• Worms !!
• Worms For Composting
• Worms For Fishing
• Worm Food

Although most of us think that all worms live in the garden and they are all the same, this is actually untrue.

There are around 28 species of worm in the UK and their roles are very different.
Worms live in different depths of soil, and are grouped into three main categories.

Deep burrowing (anecic)

Shallow burrowing (endogeic)

leaf litter dwelling (epigeic).
Commonly found deep burrowers are Lob worms, which is the largest British species and is easily recognised by its flat paddle shaped tail.
Shallow burrowing worms include the grey worm, which can be found in gardens and cultivated land and lastly are the litter dwellers  that live in and under moist surface material (rocks, leaves, dung heaps and compost heaps.) These worms are often plentiful in the garden, and are the ones you need for worm composting.

We sell a mixture of all the composting worms below, these are sent with each wormery, or are available to purchase separately

There are 3 main composting worms found in the UK they are :-

• Red Worm (Eisenia andrei) also known as red wrigglers
• Tiger Worm (Eisenia fetida) also known as brandlings, Manure Worm
• Dendrobaena (Eisenia hortensis) also known as Dendras, European Nightcrawler, Blue Nosed Worm

Red worms as their name suggests are red and the same size as the Tiger Worm (around 5 cm's)

Tiger worms and Dendrobaena are very similar to look at as they are both stripy, however Dendras are twice the size and fatter (around 10 cm's long)

Tigers and Reds breed faster than Dendras, but in our experience weight for weight Dendras eat more

Tigers and Reds eat half there body weight per day, Dendras eat their own body weight a day

A Tiger / Red worm weighs approx half a gram a Dendra weighs a Gram +

Having all the worms living together (and they seem to get on really well - no arguments so far !) will cover virtually all conditions.

Dendrobaena are the fisherman’s favourite, they grow big, wiggle like mad in cold water, and can survive for ages on the hook.
These amazing worms are also the favourite bait of many fish such as Carp, Perch, Tench, Bream and Roach.

Dendra worms have a fast reproduction rate and are really easy to breed in the correct environment.

Reproduction under ideal conditions:
1.6 cocoons per adult per week
1.1 hatchlings per cocoon
Net reproduction of 1.4 young per adult per week

Growth Rate
97-214 days from egg to maturity

From the figures above approximately ……
Every 3.5 months, each adult will have 1.4 babies
So you can see how quickly worms can reproduce themselves

You can feed them virtually anything, from vegetables to bread, teabags to pasta and waste paper to cardboard; just follow the golden rule of not feeding them too much – too quickly. Our special made Worm Food is specially formulated for rapid growth and breeding
Keep your worms warm in the winter – and in the shade in summer, and before you know it, you will have a thriving community of Dendrobaena worms, that will continue to breed, and eat most of the waste your family produces.

So you can see how easy it is to breed your own bait, and be environmentally friendly at the same time.

At Wormcity we sell Dendrobaena in 500g, 1kg and 2kg bags, fresh and wiggling straight to your door.

Why not buy a wormery as well to keep them in !!

A blend of mixed cereals that worms love.
Our specially developed worm food contains oil, protein, fibre, ash, vitamins, minerals and trace elements to provide the essential components for producing healthy and vigorous earthworms during mating, egg-laying, growing and fishing

Available in 500g - 1kg - 2kg - 5kg - 10kg - 20kg sizes