Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: boosh on April 01, 2010, 21:45
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Have any members built there own wormery.
I'm going to build one this weekend and i have a few questions
It will be a wooden wormery, apart from the plastic bottom,
1- any restrictions on size, the min hieght of trays.
2- can cooked veg waste be put in.
3- the compost produced, can it be used for seeds or is it to rich.
4 - the worm liquid, what sort of ratio do you dilute it by with water.
thankyou for your help....................fingers crossed that it works ok and i have happy worms :)
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Here's wishing you luck with the build... I think I would avoid cooked veg - might it attract rats?
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Have any members built there own wormery.
I'm going to build one this weekend and i have a few questions
It will be a wooden wormery, apart from the plastic bottom,
1- any restrictions on size, the min hieght of trays.
2- can cooked veg waste be put in.
3- the compost produced, can it be used for seeds or is it to rich.
4 - the worm liquid, what sort of ratio do you dilute it by with water.
thankyou for your help....................fingers crossed that it works ok and i have happy worms :)
1. Mine is the 128litre one from Stokeworms (http://www.stokeworms.com/StokeWorms/Home.html) each box is 18"x14"x10".
2. I do put cooked veg in mine but no meat or bones as this will smell & also attract the pests. One more thing no citrus fruit & peel & nothing forom the onion family as the little wiggles dont like em.
3. It will probably be a bit to rich for seeds but I am sure if you mix it with some topsoil 50/50 it should be fine (just guessing so please dont take that as gospel).
4. Here is some information on wormtea & vermicomposting (http://mypeoplepc.com/members/arbra/trinity/id14.html) that I am sure will come in handy. It recomends diluting 5 parts water to 1 part tea.
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Cheers for that diggertom,
checked out the web sites, very helpfull.
Having a rethink now, thats not a bad price for a wormery.
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Cheers for that diggertom,
checked out the web sites, very helpfull.
Having a rethink now, thats not a bad price for a wormery.
I have been surfing the net for a wormery and the price does seem good ..
and at that price i dont think it's worth building one
time to put an order in :-)
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I saw this post this morning and had a look at the website, the price is very good but to be honest I was put off a little because they do not have an address on the site....I thought that all business websites now had to have an address but could be wrong on that :) . I know that trading standards etc all reccomend not buying from a site that does not have an address listed so I tend to be quite wary of this. I have googled them and seen a positive review on downsizer.net and they appear to be trading on ebay with good feedback but the wormeries are £2 more expensive on ebay than on own site but at least lets you see feedback so am feeling more reassured now so will probably take the plunge and buy one because Ive been tempted for a while to get into this
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whats the benefit over a compost bin?
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whats the benefit over a compost bin?
The main benefit to me is as an angler...
I save around £5 a fishing trip by not having to buy worms.
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whats the benefit over a compost bin?
The main benefit to me is as an angler...
I save around £5 a fishing trip by not having to buy worms.
Thats quite a good benefit, but from a garndening view the compost they produce is a very good quality high in nutrients very useful for enriching your soil and as a mulch. plus the worm tea (the liquid) is a good fertalizer mixed about 50/50 with water.
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I saw this post this morning and had a look at the website, the price is very good but to be honest I was put off a little because they do not have an address on the site....I thought that all business websites now had to have an address but could be wrong on that :) . I know that trading standards etc all reccomend not buying from a site that does not have an address listed so I tend to be quite wary of this. I have googled them and seen a positive review on downsizer.net and they appear to be trading on ebay with good feedback but the wormeries are £2 more expensive on ebay than on own site but at least lets you see feedback so am feeling more reassured now so will probably take the plunge and buy one because Ive been tempted for a while to get into this
I bought mine from ebay, I guess the extra £2 is to pay for the actual cost of advertising on Ebay.
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well I have just ordered the dog pooh version so hopefully it works well :lol:
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I have just sold mine on Ebay. Was a great idea in theory but was just to fiddly to seperate out all the different stuff. So the worms now live in my compost bin at the allotment.
good luck to all who have bought them.
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i made my own, its just an old kitchen bin with holes drilled in the bottom and stood on top of a bucket..
every now and then i tip it all out, mix it up and put it all back in again, just like the compost bin.