WORST UNBOXING Ever - Azomite Additive for My Worm Chow

Summary

In this educational video, Jayne from Loxahatchee, Florida, shares her process of resetting her red wiggler breeder bins on day 21. She introduces the addition of azomite, a mineral additive from Utah, to her worm chow to enrich the soil with essential micro minerals. Jayne explains the importance of these minerals for plant growth and how they can be incorporated into worm bedding to improve the health and productivity of red wigglers. Viewers are encouraged to follow along as she updates on the effects of azomite in her worm chow.

Takeaways

• 😀 Jayne from Loxahatchee, Florida is the presenter and today's focus is on red wigglers, a type of worm used in vermiculture.
• 📅 Today marks day 21 in the breeder bins, and Jayne is resetting them, moving the breeders to fresh bedding for cocoon production.
• 🐛 The cocoons already present will be left to hatch into the bedding, providing a new generation of worms.
• 🌱 When setting up a new breeder bin, Jayne mixes worm chow into the bedding to ensure continuous feeding without disturbance.
• 📦 Jayne is almost out of worm chow and plans to make a new batch, incorporating a new ingredient, azomite.
• 💎 Azomite is a mineral additive from Utah that provides a wide range of micro minerals essential for plant growth.
• 🌿 The Law of the Minimum, proposed by a 19th-century German scientist, states that plant growth is limited by the scarcest mineral present in the soil.
• 🔄 By adding azomite to the worm feed, the worms process it, making the minerals more available to plants when the worm castings are used.
• 📦 Azomite was purchased from Seed Ranch in Odessa, Florida, and comes in a 44-pound bag.
• 🔍 The azomite is a fine powder that mixes well with the powdered goods in the worm chow.
• 📝 Jayne plans to continue documenting the effects of azomite on the worm chow and will share updates on the experiment's success.

Q & A

Who is the speaker in the video script?

The speaker is Jayne from Rock and Worms in Loxahatchee, Florida.

What is the main topic of the video script?

The main topic of the video script is about making a video regarding the care of red wigglers, specifically resetting the breeder bins on day 21.

What does Jayne plan to do with the red wigglers in the breeder bins?

Jayne plans to move the red wigglers to new fresh bedding to continue making cocoons, while allowing the existing cocoons to hatch in the current bedding.

What is the purpose of mixing worm chow into the bedding?

Mixing worm chow into the bedding allows the worms to feed at all times without needing to be disturbed by adding new food every couple of days.

What new ingredient is Jayne adding to the worm food in this video?

Jayne is adding a mineral additive called azomite to the worm food.

What is azomite and where does it come from?

Azomite is a mineral additive that comes from a deposit in Utah, and it adds micro minerals into soil or worm chow.

Why is the availability of micro minerals important for plant growth?

The availability of micro minerals is important for plant growth because plants can be limited by the lack of presence of the least available mineral, as proposed by a 19th-century German scientist.

How does Jayne plan to incorporate azomite into the worm bedding?

Jayne plans to add azomite into the worm feed, which will then be processed by the worms and become more available when the castings are used for plants.

What form does azomite come in and how can it be used?

Azomite comes in forms such as pellets for agricultural field applications and micronized for potted plants, home gardens, or worm chow.

What is the significance of leaving behind a handful of breeder adults with the cocoons in the nursery bins?

Leaving behind a handful of breeder adults with the cocoons in the nursery bins is believed to improve the hatching rate, possibly due to aeration and signaling to the cocoons.

How will Jayne update her viewers on the effects of azomite in the worm chow?

Jayne will continue to update her viewers on how the azomite works out in her worm chow as she observes its effects over time.

Outlines

00:00

🌱 Worm Breeding Reset with Azomite Introduction

In this segment, Jayne from Loxahatchee, Florida, discusses her process of resetting her red wiggler worm breeder bins on day 21. She explains that she will move the breeders to fresh bedding to continue cocoon production, allowing the existing cocoons to hatch in their current environment. Jayne highlights the importance of worm chow mixed into the bedding for continuous feeding without disturbance. She introduces a new ingredient, azomite, a mineral additive from Utah, to enrich the worm chow with micro minerals essential for plant growth. The historical context of the 'Law of the Minimum' is mentioned, emphasizing the impact of the least present mineral on plant development. Jayne demonstrates the addition of azomite to the worm feed and shares her source for the product, Seed Ranch in Odessa, Florida.

05:03

🐛 Azomite's Role in Enhancing Worm Health and Productivity

This paragraph delves into the practical application of azomite in worm breeding. Jayne illustrates how she incorporates the mineral additive into the bedding to ensure the health and productivity of her red wiggler breeders. She describes the process of removing the breeders and leaving the cocoons in the bins, which will now contain azomite-enriched worm chow. Jayne believes that the presence of adults with the cocoons improves hatching rates, possibly due to aeration and signaling. The video offers a close look at the red wiggler breeders, noting their characteristic yellow tails and bulging clitellum, indicating maturity. Jayne concludes by expressing her intent to provide updates on the effects of azomite and encourages viewer engagement for shared experiences with the mineral additive.

