New wormery
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 2:49 pm
I set up my new wormcity wormery about 3 weeks ago, following the instructions.
Put wormery into packing box..next morning mass exodus.
Decided to put drawer into bin liner, next morning mass exodus, tried 2 bin liners both knotted but saw them actually wriggling through the knots! Also discovered that crafty beasties push their way through the fibers in the bin liners, as they're very thin, the fibers!
The worrying thing was though that they seemed hell bent on crawling through the crack between wall and floor as the wall was dampish. From there they were lost to me.
However whilst I had a new roof put on, the builder called me to come n have a look at this mass of wriggling worms up there...yes all tiger worms and all mine!
By coincidence I hit on a good way to solve mass exodus, I put the whole wormery inside of those builders bags that sand and cement get delivered in, those things with handles.
I put a few spades full of damp soil, compost and cardboard inside the bag next to the wormery and next morning found all the escapees quite happily in there. Worked for me.
Anyway now 3 weeks in and all's calmed down, no more escapes and they seem thriving n eating steadily through more than I thought they would and seem even fatter than when they arrived.
Thanks Wormcity for an excellent product and great service.
Btw this forum might not be much used but is a mine of practical information about all the ups n downs along the way.
Put wormery into packing box..next morning mass exodus.
Decided to put drawer into bin liner, next morning mass exodus, tried 2 bin liners both knotted but saw them actually wriggling through the knots! Also discovered that crafty beasties push their way through the fibers in the bin liners, as they're very thin, the fibers!
The worrying thing was though that they seemed hell bent on crawling through the crack between wall and floor as the wall was dampish. From there they were lost to me.
However whilst I had a new roof put on, the builder called me to come n have a look at this mass of wriggling worms up there...yes all tiger worms and all mine!
By coincidence I hit on a good way to solve mass exodus, I put the whole wormery inside of those builders bags that sand and cement get delivered in, those things with handles.
I put a few spades full of damp soil, compost and cardboard inside the bag next to the wormery and next morning found all the escapees quite happily in there. Worked for me.
Anyway now 3 weeks in and all's calmed down, no more escapes and they seem thriving n eating steadily through more than I thought they would and seem even fatter than when they arrived.
Thanks Wormcity for an excellent product and great service.
Btw this forum might not be much used but is a mine of practical information about all the ups n downs along the way.