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.
Ants are attracted to dry conditions, so this is usually an indicator that your Subpod is too dry.
No it shouldn’t. Subpod’s built-in ventilation panels have small holes that keep out bugs, pests and rodents, whilst allowing air to flow in. Just make sure the ‘worm holes’ in the sides of the Subpod are covered with soil so nothing can sneak in.
When you empty your castings and compost, the worms will not be with the castings, but where the food is, on the other side of the Subpod divider.
After 2-3 months or when your Subpod is full, you can harvest your Subpod compost.
You don’t need to chop everything up small for the worms, but it does speed up the process so your food will break down even faster.
You can compost a lot more in Subpod than in other worm farm systems.
The ideal material for worm bedding is coconut coir.
You'll need a minimum of 1000 worms, but 2000 is better. If you really want to kick start your Subpod, you can add up to 4000 worms.
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.
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.