Having used worm farms for many years, I am convinced that it is a great idea to pour several litres of water through the farm every week. This keeps the worms very moist and stops their bedding from getting too hot in summer. It also ensures you get plenty of the worm tea you are currently missing out on! read more
Having used worm farms for many years, I am convinced that it is a great idea to pour several litres of water through the farm every week. This keeps the worms very moist and stops their bedding from getting too hot in summer. It also ensures you get plenty of the worm tea you are currently missing out on!
However, if you do water your farm regularly, you need to keep the tap on the bottom of your farm open at all times – and a bucket under the tap to catch the drips! If you don’t, you’ll find the tea collects in the bottom tray and goes anaerobic.
Empty your bucket of ‘tea’ every day or two to ensure it does not go stagnant. Dilute it down to the colour of ‘weak tea’, then pour it onto your veggie and herb plants regularly.
The ‘little insects’ you mentioned are probably ‘vinegar flies’. These small flies are attracted to gases given off by anaerobic microbes so I suggest you:
- Use a small hand fork to dig and ‘fluff’ up – or aerate – the top feeding tray
- Sprinkle a couple of teaspoons of Worm Farm & Compost Conditioner on top of the food scraps
- Add a few handfuls of good soil on top of the food scraps every time you feed your worms
- Ensure you keep a Worm Blanket on the surface of the feeding tray at all times.
Worm Regards
Peter Rutherford
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