[Kate and her Ducks]

I have a wormery which produces quite a lot of "worm wee" from the bottom that I'm told is a good general liquid fertilizer. Would it be good for feeding my toms or am I better getting a proper tomato feed?

[themoog]

I'm not sure whether it was the wee that my worms were producing, but it turned the leaves of my tomato plants yellow (even though I was watering the base). It might have been too much for containers.

My courgettes loved it, on the other hand.

[aelf]

the worm wee is called leacheate and is the liquid draining from the rotting veg in your wormary (worms don't wee!) and it is very good for your tomatoes and anything else. It is very concentrated tho so mix about half a cupful in a gallon of water and feed away once a week.

Enjoy yout tomatoes!

[Kate and her Ducks]

Thanks all. Will dilute it down and bung it on everything.

[themoog]

I know that it's not wee really but it's better than 'womery composter by-product'  !

Hmm, not sure why my tomatoes didn't like it. I dilute it sufficiently.

Good luck with the toms!

[janiejakemum]

What colour is your worm tea?, We have 2 wormeries and we dont get much liquid from them - we do get compost but not much liquid.

I got in touch with the people who sold me the kit and they suggested that i look after it too well by turning it too much and add too much shredded paper.  I have left the wormeries alone for 2 weeks just literally added fresh stuff on top and yesturday i thought id have a rumage to make sure alls ok and its horrid, smelly very wet and generally a bit yucky.  The liquid is black, whereas before it was almost clear.

The worms all seem ok and there are plenty of them but i dont know if thats ok?

Any ideas?, sorry to jump on your thread but i thought i'd ask to try to get a comparison.

[aelf]

I am a commited wormary user and make all my compost in them, although I don't use shop-bought wormaries as there are better ways to do it. If it is smelly and black as you describe, then it sounds a bit too wet. These worms are hardy tho and will cope with most conditions but thrive when the detritus is warm and wet (not waterlogged). Incidentally, if you have ants in the wormary then it is too dry. keep adding the shredded paper and cardboard to keep air in the mix, that will help stop it going black n smelly. The liquor is usually a shade of brown, depending on what the worms are eating.

Not sure why you turn the compost - these are litter worms and do their work in the top layer of detritus, leaving compost in the bottom. They work their way up through the layers that you keep adding.

Hope that helps

Aelf