Man, that one ANC was HUGE! 😳 They look lovely, and I'm glad you've got a good process down now for the breeders.

@tolgaswp

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I named him Zeus 🤣

Excellent Video 👍👍 I am so thankful to Captain Matt for the methods he is sharing. I like a lot that he has been able to shift the worm methods on KZread a bit, for me I do it all. I enjoy watching people compost household waste (food scraps & wastepaper) using worms, I do too. I also enjoy watching (thanks to Captain Matt) an introduction to vermiculture. I say thanks to Captain Matt because the algorithms are now showing more new people into worms using some of the vermiculture techniques replicated from Captain Matt. Just a suggestion you may or may not want to do is, every 14-days when you separate the breeders from the cocoons. Put the cocoons in a separate/new bin to hatch and grow. When that is done each batch of worms are generally the same length, it is nice to grab a batch of worms and have a good idea of how old they are. That is the basic method on how worms are sized from birth. Sizing from birth is most common with the ANCs, it is also done with ENCs. It is a lot more work and a lot more castings than bed-run methods but so rewarding to grab a bucket or container of worms and have them all the same size. Bed-run is a good way to get started, but I could not imagine doing it all the time to have sized worms. They both have pros and cons. Sized from birth is more complicated and takes more bins for each stage of life and bed-run takes more time to individually pick out each worm, plus with the ANCs one runs the risk of overpopulation, which results in having many small worms with only an occasional large worm. Enjoy worms and have a great Day!

@tolgaswp

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I have to thank you. If you hadn't given me the formula, I'd still be hatching worms and trying to dial in the incubation time. It was a massive help, I appreciate you. Yes, I like that @CaptainMattsWorms doesn't shy away from trying new things with his worms, even if it's not an original idea by him, he's open to try. Honestly, with regards to batching worms, I would LOVE to, however, I currently have neither the tubs or shelf space to be able to do so. Also, considering that my priority for my worms over the next 6 months is to produce as many Castings as possible to use in my planned raised beds, the big bag strategy will have to suffice. My second priority is to breed the herd numbers to 150,000 by September.

@wormsforlife7352

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@@tolgaswp That sounds AWESOME

@Breeding_of_California_worms

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Great job, your population is exploding in size!

@tolgaswp

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Yes, I was doing the math today, I must be up to about 3k worms.

Yeah that lil trick is great. I'm building a screen mat to use on my 28qt bins and I'm gonna give it a try. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

This is a great method. I will try it. Thank you!

Bless you .

I'm new to ANC and I've only ever seen 1 cocoon with them . but I know there is more because I see baby worms .

@tolgaswp

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I had the same issue Nancy. If you watch my earlier videos, I complain all the time that I didn't see a single cocoon even though my population had tripled 😂

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“Why” do you feed worm chow?

@tolgaswp

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I personally feed them Worm chow for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I can control their Diet and give them a balance of carbs, sugars and proteins. Worms love calcium rich foods so 90% of my ingredients have high calcium content. The chow fattens them up which means they consume more of the bedding and turning it into Castings even Quicker. I need lots of castings for my garden. I use all my kitchen scraps in my compost in the garden. If I didn't have that luxury, I probably would feed them scraps. I know breeders who sell by weight use chow so they can sell less worms for more money but mine isn't for that reason. I just love fat worms. Thanks for watching x