Maggots are the larvae of flies and usually gain access via eggs laid on the food scraps you put in.
Worm tea is an excellent liquid fertiliser for herbs and indoor plants as well as the garden. [read more]
Your moisture mat is just there to encourage your worms to work in the surface of the waste and as it is biodegradable the worms will eventually eat it.
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.
If you can get a healthy population of worms in your soil they will make you an ongoing supply of topsoil so to encourage them to breed..[more info]
Don’t worry about your mealworms wiggling a bit – we promise you will get used to them and you will be rewarded by you garden birds
Once you fill one tray and it looks like worms soon will not have anything to eat, load the next tray as well as at the start. [read more]
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.
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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.