed into worm castings faster for our garden.

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00:00 | Intro & Timelapse
01:24 | What it looks like now
02:23 | Apple result
02:52 | Lettuce results
03:42 | Cucumber results
04:07 | Tomato results
04:19 | Banana results
04:46 | I think we have a winner
05:13 | Rotation & harvest discussion
05:47 | Digging in
06:00 | Mango seed worm ball
06:46 | Old top tray destiny
07:16 | New top feeding tray
08:40 | New bedding
09:11 | 1st feeding of new top tray
10:19 | Amendments!
11:10 | Bonus Timelapse
11:46 | Newspaper on top

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[TheWormLady]

Most of the time I freeze my things to before putting them in. It helps to kill any bugs also that the food scrap might have.

[GLG_YT]

It’s always fun to see how the worms eat the food! great video!🪱🪱🪱🪱

[MikeTrieu]

Heh, I use a cross-cut paper shredder to turn my Amazon boxes into bedding, too. Just a fantastic bulk material and so airy and light 🥰

[mikkosgarden]

yup fresh scaps tend to grow in the bins, I checked on my 360 the other day and the celery was sprouting, so I put it in my garden. It is really amazing how the worms react to the different foods Great experiment.

[L_Martin]

It's sooo satisfying to watch! I've got a compost bin that I just had to rake through because of rats, and there were so many worms! I love to think they're out in my garden right now doing their thing. Amazing creatures.

[lcm]

I'm so thankful for your freezing tip! It really does help the food break down faster!

[SharonRepici]

I really liked seeing the difference between raw and frozen. I threw a cup of bad strawberries into our bin the other day. One top did not get completely covered but I could see the castings and cardboard move next to the pile as the worms attacked those berries. Within a day the top was covered with castings and disappeared completely by the 3rd day. There will be frozen strawberries in this week's feeding so I know they will love it.

[NanasWorms]

That last experiment was a good way to retire the top feeding tray, Patrick. It certainly gave a big boost to the amount of castings you get to harvest.

Where did the raw lettuce end and other unfinished material from the experiment go? I thought you were going to add them to the new top feeding tray. Of course, I'm watching this at four in the morning, so I may have drifted off and missed it!
~ Sandra

[scottscriticalmass]

Thanks for following thru and sharing the experiment results... Good to know freezing food scraps is the best option as expected, with the possible exception of watermelon. Not having to freeze watermelon is preferred as it takes far too much space, space I don't have in my freezer.
One other thing I learned thru your videos. I need to upgrade to a better shredder so I can use cardboard. I typically use shredded paper as bedding and the results with cardboard seem significantly better. Thanks again!!

[lisakristy]

Thanks! Good to see. I have indoor bins and always freeze scraps to kill bugs.

[JeromeBeeFarm]

WWF Raw. Wild Worm Farm. LOL. Very interesting. Those cucumber seeds will definitely sprout if not frozen. I got all the garden planted. Should have plenty of worn chow before long. Thanks for the video.

[A-V]

That was pretty interesting. The apple went faster than I expected & the lettuce was unexpected. Like I saw with the potato skins that I did not freeze, the worms seem to avoid it - most likely because the stuff is still alive & trying to grow. I'm already a believer when it comes to freezing - but this video further reinforces the thinking 👍🏻

[sowgroweat]

Very interesting thanks. I already freeze my Potato peelings before adding and this works really well.

[tacosforus]

awesome experiment. Thanks for sharing.

[jrosealmendras]

Thanks this content i learn this expirement Frozen vs Raw food

[wallysworms]

I tend to freeze most of the food I give (except the wormchow) and it disappears a lot faster than fresh vegetables or fruits. Nice comparison. Love the video's, keep them coming.

[thenodiggardener]

Really cool watching them go at it all. I'm about to change things up in my tower a little again, just to see if I can ramp production up a bit more, what with our Winter being so long. They're just not so active then, so I'm hoping I can take more advantage of when they are!

[peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo]

Good morning, Patrick, from Windermere, Florida 9b 🇺🇸 ❤
That's interesting that you are agitating the upper tray in place vs Separating the trays on a table.
I'm going to have to give that a try.
I like frozen vs raw👍
❤Peggy❤

[clivesconundrumgarden]

🥚🥚🥚🤣, was thats post edit? Awesomeness!!
Maybe anything that is "fiberous" freeze for sure?
Random, but we were talking about Blanching veggies before freezing (beans, kale etc.)
I wonder what the worns woukd prefer? I'd bet straight frozen, as some nutiare lost when blanching.
Cheers J&C 🌱🤞🪱🇨🇦🇺🇸🤜🤛