Keywords

💡Red wigglers

Red wigglers refer to a type of earthworm, scientifically known as Eisenia fetida, which is commonly used in vermiculture for composting organic waste. In the video, the speaker is focusing on the care and maintenance of red wigglers in breeder bins, highlighting the 21-day cycle of resetting the bins to encourage continuous cocoon production and worm growth.

💡Breeder bins

Breeder bins are specialized containers used to house worm populations, particularly for the purpose of breeding. In the context of the video, the speaker is resetting the breeder bins on day 21, which involves moving the worms to fresh bedding and leaving the cocoons behind to hatch, thus maintaining a healthy worm population.

💡Cocoon

A cocoon is a protective casing spun by certain animals, such as worms, to enclose and protect themselves during transformation or development. In the script, cocoons made by red wigglers over the past three weeks are left in the breeder bins to hatch into new worms, which is part of the vermiculture process.

💡Worm chow

Worm chow is a mixture of ingredients that serve as food for worms in vermiculture. The speaker in the video mentions mixing worm chow into the bedding to provide a constant food source for the worms, ensuring they are well-fed without the need for frequent disturbances.

💡Azomite

Azomite is a mineral additive derived from a deposit in Utah, known for its rich content of micro minerals. In the video, the speaker introduces azomite as a new ingredient in the worm food to enhance the mineral content of the worm castings, which in turn benefits plant growth when used as a soil amendment.

💡Mineral additive

A mineral additive is a substance added to soil or other growing mediums to provide essential nutrients. The speaker discusses the use of azomite as a mineral additive in worm chow to ensure that the worms, and by extension the plants receiving the worm castings, receive a broad spectrum of micro minerals.

💡Soil aeration

Soil aeration refers to the process of allowing air to penetrate the soil, which is essential for the health of plants and the organisms within it, such as worms. The speaker hypothesizes that the presence of adult worms in the breeder bins helps to aerate the soil and signal to the cocoons that it is a good environment for hatching.

💡Clotolum

The clotolum, also known as the clitellum, is a segment on the body of an earthworm that is involved in the production of cocoons. In the script, the speaker identifies adult red wigglers by the presence of a bulging clotolum and a yellow tail, indicating their readiness to produce offspring.

💡Nursery bins

Nursery bins are containers where hatched worms, or baby worms, are grown and nurtured. After resetting the breeder bins, the bins with cocoons left behind effectively become nursery bins, where the new worms can grow with the added benefit of immediate access to the nutrient-rich worm chow.

💡Vermicomposting

Vermicomposting is the process of using worms to decompose organic waste into nutrient-rich material known as worm castings. The video's theme revolves around the vermicomposting practice, specifically focusing on the management of red wigglers to produce worm castings that can be used to enhance soil fertility.

💡Seed Ranch

Seed Ranch is the supplier of the azomite mineral additive mentioned in the video. The speaker purchased the azomite from Seed Ranch in Odessa, Florida, and discusses its potential benefits when added to the worm chow, indicating a source of quality products for vermiculture enthusiasts.

Highlights

Jayne from Rock Rock and Worms in Loxahatchee, Florida, is creating a video about red wigglers on day 21 of her breeder bins.

She will reset the breeder bins by moving the breeders to fresh bedding to continue making cocoons.

Cocoons already in the bins will be allowed to hatch into the bedding.

Jayne mixes worm chow into the bedding to allow constant feeding without disturbance.

Azomite, a mineral additive from Utah, will be added to the worm food for the first time.

Azomite provides micro minerals essential for plant growth according to the 19th-century German scientist's theory.

Adding azomite to worm bedding can make minerals more available to plants through worm castings.

The azomite bag contains 44 pounds of the product, which is a fine powder.

Azomite comes in different forms, including pellets for agricultural use and micronized for home gardening.

Jayne demonstrates adding a handful of azomite to the worm bedding.

She discusses the process of removing breeders and leaving cocoons and bedding behind for hatching.

Adult worms are left with cocoons to improve hatching rates, possibly due to aeration and signaling.

Jayne observes the characteristics of adult red wigglers, such as a bulging clitellum and a yellow tail.

She expresses her intention to update viewers on the effects of azomite in her worm chow.

Jayne invites viewers to like, subscribe, and comment, especially if they have experience with azomite.

The video concludes with Jayne looking forward to continuing the journey with her audience.

