Does anyone breed from a composter their own worms ? I fancy having a go. Where did you get your wormery from ?
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I bought my first wormery from Amazon I think it was, quite expensive, just over £100.
I started it with that Coir stuff (blocks of it you soak in warm water to rehydrate it)
Once that one was going OK (with compost / dendrobaenas) I got a second hand one off Facebook Marketplace for £20 or so.
The second one (nasty light blue colour) has earth/newspaper/leaves and that's the one I use for the lobworms which I collect by torchlight on wet summer evenings.
Here's a link to the WormCity one I got to start me off
LINKY POO™ WormCity Wormery 4 Composting Trays (100 Litre Size) Black - INCLUDES 500g Worms, Coir Bedding and Worm Food
The black/compost one get's all the veg peelings etc scattered in there now and again.
Blue/lobworm one gets leaves and shredded paper from office shredder. I do throw a few bits of veg peelings in there...just in case they like a bit of that too
Both of these wormeries have the taps at the bottom to take the 'worm wee' out. This goes to the Mrs for her plant propagation / seedlings etc
I bought my first wormery from Amazon I think it was, quite expensive, just over £100.
I started it with that Coir stuff (blocks of it you soak in warm water to rehydrate it)
Once that one was going OK (with compost / dendrobaenas) I got a second hand one off Facebook Marketplace for £20 or so.
The second one (nasty light blue colour) has earth/newspaper/leaves and that's the one I use for the lobworms which I collect by torchlight on wet summer evenings.
Here's a link to the WormCity one I got to start me off
LINKY POO™ WormCity Wormery 4 Composting Trays (100 Litre Size) Black - INCLUDES 500g Worms, Coir Bedding and Worm Food
The black/compost one get's all the veg peelings etc scattered in there now and again.
Blue/lobworm one gets leaves and shredded paper from office shredder. I do throw a few bits of veg peelings in there...just in case they like a bit of that too
Both of these wormeries have the taps at the bottom to take the 'worm wee' out. This goes to the Mrs for her plant propagation / seedlings etc
A couple of large storage boxes with tight fitting lids from b+q, these are about 3ft x 2ft, a few small drain holes on the bottom, half inch of fine gravel, a few air vent holes, then all the wormy stuff.
I had one for dends, bought a bag as a starter. The other was for lobs, snitched from a local park. Copper strips added to discourage their never ending escape attempts.
Keep the boxes off the ground on a couple of bits of wood, and out of sunlight to prevent overheating.
The dends are excessive breeders if you get the soil/bedding composition and feeds sorted, and need to be regularly thinned out.
Lobs are not as easy to get the balance right but I soon had plenty of cocoons (worm eggs) and lots of youngsters.
Well worth half emptying and turning over the bedding, aeration and prevents compaction.
There are a few worm keeping groups on fb.
BTW, for better picture quality just click on the picture and you can see it in higher resolution on the host site.
I had one for dends, bought a bag as a starter. The other was for lobs, snitched from a local park. Copper strips added to discourage their never ending escape attempts.
Keep the boxes off the ground on a couple of bits of wood, and out of sunlight to prevent overheating.
The dends are excessive breeders if you get the soil/bedding composition and feeds sorted, and need to be regularly thinned out.
Lobs are not as easy to get the balance right but I soon had plenty of cocoons (worm eggs) and lots of youngsters.
Well worth half emptying and turning over the bedding, aeration and prevents compaction.
There are a few worm keeping groups on fb.
BTW, for better picture quality just click on the picture and you can see it in higher resolution on the host site.
Thanks for the advice chaps, I'll definitely be giving it a go 👍