If your wormery is too wet, there are a few things you can do to address the issue:
There are a few types of mite that love a worm composting kit and this is all normal and part of the ecosystem. However, as with most things if they start to take over the kit this can become a problem. There are two main types – a reddish brown mite and a white shiny round mite. Both are tiny and if numbers become huge they eat the food and your worms will tend to burrow deeper into the kit and this in turn stops the worms from reproducing as effectively.
Fruit flies can enter Subpod when you are adding your food waste. They can also get into the system before your food scraps are added to Subpod if there’s a loose lid.
The average family generates 7kg (15lbs) of food waste a week, just for reference.
Worm composters, also known as worm bins or vermicomposters, produce a liquid known as worm tea or leachate.
After 2-3 months or when your Subpod is full, you can harvest your Subpod compost.
When you add your food scraps and carbon material to the Subpod, you'll need to mix them through using an aerator. This takes a few minutes each time you feed the worms.
Sometimes some of your worms migrate to the sump which is mostly more distressing for you than them to be honest.
It allows you to compost directly in your garden allowing the worms and microbes to distribute nutrients into the soil.
Ants in a vermicomposter can be a nuisance, but they are not harmful to the worms or the composting process.
Our composting worms are mixture of species (mainly reds and dendras) selected for their composting ability
The Urbalive Worm Composter is a home wormery kit that can be used indoors or outdoors for composting kitchen waste with the red worms. The perfect wormery for households, classrooms or offices.