Matt Brown
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I've built the wormery using a full size dustbin with gravel at the bottom and compost almost up to the top.
I introduced 1kg of mixed worms (mainly dendras and reds).
There are holes in the bottom of the bin to allow any fluids to escape and I've been feeding them bits of salad, veg, apples and egg shells (I'm told the latter helps to neutralise the ph level).
The worms are escaping because the lid isn't tight enough. I intended to use some hessian sacking as a breathable seal but Doncaster Market has let me down! The two stores that used to sell such things have closed down so I don't know where to get some sacking from.
And this all leads to the question of why aren't the worms happy in there and why can they only be found at the surface?
I introduced 1kg of mixed worms (mainly dendras and reds).
There are holes in the bottom of the bin to allow any fluids to escape and I've been feeding them bits of salad, veg, apples and egg shells (I'm told the latter helps to neutralise the ph level).
The worms are escaping because the lid isn't tight enough. I intended to use some hessian sacking as a breathable seal but Doncaster Market has let me down! The two stores that used to sell such things have closed down so I don't know where to get some sacking from.
And this all leads to the question of why aren't the worms happy in there and why can they only be found at the surface?