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Why have I got Fruit Flies in my Subpod?

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.

Does The Urbalive Worm Compost Smell?

The worms like to eat the food when it has gone soft, but before it rots. [read more]

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Should I Rake My Wormery Compost Regularly?

Not at all. The nosy among you beware and also make your children understand this - it's not useful to disturb the compost ..[read more]

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What Is The Average Life Expectancy Of Composting Worms?

Without predators to chomp them in the wormery worms will live for upwards of three years! [read more]

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Can I add cooked food waste to my worm composter?

I would avoid this – first of all there’s the trudge to the bottom of the garden but also this sort of waste has a tendency to attract pests.. [more info]

How Do I Use My Worm Casts And Compost?

Using your Compost The compost is very rich in nutrients and organic matter and can be used as an excellent medium to grow plants.. [more info]

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How To Look After My Worms

Worms need nurturing just like all of us. There are a few basic requirements that will ensure they eat and breed and therefore make compost for you. ..[more info]

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When should I add the next tray to my Wormery?

Assuming you are adding your food scraps every couple of days as you lift the moisture mat you will see the worms working just below the surface.

What should I do about mites in my worm bin?

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.

What do worms do in the soil?

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}

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Our composting worms are mixture of species (mainly reds and dendras) selected for their composting ability

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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.

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