Worms

[nerobot]

I'm thinking of building a small wormery out of a few used bottles. It's going to be quite small so I don't really need 1kg of worms like you can buy online. Does anyone know where I could buy, say 50 worms, or would it be alright to use worms from the garden?

Thanks for any advice

Steven

[HeyWayne]

You could pop along to the World Worm Charming competition, see f they'd let you have some...

The World Worm Charming Championships

I would imagine that your commonal garden worm would be fine though.

[Potter]

If you have a compost bin you should have loads of the little (Branding I think they're called) worms that they use in wormeries. I know there are loads in the dalek one I have in my back garden tucked up around the edge whenever I open up the lid. They are much smaller and skinnier than your bog standard garden worm, though can't remember exactly why you use them instead of the fat ones.

[baggyman]

Try your local fishing tackle shop... they sell worms for bait and will have redworms, lobworms or dendrabenas in small pots for about 3 quids.
Well they do down here in the midlands where coarse fishing is popular don't know about your neck of the woods.

[nerobot]

Thanks for all the information. Sadly I've only had my compost bin for a month so not very many worms in it yet. Going to have a look see if I can find a fishing shopt o buy some from.

Cheers,

Steven

[bluemoon]

I think you use the brandling worms - which I believe are also sometimes called tiger worms, but I could be wrong - because they can better take the hot, steamy and fairly acidic conditions within a compost bin/wormery. Even so I think you occasionally have to artificially raise the pH.