Vermiculture

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Comment by Iona Bayley on January 7, 2010 at 9:17pm

There are a couple of reputable suppliers on trademe. Bedrock (aka Earthly Delights) and Wormz Away spring to mind, but I am sure there are others about too.

Comment by Caroline Wilkinson on January 7, 2010 at 9:05pm

Just joined this group as I was given a worm farm for Christmas. Any advice about where to get the worms from, I live in Upper Hutt, thanks.

Comment by Lynley Young on December 31, 2009 at 8:20am

I now leave the tap open so the water drains into a 2 litre milk container and check it most days. There's often a worm or two in the 2 litre container which I then tip back into the worm bin - and the wee gets watered down and becomes liquid breakfast for some hungry plant.
If your worms are escaping then it could be that they need a little sprinkle of lime.

Comment by Iona Bayley on December 10, 2009 at 8:09pm

It's the worm wee tray that I have some newspaper in my Can-O-Worms.....just a little round the edges. I'm not sure if this is particularly helping or not, but when I kept finding dozens or worms in the bottom at the beginning, I got some advise from the guy who supplied my worms and he does this with all of his worm farms rather than using any sort of rain cover for the unit.

Comment by Megan on December 10, 2009 at 7:38pm

hi, the bottom of first floor tray that the worms live in already has newspaper and cardboard lining it but not the "worm wee" ground floor tray. This has an upturned bucket in it, the theory being that they can climb up it and not drown in the liquid which is another good fertiliser. Next time that I dismantle the trays, will try to remember to take some photos. Checked today and another half dozen had escaped into the lid over the g/fl tray. Not using the second floor tray yet!

Comment by Iona Bayley on December 9, 2009 at 10:46pm

Have you tried putting some shreaded newspaper in the bottom....I was advised to do this by the bloke who supplied my worms. He basically said it stops them drowing, but make sure the tap part doesn't get blocked.

Comment by Megan on December 9, 2009 at 9:49pm

been raining heavily the last couple of days so checked the bottom bin and sure enough, half a dozen worms on the bottom tray lid and a few drowned ones in the bottom tray. Put them back where they should be amongst the food scraps and added more food for them. Will check again tomorrow if the rain continues.

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