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Wormery

Sandra100Sandra100 Posts: 130
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Been reading up about making a Wormery and it looks pretty straightforward.

Wondered if anyone on this forum has one and if so any tips to make sure mine is successful?

Thanks!

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ordM5TWyFLw

    I'm not sure they produce enough compost to be worth it, but I'd love to hear from someone who has used one.

    Devon.
  • Sandra100Sandra100 Posts: 130

    http://www.verticalveg.org.uk/how-to-make-your-own-wormery/

    Thanks Hostafan.  Also liked this video too.

  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923

    I have a can-o-worms one by my back door,

    it works best with small regular deposits (kitchen waste is great) I wouldn't use it for composting large amounts, but it produces maybe 1kg of really nice worm cast every 3 months during summer (I don't get anything much from October to April as the worms are cold blooded and don't eat much-everything from the kitchen goes in the compost heap in that time), you just have to make sure its well chopped up so the worms can eat it and no citrus as they don't like it.

  • Glenys 2Glenys 2 Posts: 169

    hi I have a wormery and I dont get loads of compost from it,but i use that for topping up my pots and the worm tea i use on my plants. IF you put the worm tea into a bottle i dont put the lid on as it kills the bacteria

  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847

    You don't get much but it's good quality stuff.

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