The worms will breed to match your food supply. They regulate their numbers and size to match the conditions. As the adults eat the waste and move upwards the eggs hatch out so to make best use of your wormery you need to add waste really regularly.
They can consume their own body weight per day in food and so this means that they are processing 90 kilos a year..[more info}
If you cut a worm in half you do not end up with two surviving worms [more info]
The worms you need for domestic composting are still earthworms but are often termed surface litter worms:..[more info]
No. Woodlice are primary composters so eat organic waste and produce compost so they can live along side your worm population.. [more info]
Composting with worms operates year-around. You can place your wormery either indoors or outdoors.. [read more]
The great thing about a tray system wormery is that a: It's off the floor so very unlikely to be attacked by rodents and B: Worms compost waste as you add it so they really help to neutralise the odours. We have had no problems with rodents with Urbalive or other tray system worm composters.
Worm tea is an excellent liquid fertiliser for herbs and indoor plants as well as the garden. [read more]
The worms like to eat the food when it has gone soft, but before it rots. [read more]
Our composting worms are a mixture of species (mainly reds and dendras) selected for their composting ability. [read more]
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.