I have a worm tower with trays and my older tray is mostly castings very few bedding left. I added another tray and added food to the new tray thinking the worms would migrate up. Most of them have migrated up to feed which is great but it seems like there are still a good number of worms in the older tray. It is mostly castings and quite moist and i think they may be breeding there. I have only seen one cocoon but ive seen many juvenile worms when i fluff it up. My question is do i leave that tray alone and the worms will just all migrate up when they are done breeding? I fluff it once a week to keep it aerated. I have stopped adding any food to this tray because i want to collect the castings but the worms wont leave it. Any advice is welcome and thank you!

I finally sifted my mini tower for castings!!!🤗 I accumulated quite a bit!!!🙌 Idk if the yellow dots are sand or cocoon. I wanna say the clear salt-looking bits are the sand.🫣 But i don't wanna feed my plants worm cocoons. As it is, I kept inspecting the castings, I kept finding whisps. Do I just put is back into the bin?🫠

Here’s how to use worm castings on your plants! This is originally why I got into worm farming in the first place. Worm castings are one of my favorite soil amendments for both indoor and outdoor plants. They provide a gentle nutrient boost while helping feed the soil food web. The beneficial microbes in worm castings help make nutrients more available for your plants over time. I like to top dress my houseplants about once a month and water them in. 😊

I just added a Worm Castings category, and this seemed like the perfect first post for it! I recently sent about a cup of my castings to Scott from Hungry Worms for analysis. I’m a huge fan of what he’s doing, and I know some of you are too. He recently started offering castings and compost testing, where he analyzes a sample under the microscope and provides a report along with videos of what he finds. This was my first time ever seeing my own castings under a microscope. My results showed they are very bacteria dominated with very little fungi, which makes sense since I don’t use many wood chips or leaves in my systems. I suspect my outdoor bins would likely have more fungal activity. Scott told me my castings were phenomenal! That was definitely encouraging to hear and got me excited all over again about continuing to improve the quality of what I produce. There are so many beneficial microbes living in healthy castings, and those microbes are a big part of what helps support healthier plants and soil. I’ve linked Scott’s testing service below if you’d like to send in your own castings and see what’s living in them. Keep up the great work everyone! https://hungryworms.com/cherenesgreens

After a long battle I have at long last got the 10kg castings ready for a client IAM happy with the result looks great feels great and even smells great