I have great luck having my coco coir absorb warm water in a 5 gallon bucket. Maybe try that with the peat moss, cuz the vertical space makes a big difference for me.  I don’t aim strictly for reproduction, but to create worm castings and dispose of food scraps and cardboard.  I make the coco coir really wet, like a soupy mess and add grit, spent coffee, humachar, Azomite, mycorrhizae starter, blackstrap molasses and kelp or alfalfa meal and mix well. Then I fill the wheelbarrow with shredded paper and cardboard, as well as, dried leaves, ripped cardboard and any remaining aged bedding from the last batch—-then I scoop the wet coco coir mixture onto the carbons and it seems to absorb pretty well when I use warm water. If I have some fresh cut grass I might throw that in also. I try to make 40 gallons or more at a time so I have some for the garage systems and for the worm shed.  I think having a larger operation would be fun, but I don’t like pressure of doing sales. Lol

Those mix pans are awesome for worms!!💯

I sift my peat moss and wet it with rain water mixed with fish fertilizer. I add powdered limestone and composted leaf matter, the fungi and bacteria in leaves helps the peat moss break down to a food source. I then cover my bin with wet cardboard soaked in worm tea.

The volume is very low. Not sure if it’s you or me. Other clips seem to work just fine. 😬

What I’m surprised at is what seems to me to be such a little amount of worm chow with not other food sources available (how you’re using the peat moss doesn’t seem like it would have biota in it) for so many many worms in a rather small space for them. I use worm chow in my breeder bins too. But the bedding is sifted cow manure and pre-compost (cardboard shred, coffee grounds, vegetable matter in liquid form) that’s cooked for several weeks. It’s full of bacteria and fungi. It’s all food along with the worm chow.
I do ‘over populate’ as well, but not nearly as much as you do and of course I have a ton more food available for the breeders.
Have you counted the number of cocoons you get per breeding cycle? Not per worm but per square foot as that’s your goal - to maximize cocoons per space used. I’m asking, not to challenge you, but because I’m very open to modifying what I do to include best practices from others!
I am using cheapo clear bins right now. I’ll definitely upgrade them if cracking becomes an issue. Honestly I never gave that a thought! Maybe it won’t be an issue because I use less weight in the bins. But if I’m losing reproduction capability then that would move me to a bin upgrade too. Which circles me back to how many cocoons in one bin do you get on average per cycle…?
Thanks so much for the video!!

Nice video! I saw someone else add their worm food to the top of the bin so the worms would mingle and breed more because they all had to congregate together to eat. I'm not saying that's better, but it made sense to me.

Thank you for being honest and direct if helping us starter WP.  This video is very valuable.

The wetting agent is a surfactant, it breaks the surface tension of the water. A few drop of Visine per gallon will do the same thing

keep at it. work on your volume sound to low.

Love these bins. In a few weeks i plan to do a video on how to build a rack like Meme uses. Meme is less than an hour from me.

I will definitely be adding peat to my 2 worm bins. I had also not been keeping them wet enough and I will be more careful to treat the garden hose water with Vit C first. I was getting lazy and I was losing worms. They disappeared out the bottom I think.. hahaha  "Live and learn". Thanks.

Peat moss is non-renewable. Aged horse manure is

Hot water is your best friend when wetting dry peat moss. You just have to let the peat cool down to room temp before proceeding with the next steps.

I'm sorry, but I think this video makes worm farming seem very complicated like using water osmosis ect. I only use normal water left outside in a bucket for a few days. I use coco core at start of the bin plus food and bedding paper and carboard with no problems.

Excellent video! Thanks so much for sharing. This would have been very helpful when I first started worm farming. I haven't tried pete moss yet, but I can see why the worms like it. I've been using shredded cardboard & coco choir and the worms seem to eat it all up along with their feedings. I'll have to try your method soon.

how long does it take for the cacoons

thank you for the video
have you tried using coco coir instead of peat moss?
I found it easier to absorb moisture

Hello. I understand that I need to maintain moisture. But should I feed the worms during reproduction?

No lime or egg shell?

I have aged compost
If i screened it would that be as effective as the peat moss? Thanks bro