yo can u make earth worm castings out of any earthworms

i wanna make my own earthworm castings but idk if the regular earthworms will work

They are a special kind of worm - sold by organic gardening suppliers. A Google should find you something useful.

any worms will work, however your red wrigglers will make you cast faster and will breed much faster than most other varieties of worms.

Chunky said:

any worms will work, however your red wrigglers will make you cast faster and will breed much faster than most other varieties of worms.

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thats what i was looking for thanx guys

Chunky said:

any worms will work,

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That is not the case at all.

The correct type of worm for vermiculture is the Redworm or Brandling, called the Tigerworm in some places, Eisenia fetida. Eisenia Andrei is also suitable for vermiculture.

You cannot just dig up any old worm and expect to run a successful wormery.

any worms and the type of food and variety of the wporm will give different end results, red wiglers seem to be the most common...organic worm?. they eat food scraps and live in soil. they arent made by a toxic chemocal process...i did my own in the past, also did worm farming to breed my own for this grow stuff and for fishing.

i got a 50/50 mix of red wigglers and night crawlers. you can make a DIY worm bin with those plastic totes instead of buying a $70+ premade one.

Redworms are the ideal worm for vermiculture because they're more tolerant of various environmental conditions; as well, they don't mind being in such shallow containers and they do consume large amounts of organic matter. You can fashion any large plastic tote into a worm box: drilling holes for aeration (worms need oxygen as much as we do), preparing bedding, systematically adding scraps for them to eat and eventually you'll be able to harvest the castings manually. However, it could end up being more difficult to maintain and you wont be able to collect the leachate or "worm tea".

Specially made worm bins or farms are designed for the purpose; facilitating the upkeep and casting collection, and typically include a reservoir and drain for the leachate. I am hoping to get a simple altered tote style bin set up for vermiculture and soil recycling until I can get a Wormtopia after the holidays.

Whatever you plan to work with here is an excellent guide: http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xdpy/kb/composting-with-redworms.html

I have a mix of tiger worms and red wigglers. I made a DIY bin with two rubber totes of the same size and two bricks.

Just drill a bunch of 1/4" holes in one tote.
Put the two bricks in side the UNDRILLED tote.
Put the tote you drilled inside the undrilled one.
Drill some holes in the lid.

And you got your self a worm bin. I could post some pictures of mine if people are interested.