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Rgreaves
 Post subject: red wrigglers
PostPosted: Oct 26th, '13, 20:26 
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Does any one no were I can get red wrigglers ........also would you stranded earth worms be ok ?


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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
PostPosted: Oct 26th, '13, 20:49 
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You can get compost worms at bunnings, but I don't know if they are red wrigglers. They live happily in my gbs.
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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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Gwydion wrote:
You can get compost worms at bunnings, but I don't know if they are red wrigglers. They live happily in my gbs.

Ty that was the answer I was looking for off to bunnings to get 500 of the suckers ..... Do u feed them extra???


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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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No, just the fish waste and uneaten fish food. They also eat dead decomposing roots.

I hope you have a helping hand separating the worms. My wife picked approx 100 big ones for each gb out of the 1200 worm box. They rest ended up in our banana circle. ;-)
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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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The Bunnings worms are a mix of Reds and Tigers. They are perfect for AP but I would recommend running a worm farm and transferring them as needed. That way you can produce worm tea for your AP system and also for your garden. Also get rid of your waste.

Generally standard earth worms are not as good, compost worms are more efficient consumers of the waste.
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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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No, just the fish waste and uneaten fish food. They also eat dead decomposing roots.

I hope you have a helping hand separating the worms. My wife picked approx 100 big ones for each gb out of the 1200 worm box. They rest ended up in our banana circle. ;-)

A 6 year old and a 2 year old I'll get them working


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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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Rickle wrote:
The Bunnings worms are a mix of Reds and Tigers. They are perfect for AP but I would recommend running a worm farm and transferring them as needed. That way you can produce worm tea for your AP system and also for your garden. Also get rid of your waste.

Generally standard earth worms are not as good, compost worms are more efficient consumers of the waste.

Worm tea ??


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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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Rgreaves wrote:
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No, just the fish waste and uneaten fish food. They also eat dead decomposing roots.

I hope you have a helping hand separating the worms. My wife picked approx 100 big ones for each gb out of the 1200 worm box. They rest ended up in our banana circle. ;-)

A 6 year old and a 2 year old I'll get them working


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I hope it is not like one in the pot and one to eat now... :-D
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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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Gwydion wrote:
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No, just the fish waste and uneaten fish food. They also eat dead decomposing roots.

I hope you have a helping hand separating the worms. My wife picked approx 100 big ones for each gb out of the 1200 worm box. They rest ended up in our banana circle. ;-)

A 6 year old and a 2 year old I'll get them working


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I hope it is not like one in the pot and one to eat now... :-D

Haha good source of protein lol


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The liquid that comes out of the bottom of a worm farm.

It is called that because it like a little like tea. But in my opinion no tea I would wish to drink.

It is good to use in you system occasionally or to spray on the plants.

Anyway when you get your box of worms, only a margin are adult worms. So you will end up disposing aof a good number of them.
Plus as Gwydion points out it is a pain to separate them.
If on the other hand if you run a worm farm you will them be able to harvest them as you want.

Also if you put a banana skin into the farm and then go back in a couple of days, when you lift it up there will be hundreds of worms swarming under it. They do love those bananas.
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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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Rickle wrote:
The liquid that comes out of the bottom of a worm farm.

It is called that because it like a little like tea. But in my opinion no tea I would wish to drink.

It is good to use in you system occasionally or to spray on the plants.

Anyway when you get your box of worms, only a margin are adult worms. So you will end up disposing aof a good number of them.
Plus as Gwydion points out it is a pain to separate them.
If on the other hand if you run a worm farm you will them be able to harvest them as you want.

Also if you put a banana skin into the farm and then go back in a couple of days, when you lift it up there will be hundreds of worms swarming under it. They do love those bananas.


Yeah I put them in as it is for potassium




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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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I am going to replace my tomato bushes tomorrow, that means the sorting starts again getting them out of root systems...

The tip with the banana sounds good, thank you rickle
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 Post subject: Re: red wrigglers
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The liquid that comes out of the bottom of a worm farm.

the liquid that comes out of the bottom of a worm farm is a "leachate"... not "worm tea".. which is made by stepping the worm castings...

It is NOT beneficial for the growth of plants.... throw it on your compost heap....

Worm/compost teas are made by brewing.... entirely different from leachate.... "steppe... not seep".... as the saying goes...
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Yeah don't think I want to start a worm farm yet low funds atm


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You don't need to go to Bunnings and buy 500 worms!... I put about 10 or 12 red wrigglers into my IBC system about 5 months ago:

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...and now the system is alive with them. Only a few weeks after adding them I was finding young worms and worm egg casings throughout the GB, and just about every time I pull a plant out the root ball contains a few worms.

To get some red wrigglers for free and get the kids involved simply look under any leaf litter or mulch in a moist area of your garden, or someone else's garden.
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