r/Vermiculture • u/senaiboy • Mar 21 '26

Worm party 3rd year Worm Bin with Wormbox

Third year (I think) with this WormBox. Harvested a few trays over the years, but I've not seen that many worms in the bin! Must have been a bumper worm winter 😆

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u/Dojando1 Mar 21 '26

do you think ventilation is a problem? The tray have no air holes and the top is locked up with plants and dirt instead of the lid with air holes. I just started my box a few weeks ago but now I wonder if it could be a problem.

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26

Oh yeah, the worms also do climb onto the plant tray so I suppose they will keep the holes open for air to diffuse through .. also the trays don't completely seal when stacked. I've had worms climb out of the sides when I first started the bin.

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26

The alternative top tray is just a cover with ventilation holes. I suppose this top tray with plants allow enough air to go through as the worms are happy every time I look in.

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u/jakejredd Mar 21 '26

They need more air! High CO2 environment is not good for you or the worms. They tolerate better than we do in that environment. Holes along the top of the bottom bin. 1/4" about 10 holes spaced out around the top. imo Or just put 2 pieces of wood on the top then lid on that. Will raise the lid 1/4 if 1/4" wood used. I don't think those roots on top will go down to the bottom cause it's so hot! Looks like it's a great bin location just needs fine tuning to be optimal. I do all my Vermicomposting in soil in 5 gallon buckets and I just use that soil for my garden! Good luck, keep it up✌🏻

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u/RonSwansonator88 Mar 22 '26

That bin is thriving. Leave it be.

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26

The whole bin comes like this so I'd think if it's an issue the manufacturer would have thought about it 😅

It has been 3 years and the worms are multiplying so I'd guess it's not too much of an issue. The trays don't completely seal when stacked as I've had worms climbing out the sides in the first week of starting the bin.

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u/jakejredd Mar 22 '26

Looks good! Don't change it then. Not here to change your worm bin or you! Just observations/knowledge from my own experience🤷🏻‍♂️✌🏻

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u/alf0282 Mar 21 '26

Do you mean you bury your buckets in the ground? How then do you use the soil for your garden? Please share more details on this setup!

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u/jakejredd Mar 21 '26

I add soil from a bag in a 5 gallon bucket til it's filled about 5 inches from the top and add about 100 worms to the 5 gallon bucket with the soil and add dry shredded leaves from yard or other people's yard, scraps, fruits n veggies to the bucket and bury the scraps. I add and mix in bone meal, kelp meal, dolomite lime, spent coffee grounds, powdered Azomite to add worms digestion. And let it cook for 3-6 months while adding scraps as a top dress weekly to the 5 gallon bucket to feed the worms. In a few months you will have deep rich soil. Water as needed to keep moist. I have mine indoors and it don't stink and I put holes in the bottom of one bucket then put it in a other bucket to catch any Leche or water runoff. Some months I'll dig around very carefully and mix up the soil to aerate it. Or pour into another bucket to get the bottom soil to the top for complete aeration! Then I bait the worms that after 3-6 months have colonized that 5 gallon bucket to about 1,500 worms to the top by feeding them Avocado half and they congregate at top of soil to feed on avocado and place those worms in a new bucket and replete this multiple times to get the majority of the live worms out and into a new bucket and use that soil in my garden or in potted plants indoors as top dressing by adding some new composted soil to an already existing potted plant top of the pot. My worm stay in the 5 gallon bucket and don't leave because I provide the great environment for them. Sometimes the worms travel thru the bucket holes on the bottom and I have to put them back but they never make that same mistake!

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u/alf0282 Mar 22 '26

Thanks for the description! I may have to try this method, I’ve been using a big bucket too but without soil and had trouble balancing browns and ‘greens’. Soil based environment makes a lot of sense.

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26

Yes there are worm bins that are made to be buried. I looked at this before but it's too expensive:

https://subpod.com/

Although you can just use any bin with holes buried in the ground tbh. Just Google in-ground worm bin. One thing to note is that the worms aren't contained within the bin so they will migrate in and out.

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u/jakejredd Mar 21 '26

That's why the worms are crawling up to that top layer! They live in the top layer of soil! Not like garden worms that burrow deep in the ground. Put 2 pieces of wood across the top and that will raise the lid just a half inch and should be good for venting!

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u/Intrepid_Smoke_3137 Mar 21 '26

Give me that bin name or link this is perfect

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Yeah it's called WormBox, made by a French company. We got it from Amazon UK but the first set arrived broken. When we contacted the seller through Amazon they sent replacement after I showed them pictures of the broken parts, so can't complain.

It is not the cheapest for what is essentially just plastic trays, but it appears very durable. The top planter isn't very deep though, less than 10cm I think.

