worms

ped · #1 (**permalink**) 27th December 2006, 02:54 PM

how do you look after your own worms in a bucket in your back garden

royst · #2 (**permalink**) 27th December 2006, 09:36 PM

You can feed them with mashed potato (no milk or butter though

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ridgeacre · #3 (**permalink**) 27th December 2006, 09:59 PM

Yes mate just plain mashed spuds.And another thing they like stale bread.
If you want to breed a lot get something a lot bigger than a bucket

ped · #4 (**permalink**) 29th December 2006, 08:46 PM

what about changing soil does it matter

weldec · #5 (**permalink**) 30th December 2006, 01:52 AM

And drainage what about drainage, my mate made a wormery they bred like 1 O but he did not stop them from escaping. He had a lovely lawn as well PMSL

$teel Cowboy · #6 (**permalink**) 30th December 2006, 06:35 PM

Large Bucket or old type bin about 8" approx from bottom drill a few holes in the side then fill with gravel / pebbles than add a bag of compost then add your worms ontop old grass cuttings etc then finnish of wuth a good fitting lid

leave for 3 months to enable worms to breed then you should have a nice steady supply for the summer

ped · #7 (**permalink**) 30th December 2006, 08:47 PM

thankyou very much lads can if i put gravel and grass in my bed will i breed

weldec · #8 (**permalink**) 30th December 2006, 08:53 PM

But is there not some form of plant feed in compost that may kill the worms ???

Brian G · #9 (**permalink**) 3rd January 2007, 09:49 PM

Bill I used to grow thousands of fuchsias a few years back which were fed with chemicals and would often find worms inside the pots when repotting so dont think that the chemicals to make plants grow harms them, plus the bye product of those fancy wormerys that cost £60/70 is a liquid that can be diluted to feed plants.

vicki tomlinson · #10 (**permalink**) 4th January 2007, 10:42 AM

are you going fishing on the south pier, vicki