The Original VermiHut® Plus 5-Tray Worm Composter – Dark Green | Indoor & Outdoor Vermicomposting Bin | Sustainable Design for Food Waste Recycling

Bought this in May of 25. Quality is great and works as intended. No issues.

This is a great set to get you started. I went and stopped by the local fuel station and bought some red wigglers for fishing, I'm not spending 50 bucks for a bag of worms,it would be too many for these trays anyway. I'm learning with the worms, they're fat, happy and healthy. It comes with coco coir, instructions, advice, and all the tools you need to succeed and successfully breed your own worms for the garden, fishing, soil health or just composting your kitchen waste. It helps you troubleshoot, gives insights on common issues, I'm very happy that I made this purchase, and look forward to vermicomposting for the rest of my life. Highly recommend 🪱

Easy to set up, I think, if I am doing it right. I have it in my house since it’s cold outside. So far, no smell and not too much mess. Ok so I’ve had this for only 10 weeks so maybe l am not patient enough, but I am not seeing how this works. I stopped using the V board because the worms would crawl on top of it. The “board” was hard to remove with them stuck between the V board and the lid. I didn’t want to injure them. Then they would crawl around on the inside of the lid, making babies, dropping castings, and making a mess when the lid was removed. I read someone does not use the lid, and read someone else uses the worm blanket. So now I am trying that with a light on all the time. This seems to work better. Most of the bedding and food in the first bin seemed to be consumed, so I am working on the second bin. It does not stack on top of the first bin like it shows in the product photo. The second bin is heavy enough it is smashing down the soil, castings, and worms in the first bin. When I lift it to see what’s going on, a lot of worms appear to be struggling to free themselves from being crushed. I guess I better try and remove them. Why don’t they crawl up through the holes where the food is? I hate to see how they are when I put another tray on top of the second. Been doing a lot of research but it’s all very confusing. Update: This is a learning experience, and there is quite a bit of conflicting information on the internet. I decided it depends on what is good for the worms and what works for the person giving (and selling) the information. I was not comfortable with squishing my worms (they can probably handle it, but I can't...haha), so I found some strong wire baskets that are the perfect size to support each tray when stacked on top of each other. I have enough bedding in each tray that they are full enough for worms to travel back and forth through the holes. They have plenty of room now to multiply and hopefully be happy. So far, they seem to be. I am not concerned about the gaps between trays since I have a floor lamp on all the time. I also decided to keep the lid on to retain moisture. If they want to crawl around in it, fine. There is not so much moisture that it produces leachate. I read that a well maintained worm bin does not produce leachate. The bottom collection tray is probably not needed.

My first worm-bin traveled through several moves but died a tragic death in the late 1990s when mice chewed their way in and feasted on my hard-working worms, so I'd been leery of keeping one in the cellar ever since. We started this one at room-temperature in a seldom-used space with mixed worm species from a local professional supplier (worm castings are big with the marijuana trade) and they'd multiplied happily, but they needed to move to our cellar and I was fearful that the mice or the cold would put an end to them. There's probably a little heat from normal composting processes, however, and it turns out that mice can't crawl upside down so I moved a stack of four trays onto a 40" square of 3/4" plywood on top of sturdy former router table table (and out of jumping distance from nearby climbables) and everyone is doing great. There must be 3 or 4 pounds of worms now and even when it's under 50°F they go through a couple pounds a week of well-vetted scrapings, rinds, too-spotty veggies and fruit. The worms can only process so much shredded corrugated, b&w newspaper, and other "browns", however, and this design produces more liquid than models with more aeration, so another advantage of the 40"x40" plywood square is that I can position a container under the tap and tip the square with the bins on top of it to empty the bottom reservoir weekly (which is a nice bonus for the houseplant forest, too!). Moisture is also an issue when the bottom bin of castings is ready to "harvest", so you'll need to do some air- and/or sun-drying, but that's all part of the worm-husbandry fun, right? The bins are sturdy and fit together well. The coconut-fibre top pad won't last long but the worms don't seem to need it. They'll thrive as long as the human factor is consistent and considerate! No onions, no potatoes, and nothing too watery... and the worms are happy and remarkably odorless.

Wanted to try my hand at this and took a chance on this item. Upon arrival, the bottom liquid catching part had a massive crack due to shipping and was unusable. I contacted Vermitek directly and they responded within 24 hours that a new part will be shipped and arrive within the week. It was and now we have everything setup. It was an easy set up for the most part. The instructions were a little confusing due to diagram and all items included were not labeled on instructions. There were bonus items I'm still not sure of their purpose. However, it was genuinely nice they included these hidden surprises. The one design opportunity I think is the bottom tray and guard board do not have a more secure lock in to each other and the bottom feeding tray. I think some sort of tray guard rail would help instead of being flush. While there are cheaper variants out there, I decided to buy this one as it appears to be a legitimate business attempt at a product and not a knockoff trying to cash in. The value has been great overall and the customer support was fantastic. The size is suitable for a small operation with opportunity to grow. I would definitely recommend.

like the product, easy set up step by step instruction,a ton of worm tea that is a great product for plants and garden also.And you have the convience of bait for fishing anytime u need.

Es de fácil uso e instalación, muy útil para realizar la propia composta en casa y reutilizar los desechos orgánicos

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The pack I received was faulty and did not have any user manual or direction guide on how to use it.

Its much smaller than I expected. The worms are not doing much, they eat nothing, after 3 months still not got any compost out of it. Overrated and Overpriced, I am now buying 50litre bags for £3 from garden shop.