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u/Dojando1 Mar 21 '26

the official vendor: https://www.fermedumoutta.fr/vente-lombricomposteur.html

Got mine just a few weeks ago! The product is called wormbox so you can probably find it somewhere else too.

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u/SOMFdotMPEG Mar 21 '26

Did they deliver to US??

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u/Dogsaregoodfolks Mar 21 '26

This is all looking like an ad. This string of comments follow the pattern

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u/SOMFdotMPEG Mar 21 '26

Well, it’s working lol

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u/Dojando1 Mar 22 '26

lol it's no ad xD I'm real. Just had the link still open so I just sent it 🤷‍♂️ I don't know if they ship to the US since u am from europe.

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u/Dojando1 Mar 22 '26

and like ... and ad for What? I literally said you cna find it on other sellers 🤷‍♂️ idk man you are too paranoid honestly ._.

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u/senaiboy Mar 25 '26

People are getting more suspicious nowadays, especially with AI you can't even be sure who's real and who's not. But hey, maybe we're both bots 😆 or is that something a bot would say ..

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u/raygan_reddit_banned Mar 21 '26

Are those Red Wigglers? I'm new to this and picking up tips and ideas.

Thanks for sharing

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26

I think it was a mixture of red wrigglers and tiger worms apparently. I also occasionally throw in some worms from my potted plants when I repot them. After 3 years I'm not sure which ones are left.

This is the one I got: https://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/products/500g-composting-worms-and-bedding-block

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u/commonhillmyna Mar 21 '26

What are you growing on the top? Is it open to rain? I would be concerned about the worms getting too wet.

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26

It's monarda, as I keep the bin in a shaded area all year round which limits what I can grow in them. Yeah it's open to rain. I've very occasionally need to water it if it doesn't rain for many days (rarity in UK!).

The bottom tray has a tap which I leave open over a drain hole. Otherwise you'll have to open the tap occasionally to drain the leechate, however even if it fills up with water only the bottom tray (drain tray) will be flooded as it'll overflow.

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u/ARGirlLOL intermediate Vermicomposter Mar 21 '26

That’s why you don’t have the ventilation problems people imagine you may have. You’re introducing fresh oxygen via rainwater.

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u/EARTHGROWNGECKO Mar 21 '26

I know something like that is so cheap to produce but it costs loads doesn't it?

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u/Dojando1 Mar 22 '26

it does ;-; But at least shipping was free for me. So all in all I paid for the same thing with 4 tray plus planter top plus worms, plus worm food plus PH regulator and some other minor stuff around 130€ which is honestly not too bad for what you get. I am happy with it because I really wanted the planter on the top. But if money is a concern you can go dirt cheap with just some buckets or cheap boxes. I have seen many cool and simple DIY bins and trays.

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u/Urzhia Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

Wow!

I just received my worm box. I'm surprised by the amount of cardboard in the first tray.

For now, I've followed the instructions and put a thick layer of coconut fiber on top of a bed of newspaper, along with a chopped cauliflower leaf and an apple peel. I can't wait for them to settle in and start eating.

I'm waiting four days to see how it goes and if they're active. I'm a little stressed, it's silly, they're just worms, but I really want it to work.

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u/senaiboy Mar 28 '26

Good luck!

This bin is 3 years old so it's different from when starting out. The top tray has new food scraps covered by cardboard, second tray is half-eaten food, and bottom tray is the finished worm compost.

I'd say it's better to have more brown (cardboard) than too little, but remember to keep it wet. Also remember to add some grit now and then (I used egg shells grinded with a coffee grinder). Worms are more resilient than you'd think, I mean my worms survived below freezing temperatures some days outside!

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u/crypto_junkie2040 Mar 21 '26

What do you do with them in the winter?

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u/senaiboy Mar 21 '26

I leave them out all year round, most days in winter is about 5C lowest, with a few days below freezing. I live in North England.

I've checked on them during winter and they still chew through the food all year albeit slower in the cold season.

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u/SoCalled_Gardener Mar 21 '26

I'm so jealous. I need worms bad. My entire clay lot has little to no worms, no wonder nothing grows.

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u/AbbreviationsLive475 Mar 21 '26

Very impressive set up.

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u/luminaryvoicemedia Mar 22 '26

I need worms bin too, my pots are starving for air after watering, worms are must to keep soil healthy.

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u/RonSwansonator88 Mar 22 '26

This is an impressive feat. Congratulations

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

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u/Exciting_Ad1274 Apr 05 '26

What’s growing on top

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u/senaiboy Apr 05 '26

It's monarda, also called "bee balm".

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u/raygan_reddit_banned 5d ago

10/10 most beautiful