Transcripts

hi everyone this is Jayne from rock rock and worms in Loxahatchee Florida

thank you for joining me today today I'm going to be making a video regarding the

red wigglers sometimes I make videos regarding my mealworms but today is red

wiggler day today is day 21 in my breeder bins and I'm going to be

resetting them what that means is I'm going to be taking the Breeders I have

in here for the past three weeks and sending them up into new fresh

bedding where they can continue to make cocoons the cocoons that are already in

here that they've made over the past three weeks I'm going to allow to hatch

into the bedding okay so when I set up a new breeder bin one of the things I do

is I mix in my worm Chow into the bedding and that allows me to have the

worms feeding at all times without me having to disturb them you know every

couple days by adding new food but as you can see I'm down to the last of it

so I'm going to make a new batch of warm food now this time when I make the worm

food I want to add a new ingredient the ingredient is called azomite and when I

talk to you I'll just continue to dig through here so you can see my lovely

worms I'm going to add azomite azomite is a mineral additive it comes from a

deposit in Utah and what azomite does is it adds micro minerals into

your soil your worm Chow whatever you're putting into basically minerals from A

to Z now there was a 19th century German

scientist who proposed a three Theory which has held for the past 100 plus

years that the growth of plants is determined by the presence

of the lead of the mineral that is least present so for example you can have all

the nitrogen and potassium and phosphorus you want for your plants but

if your plants don't have enough iron or magnesium or any of a host of other

minerals your plants are going to suffer they're going to be limited by the lack

of presence of the mineral that is leased already in the soil so that's

kind of hard to say but that's what it is so one way to get these micro

minerals into your soil is to put it in your worms you're worm bedding because

then your worms start to process it by the time you put your castings into your

plants the those minerals that you've added are now uh more available

so one way to do that is to put the azomite into your worm feed so this is

the box now I did attempt to do an unboxing video a couple minutes ago but

I kind of hit a snag so I'm restarting over I apologize for the pseudo unboxing

but this is the best I can do okay so this is the box I bought it from Amazon

and it is from seed Ranch in Odessa Florida okay so that's where I

bought it from and had it uh you know shipped here the Loxahatchee so I sliced

it open and this is what is inside

a lot of brown paper which is going to be great to shred and add to my worm

bins as carbon so that's great

bonus prizes there and then I have a shipping label or a packing flip excuse

me and a thank you card with information from the seed Ranch so I'm going to keep

this for future information and read it for any additional information they give

me okay so this is what the azomite bag looks like like I said it's 44 pounds

and it is heavy so what I did to help prep for this is I

sliced it open so I can reach in here

and grab a handful of the azomite

and show it to you and me because this is the first time I'm looking at it so

you can see that it is a fine powder and we'll mix very well into all the

powdered Goods that is in my warm Chow okay and as a

Mite comes in a couple different forms pellets being one of them for you know

agricultural field applications but also comes in micronized which is great for

something like your potted plant or your home Garden or adding into your worm

Chow to add into your bedding to add into your breeders so they can be as

healthy and happy and productive as possible

so that's really what I wanted to show you and I will continue to update you on

how the azomite works out in my worm Chow obviously you can see I'm dumping

that little handful into the the bedding here which is perfectly fine and because

I'm pulling out the Breeders here's one look at this guy this is a red wiggler

there he goes this is a red wiggler breeder now covered in azomite and you

can see the clotalum nice big one and then I don't know

because it's kind of a little covered here you can see how the tail

is a yellow tinge so the bigger clotalum that's bulging and the Yellow Tail are

sure sign characteristics of an an adult red wiggler but anyways what I was

saying is I'm pulling the Breeders out let me see if I can get some more

breeders out and leaving the cocoons and the bedding behind so as the baby worms

hatch out of the cocoons I'm seeing if I can

see any it's hard for me to do this and run the camera at the same time

um as the baby worms hatch out of the cocoons they'll have immediate access to

the azomite that's in the worm Chow that is being left behind and also

um the adults will have access to it as well

I'm sorry that doesn't make very much sense let me back up and say that when I

do my cocoons when I leave my cocoons behind in the breeder bins which then

technically become my Nursery bins I also leave behind a handful of breeder

adults to keep the cocoons company now what I have found is that the cocoons

have a better hatching rate if there are some adults mixed in with them I'm not

sure exactly why I hypothesize that the adults are

um continuing to aerate the soil and provides you know some type

of signaling to the cocoons that hey this is a good place come hatch and join

us another beautiful red wiggler you can

see the Yellow Tail you can see the town the clotalum is a little pale on the

underside of the worm I don't know why but it seems to be the

case so that's interesting anyways quick video I hope this uh

you know gives you some information about azomite and perhaps make you think

about adding it to your worm chow or directly to your worm bins as well and I

will update you as we as I go along and see how the whole experiment works out

okay so have a great day please like And subscribe and comment especially if you

have any experience with azomite yourself and I look forward to

continuing this journey with you yours in the dirt

bye