Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Kleftiwallah on July 05, 2020, 15:11
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Good afternoon everyone, the subject today is adding worms to my freshly full compost bin to help break the matter down. As I cleared my old compost heap I transered quite a few worms into the new heap.
I've researched and found the phrase "red wigglers" and "manure worms" on every page!
Anyone out there have a knowledge of this subject and possibly a reliable source for these worms?
Cheers, Tony.
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The worms to which you refer are branding worms as in those that fishermen buy to bait their hooks with, not tge usual earthworms we see in the garden soil & they are red & do wriggle :)
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I bought some from the local angling shop, I think they were called brandlings, they've certainly worked wonders on the contents of my compost daleks.
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hello Tiger worms are good for compost heaps birds don't like the taste of them,the worms you put into the new heap should work ok check to see if they are Tiger worms they'll have dark stripes on them I move worms from one bin to the other and they work it well I know this isn't worms but try nettle tops and chopped comfrey leaves they'll warm the bins up quick jezza
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There are many types of worm that you can add, but I usually just let the native worms work up through the soil and into the heap. Mostly they are those red wigglers you mentioned, but we also have a much larger worm called a night crawler. About 0.5 cm diameter, 15 to 20 cm long.