Newbie Questions
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:08 am
Hi all,
Just received my 75ltr wormery with 1kg of worms for my birthday from my wife and daughter .
I’ve followed the instructions and have setup the wormery with just the one tray at the moment. I do have a few questions which I couldn’t find answers for so apologies if the have been asked before and I didn’t find the post.
1) I received approx 250g of worm food with my worms. The instructions say to sprinkle a handful when the worms are introduced.
I still have a large amount of this worm food. I understand that I shouldn’t give the worms any kitchen waste for 2 weeks to give them time to settle in.
My question is should I be sprinkling a handful of the worm food each day during these first two weeks?
If so, should I sprinkle the food on top of the 2” deep damp shredded paper (added as part of step 9 of setup instruction) or lift the shredded paper first, sprinkle the worm food and then recover with damp shredded paper?
2) The instructions say to use newspaper. In today’s digital world I get my news online so don’t have newspaper. Is shredded office printer paper and shredded shop receipts OK to use?
I have a HP colour laserjet printer, will the toner be safe for the worms? Mainly using black & white printing for worms.
3) After 2 weeks, I plan to use WillyWorm’s corner feeding method.
a) How much kitchen waste should I start of with in each corner for a initial population of 1kg worms?
b) Should the kitchen waste be placed on top of the 2” deep damp shredded paper (step 9 of setup instruction)?
c) Should the kitchen waste be covered with more damp shredded paper?
4) How small should the kitchen waste be chopped up initially?
5) Does the kitchen waste need to be chopped up all the time or only initially while the population establishes itself?
Sorry for the vast list of questions, I don’t want to inadvertently kill my worms. My 3 year old daughter will be so disappointed.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Just received my 75ltr wormery with 1kg of worms for my birthday from my wife and daughter .
I’ve followed the instructions and have setup the wormery with just the one tray at the moment. I do have a few questions which I couldn’t find answers for so apologies if the have been asked before and I didn’t find the post.
1) I received approx 250g of worm food with my worms. The instructions say to sprinkle a handful when the worms are introduced.
I still have a large amount of this worm food. I understand that I shouldn’t give the worms any kitchen waste for 2 weeks to give them time to settle in.
My question is should I be sprinkling a handful of the worm food each day during these first two weeks?
If so, should I sprinkle the food on top of the 2” deep damp shredded paper (added as part of step 9 of setup instruction) or lift the shredded paper first, sprinkle the worm food and then recover with damp shredded paper?
2) The instructions say to use newspaper. In today’s digital world I get my news online so don’t have newspaper. Is shredded office printer paper and shredded shop receipts OK to use?
I have a HP colour laserjet printer, will the toner be safe for the worms? Mainly using black & white printing for worms.
3) After 2 weeks, I plan to use WillyWorm’s corner feeding method.
a) How much kitchen waste should I start of with in each corner for a initial population of 1kg worms?
b) Should the kitchen waste be placed on top of the 2” deep damp shredded paper (step 9 of setup instruction)?
c) Should the kitchen waste be covered with more damp shredded paper?
4) How small should the kitchen waste be chopped up initially?
5) Does the kitchen waste need to be chopped up all the time or only initially while the population establishes itself?
Sorry for the vast list of questions, I don’t want to inadvertently kill my worms. My 3 year old daughter will be so disappointed.
Thanks in advance for any advice.