I agree, the 350R, is awesome (I have one), but it is designed for half his future tent. I try to grow in soil Jacks, TSP, and a bunch of others used.
NO, no worms in my grow.
What kind?
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Theyre good little tillers too, no till but auto-till. Which got me thinking, might end my use of perlite
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Red wrigglers from my worm bin
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Thank you.
Any special feeding requirements?
Outdoors only or indoor grow pots?
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I’m looking to start a worm bin myself.
I’m wondering if anyone has used Indian blues.
I found this when I looked them up.
Indian Blue Worms
Indian Blues (Perionyx Excavatus) are a great compost worm - they are more active than Red Wigglers and generally process more waste and breed faster than their redworm cousin. They are comfortable in temperature ranges of around 40-90 degrees Fahrenheit.
In addition I will also add red worms because I’ve read they can be in the same container and hoping the diversity of worms/food scraps is good.
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I haven’t till just now haha
My concern would be they aren’t native around here.
It is considered native to tropical East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.[1]
They may eat faster but I think red wigglers are native here but I could be wrong.
I got my worms initially from Jim’s worm farm on line with a 5 bin worm farm. You can also make one too.
I just harvested 2 bins yesterday.
Refilled one of the bins with some brown shipping paper and topped with coco coir and sprayed it down and tossed some scraps on top. Will do other tray soon.
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Your welcome
They eat what I put on their plate lol
Pretty much anything other than meat and citrus.
The bin is inside in basement for temperature and is kept at proper moisture levels. Has a drain that send excess liquid into a cup and I use that leachate for BioChar inoculation along with other things. It isn’t something I would use for watering plants directly as it’s anaerobic just sitting there.
Indoor grows as long as you keep the soil moist and can feed them rotten things like banana peel or avocado etc. along with what they find in the soil mix like aged forest products. Sticks etc
Bigger pots are easier to keep them happy.
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I have to exact bins, and all my worms died. I think I had them in a place that was too hot. I want to try again but I don’t really have a good place to keep them where the Southern heat will not kill them. you have any suggestion on that aspect? also the worm juice as i like to call it that you mentioned, couldn’t you use it as a compost tea and spray it on the plants?
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I have had wormbins. I had to remove the liquid at the bottom weekly. That liquid was urine.
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Haha
Quit pissing in your worm bin
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No basement? Don’t smell
My exes father used to keep worm bins outside in the texas heat.
He had them on the shade side of a building but had to keep up with adding water so they didn’t dry out and die and in winter think he brought them into garage.
The leachate that drips out of the drain as it sits there becomes anaerobic (no oxygen) and bad critters thrive in that environment.
That’s why when I brew a compost tea it’s aerated with pump and air stones in bucket. After the brew is done in 24-48 hours I’ll feed full strength to soil or can cut it with water if I need a lot and can also dilute to use as a foliar spray on vegetation stage plants. I don’t spray plants that are in flower if I can avoid it.
I’ll pour the stale leachate back in on top of bin or toss it into my biochar or compost etc just not on inside living plants.
There really isn’t that much if you maintain proper moisture in the bins.
If I want some quick healthy leachate I’ll pour a decent amount of water into the top and the excess will drain out in short order and it isn’t anaerobic as it’s fresh.
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No i don’t have a basement. I will find a place in the shade and try again. I want to build myself a living soil, i think this is an awesome way to grow. i thought I saw a recipe you posted but i can’t seem to find it now. I have been all over your other 2 post you mention and man i got crossed eyed i aint going to lie. what would you say is your weight when harvesting? I need guidance lots of it. i have a pretty green thumb, been grown my own garden for years and bud for a little over 3. but this is a new universe to me. I have a compost ben that I started a few years ago, but i don’t know if its viable or not. I was going to get some worms, and scoop out some of the compost and put it in their ben with some newspaper, dry hay, and rabbit poop to get them started. what are your thoughts. Please speak like freely and simply. Some of the terms i don’t understand so please think of me as being ignorant. best way to learn is to put it in the simplest terms possible 
im mean i could be buzzing lol.
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Unlearned.
I read forum postings and do internet searches for new and unknown.
Internet better for reading and learning than smoke signals, morse code, or flags.
Typing college papers, was my downfall.
Spelling and no typo errors, such a waste of time (1970).
Then I got a job.
First technical report killed a tree for typing paper and required re-writes.
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oh google has been my friend. but even then i like things in layman terms.
had to find place eh!!
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Well I’ll start off with an easy answer lol
Usually somewhere between 160 and 165lbs when I harvest haha.
But seriously…not… I’ve gotten from 1 zip up to 1 lb per plant indoors. I’ve got 5 autos currently in the tent that went to flower way early and will be lucky to get a combined 7 ounces or so. I have 5 others still in veg that may yield 2 plus pounds.
If you visit build a soil dot com and look at their 3.0 mix they give detailed instructions on how to use their mix either by building your own with peat, aeration and compost plus the 3.0 mix or if you use premade bagged soil like fox farms ocean Forrest or another how much of the 3.0 mix to add to it.
This is my first run using their nutrient mix but as of now will be using it for the foreseeable future. Using the same 15 gallon pots and just adding nutrients to them for no till growing into same soon after chopping old one.
Water and aerated compost teas so far other than having to fix my mistake of not mixing and letting things cook for a couple weeks to a month before planting but I had been off from growing for almost 3 years so I had to relearn that one.
As far as your thoughts on the worm bin that sounds like a good plan to get them rolling
Jim’s worm farm dot com has a lot of great info that helped me better understand how to set up and keep them happy.
I’m happy to help where I can just shout out
Enjoy the day
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Good thing I am not having morning coffee
(After 5PM somewhere, Jamison),
I would have lost it all, over the computer and keyboard.
Two years on forum, and that’s a first answer, for a question always asked.
Love what you’re smoking.
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Mission accomplished
Keyboards are cheap
Glad I could help haha
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I would love to harvest 160 - 165 pounds of bud in one season.
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That’s one hell of a second date…nice
I’ve jumped at skydive Elsinore and skydive Perris over the years when I was out that way.
Well I hope your dad wasn’t over enemy territory at the time.
They all start out as perfectly good airplanes but from there all bets are off lol.