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RE: Wormery? - JJB - 19-01-2022
Are the special worms for wormeries the same worms I find in the manure heap or normal compost, I think they're brandlings?
RE: Wormery? - Broadway - 19-01-2022
Thank you all.....
RE: Wormery? - Broadway - 19-01-2022
(19-01-2022, 11:17 AM)JJB Wrote: Are the special worms for wormeries the same worms I find in the manure heap or normal compost, I think they're brandlings?I believe they are different?
RE: Wormery? - Spec - 19-01-2022
(19-01-2022, 11:38 AM)Broadway Wrote:(19-01-2022, 11:17 AM)JJB Wrote: Are the special worms for wormeries the same worms I find in the manure heap or normal compost, I think they're brandlings?I believe they are different?
They are the same type of worms, I had stopped using my wormerie for a time and when I restarted, I collected some worms from a farm midden (I didn't want to put the worms at any risk by getting them by post
) and they are doing fine, composting and multiplieing, though increasing numbers depends on both feeding and temperature
RE: Wormery? - toomanytommytoes - 19-01-2022
There is another type of composting worm you can buy called European nightcrawler (Dendrobaena). They're bigger than the standard tiger/brandling/red wrigglers used to vermicomposting and are supposed to do better in colder, wetter conditions. I bought some a few years ago to put in a dalek with some really sodden, stinky, unfinished compost.
RE: Wormery? - Veggie - 15-02-2022
Rather than start another thread, just wanted to say that I've acquired a freebie Original Organics Wormery identical to the one I almost fell into some years ago!
Need to source some worms now. My "plan" is to use the Hotbin compost (which is a bit rough) to feed the wormery in the hope that they will chomp the compost into finer compost.
RE: Wormery? - Broadway - 15-02-2022
(15-02-2022, 05:24 PM)Veggie Wrote: Rather than start another thread, just wanted to say that I've acquired a freebie Original Organics Wormery identical to the one I almost fell into some years ago!Cunning
Need to source some worms now. My "plan" is to use the Hotbin compost (which is a bit rough) to feed the wormery in the hope that they will chomp the compost into finer compost.
RE: Wormery? - Veggie - 15-02-2022
If, BIG IF, my cunning plan works, I still have the other wormery bin, missing the drain tap. Maybe I could set up a multi-wormery farm?
Imagine a row of wormeries, each producing worm juice and castings, all fed by the pre-digested compost in the Hot Bin.
Compost and liquid feed independence!!
Getting a bit carried away now - first need to source some worms.
RE: Wormery? - toomanytommytoes - 15-02-2022
Rough compost is excellent food for a wormery. Plastic worm bins don't breathe very well so can easily get too wet if fed a lot of kitchen waste. I actually stopped feeding the Hungry Bin with kitchen scraps because whatever I tried, the castings were sopping wet. Now they get a much drier, but still moist, mix of coffee, compost and cardboard: the bin operates much better and the finished castings are easier to work with.
RE: Wormery? - Veggie - 15-02-2022
Thanks TMTT. That was one of the problems with my last attempt, too wet but not wet enough to drain - if that makes sense. Fruit flies too.
A lot of liquid comes out of the HotBin and the contents are reasonably dry so I'm hopeful