The Original VermiHut® Plus 5-Tray Worm Compost Bin – Indoor & Outdoor Vermicomposting System, Continuous Flow Food Waste Recycler for Organic Composting & Gardening - Dark Green

I watched the “Vermicompost learned by doing” YouTube videos that are posted in this Amazon product page. I use this gentleman’s strategy with the Vermihut. The worms came from uncle Jim’s worm farm also on Amazon. I think the setup works great. It’s easy to assemble, use, and clean. It sits on a desk in the sunroom. it hasn’t attracted any bugs (knock on wood). I tossed the bedding and feed the worms once a week. They seem to be doing very well.

I purchased my first Vermihut approximately 19-months ago when I was brand new to worm composting, a.k.a. Vermicomposting. Prior to purchasing my first Vermicomposting system, I reviewed several worm composting bins and decided on the Vermihut Plus 5-tray Worm Composting Bin System. The instructions regarding set-up were very easy to follow. I set up my Vermihut, I added my worms and they instantly took to their new home. They wasted no time laying worm castings down. I was so happy with the results of my Vermihut Plus, I obtained a second system, to double my Vermicomposting capacity. My worms have never been happier working for food. They eat, poop and multiply, exactly what you want in a composting system. My worms provide me with high nutrient worm castings, which make my garden vegetables grow bigger, faster and healthier. It’s the only way to grow and it’s all organic. Moreover, it keeps pests at bay too. Happy and healthy soil doesn’t get sick. Sick soil lures in pests, which is not an issue when you have a Vermihut Plus because you will always have rich, dark, healthy worm castings available to keep your soil happy and healthy. Therefore, I highly, highly, highly recommend the Vermihut Plus for anybody wanting to grow organic. It is designed with beginners and professionals in mind. I would bet experienced Vermicomposters would rate the Vermihut as one of the best farms on the market; if not the best, when it comes to effective and efficient Vermicomposting. Oh, I would be remiss if I did not mention triubleshooting. The instruction manual covers just about every problem a worm farmer may encounter. Fir example, world crawling down and out of the bin onto the worm saver tray. I initially encountered this problem so I went to the manual and discovered my bedding was too wet because the other reason was failing to put paper or cardboard in the bottom of the bin before adding bedding, which I did, leaving bedding too wet as my problem. If the bedding gets too wet the worms can break up the paper or cardboard in the bottom as they are trying to escape the bad living conditions. Therefore, I mixed in some dry newspaper shredding and it solved the problem. Finally, this review would not be complete without mentioning the outstanding Customer Service the company provides. Good Customer Service is a lost art but not at Vermitek. Their Customer Service sets the Gold Standard. When I first started Vermicomposting, I had a lot of questions. The folks at Vermitek not only answered all of my questions, they followed up to check on my progress. Let’s see other retailers do that. VermiTek, my forever go to for all my composting needs.

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.

I'll start with saying that all of the vertical stacking worm farms operate pretty much identically. There's no big differentiator between them in terms of producing worm castings. With that said, I bought the Worm Factory 12 years ago and it's produced a large amount of worm castings over the years, but with that amount of time, a couple of things cropped up; 1) the trays are starting to crack at the corners, and 2) I don't feel the legs are designed well to support the weight of five full trays; the legs have been splaying out over time. Given that they all operate on the same principle, it came down to design and, to a lesser extent, price. I like the base on the VermiHut as there's no way the support legs will splay out over time. I also like the rounded corners of the trays as I believe this design relieves some of the stress that my Worm Factory experienced with cracking at the tray corners. And I'm happy that everything's allegedly made from 100% recycled materials. I guess the second criteria for selecting a product is what's included. Mine came with a brick of coconut coir and a woven mat made of some kind of organic fiber. I don't need either one as I just moved the contents of my existing trays to the new VermiHut. I also didn't use the included sheets of nylon mesh as I'm using mine outdoors, nor did I need the trays for preventing ants from invading (good design though). The one thing the Worm Factory came with that the VermiHut didn't was a small bag of vermiculite that worms apparently like for digestion (it deposits in the worms' guts), but I haven't used it in years and it doesn't seem to impact the quantity of worm castings produced. As another reviewer mentioned, you should be producing little to no leachate. If you are, you're ecosystem has too much moisture and the whole bin is likely to smell pretty bad. When I moved the contents of my old trays to the VermiHut, there was literally zero smell at all, no liquid in the base, and thousands of happy worms. We've tuned what we put in the bin over the years and are now down to just espresso machine coffee pucks (very low moisture), banana peels and the occasional overripe banana. The worms love it, but I think it comes down to the moisture level that makes them and the ecosystem thrive. The VermiHut is clearly designed for very little leachate production based on the volume of the base which is fine with me. All in all, I'm a satisfied customer and expect the VermiHut to last at least as many years as the Worm Factory. I did contact VermiHut to ask about a couple of things not mentioned in the owner's manual and they promptly clarified everything. I'll close with a lesson learned a long time ago.... you should never give your worms hot chili peppers. I literally murdered almost every worm in all of the bins and felt horrible about it! Poor little guys.

I have been wanting to start worm composting for a while now. This was a birthday present to myself. It is well constructed and easy to get started. Looking forward to "worm farming"!

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 🪱

First off, I love the concept and the setup. It took all of half an hour, with no prior knowledge set it up and another 15 minutes to break down the bedding block yesterday morning when the worms were due to arrive. Unfortunately, while waiting, I was reviewing the instructions and saw that the coconut mat that is supposed to be in the lid was not there. I thought perhaps I had left it in the box but no. UPDATED 3/27/2024 I've removed the issues I had with support and contacting the vendor as there werre a combination of issues. He was traveling and wasn't aware of the issues and has since been in contact with me so the 3 stars originally issued are back to 5 based on product and support. Here is what you may expect if you have a need to contact them outside Amazon which sometimes you may need to do is there is no reason you want to return or replace an item, which was my case. Vernitek has a contact page where you eter your info and your comment or questions. You then are presented a Captcha where you id cars, buses, street ligths, etc. You also can write what you hear on audio. Those will repeat over and over, never sending your message. It's very frustrating. They also had an email address that I tried using. However, I was getting a message, " LMTP error after BDAT 20284 LAST: 552 5.2.2 <[email protected]> Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)" It appeared that the mail wasn't getting thru and still is sent out but the mail actually gets thru. If you needed to contact them, rest assured that they got your message and will get back to you shortly. That issue may have something to do with the web site issue also but they're working on it. I'm just happy that I can provide that information and fully support this product because it works great.

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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.

I recently just changed the sheets of brown paper on top, to one single cut out of cardboard, this prevented the worms from getting trapped in between the sheets of paper. They truly do eat half their body weight in a day if they're environmentally happy. I keep coffee grounds from the capsules, and vegetable scraps from supper prep or leftovers in a Tupperware to freeze. Whatever the worms can't handle, gets frozen for later on. No such thing as food waste now. If you rough chop your leftovers they will make quick work of it. Especially bananas!

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.