wormery help

[thedrisback]

hi there i now have a wormery ie the can of worms.
what i need help with is i have got th worms in there and now and again when i open it to top it up there are a few worms that are dead and look like they have been cut in half.
i dont know why ?? anyone have any idear??
also anyone know of any froms just for wormerys in the uk??
as i have looked but can not find any on google thanks

[tulip]

hi,
there used to be (and think there still is) a friendly and helpful worm forum on the The Recycle Works Ltd site.
I've got a can-o-worms wormery too, not come across the 'cut in half' worms, only thing i can think of is, if it's only a few, that perhaps they are crawling up to the edge, or down from the underside of the lid as you put the lid back on, and get caught.? if they are 'stringy' in the middle and bobbly, then it might be overfeeding or not enough air in the mix- the worms get poisoned, but you would know if it's that as the compost will smell pretty bad.

[thedrisback]

hi tulip thanks for that info no it don't smell at all.
also i always look in th lid as i have found a few in there before.
what i did add to th wormery was tomatoes and now i been told it may bee them what do you think??
i will have a look at that site and see if its what im looking for thanks

[thedrisback]

just looked at the site and it looks like the right sort of thing im looking for.
hopefully there will be more pepole with help

[Two_Sheds]

also anyone know of any froms just for wormerys in the uk??
as i have looked but can not find any on google thanks

how did you miss this one?

[Scottishnewbie]

i think i'd like a wormery but cant justify the cost to be honest - is there a way of making my own does anyone know?

[thedrisback]

thanks for that 2 sheds i have just joined both now hopefully they may be able to help me.

[thedrisback]

yes you can make your own.
there are plans on th internet if you google it you may find them

[Scottishnewbie]

ta for that! found a few, one of which is using old car tyres - says you get a tyres worth every 4-6 weeks - sounds great but not how you get the bottom of the 4 tyres out the stack without disturbing everything else!

found another link for a much cheaper wormery so might just go for that - ta

[thedrisback]

yes i saw that one with the tyres i would not know how you would empty that thought??
but you can make one with big plastic boxes but you got to make sure th worms don't get out lol

[Dynamo]

Here's a pic of my home made wormeries at the back of my garage. As you can see they are just old paint tubs. The smaller pot at the bottom is used for catching the liquids then the tub above that catches the compost. I have a layer of small gravel in the bottom of that tub. The next tub up is where the worms live and the top one contains their food. I've drilled about 30 holes about 10cm each in the bottom of the top and middle tubs for the worms to have easy access and also to let the compost fall down into the bottom one.

I've left the wormeries to themselves for a few months and just this week I've taken about 40 litres of compost out of the two of them.

I have no problems at all with the worms escaping from the tubs.

[thedrisback]

cheap way of doing it i may try that next year.
not had much luck on them 2 sites yet : (

[shushkin!]

Hi
I dont know if this link will be of any use to you. It seems a nice cheap
way of making your own compost bin.
compost information sheet

[thedrisback]

thanks for that but i have th can of worms wormey

Hi
I dont know if this link will be of any use to you. It seems a nice cheap
way of making your own compost bin.
compost information sheet