Increasing wormery efficiency

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warmer01
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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by warmer01 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:27 am

It would be very interesting, Lilwriggler.
Looking forward for answer!

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by warmer01 » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:27 am

It would be very interesting, Lilwriggler.
Looking forward for answer!

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by Red » Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:30 pm

I have 12 dead rose flower heads (remnants from Valentine’s Day). I was going to cut them up and feed them to the worms but wondered if the sent would be a problem?

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by WillyWorm » Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:41 am

The actual flowers will be no problem they will breakdown quickly, the stems may take a while to breakdown but if you are in no rush they will not be a problem.
The smell of roses will make a nice change for your worms compared to the normal vegetable waste.

Willy

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by Red » Sun Feb 27, 2022 3:12 pm

Thanks WillyWorm. Yes, I was thinking of just the heads. Yes, the smell change will be interesting!

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by Lilwriggler » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:18 pm

By way of an update, i added more woodlice to each wormery. The worms appeared happy and a number of the original woodlice i added were not so visible, but found a few in lower trays pottering around. I will keep an eye to see how visible they will be next time i check.

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by WillyWorm » Mon Feb 28, 2022 11:39 pm

Thanks lilwriggler. The woodlice will help breakup some of the harder stuff ready for the microbes and worms to move in.

Willy

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by Lilwriggler » Sun Mar 06, 2022 11:02 pm

I’m not convinced the woodlice are too happy in there. There are a fair few dead woodlice as well as some that seem fine. Not sure whether they are different species, but the same woodlice seemed happy in the compost bin they were harvested from. I will see how they progress.

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Re: Increasing wormery efficiency

Post by WillyWorm » Mon Mar 07, 2022 8:25 am

My woodlice seem to come and go and see to like it when I add damp leaves as bedding. I have not seen dead woodlice in my bin.

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