Grow Mediums Reusing soil?

[Bob's Auto's]

Thanks for the tips !
My problem is that I will have to leave for 2 or 3 months - Tote with soil will stay in the house, but it will too cold for the worms to survive I'm afraid.

About EM yes I added some to the soil during grow, plants loved them !

At colder temps the worms just slow down, but still do their work. They can endure the cold better then the heat.
Just make sure the tote has a couple of holes in it so the soil can breath. I set mine outside in a shady corner in my garden and when it rains water seeps through the hole in the lid and it gets wet
Don't use garden or fishing worms as they don't get close to what a tiger worm can eat. You can buy compost worms from all different sources now these days.
One word of caution though... Use nutrients in this soil sparingly as the worms reconstitute everything in there and this will make it quite 'hot'. I wouldn't use it for seeding into. I plan to add 30% fresh coco to my reconstituted soil-mix for next year so it can become part of the living soil and dilute the nutrients my worms make.

 

[Blue_dreamer]

Thanks for the tips !
My problem is that I will have to leave for 2 or 3 months - Tote with soil will stay in the house, but it will too cold for the worms to survive I'm afraid.

About EM yes I added some to the soil during grow, plants loved them !

I leave my worm farm in my unheated garage in the winter time. It'll get into the mid-20s out there, its attached to the house, but not very well insulated. They've not had any issues. I mean, the dirt gets cold in the winter too.

 

[Blue_dreamer]

At colder temps the worms just slow down, but still do their work. They can endure the cold better then the heat.
Just make sure the tote has a couple of holes in it so the soil can breath. I set mine outside in a shady corner in my garden and when it rains water seeps through the hole in the lid and it gets wet
Don't use garden or fishing worms as they don't get close to what a tiger worm can eat. You can buy compost worms from all different sources now these days.
One word of caution though... Use nutrients in this soil sparingly as the worms reconstitute everything in there and this will make it quite 'hot'. I wouldn't use it for seeding into. I plan to add 30% fresh coco to my reconstituted soil-mix for next year so it can become part of the living soil and dilute the nutrients my worms make.

You can order red wiggler composting worms on amazon. Just don't do it in the heat of summer or you'll get a bag of mush in the mail.
You don't need many to get started, 250 is more than enough. They are tiny when you get them too. Within 6 months they'll breed like crazy. I feed mine pizza boxes and weeds out of my garden.