Worms for wormery

[Farmer_Gyles]

Are the red worms found in a dalek compost bin the same as the ones used in a wormery?

I have 3 daleks and will be making or getting a wormery soon - not much worm action in my daleks, but have been offered a load of red works from someone else's dalek ....

[Bigmallly]

I believe they are. It's the earthworms that you don't want. You want red or tiger I think.

[Farmer_Gyles]

cheers, that's what i thought .... everything i've read on wormeries and worms says red or tiger, but no connection with daleks .... i don't see the point in buying worms when i can get loads for free ....

[rpt]

What would happen if you put earthworms in your wormery? Would they just die or would they harm the tiger worms?

[Bigmallly]

This should answer all of your questions, apparently earthworms are deep burrowers and would not survive in a wormery.

WormCity Questions About Wormeries, Worm Composting and Worms

[Two_Sheds]

Are the red worms found in a dalek compost bin the same as the ones used in a wormery?

Yep, the same

[wormcity]

Thats correct, lob worms live deep in the soil, whereas reds / tigers & dendras live up near the surface