Worm Compost

[stevejohnson53]

Right my first real posting.

Not sure if this is fishing or gardening question! I am sure mods will move it to right group.

I breed Dendrobaena worms for fishing (not personally! ); they eat most green matter, I have to feed them once or twice a week with veg peelings etc. What bothers me is if I use the worm compost in my herb / veg containers, once the worm eggs hatch and their regular supply of food is missing will the worms eat the plant roots / plants?
If so how do I safely use the worm compost?
Stupid post I know but this has been bugging me for weeks

Steve Johnson

[Thomzo]

Hi Steve and welcome to the forum.

It's not a stupid question at all, it's a really good point.

I have used a wormery for years. It runs along the same lines as your breeding programme. I use the compost in my garden and pots with no problems whatsoever. I think worms in general eat dead and decaying plant matter, fallen leaves and so on in the garden and kitchen scraps indoors. They tend to leave growing plants alone. Worms are generally considered to be very good for the garden as they turn dead plant matter into compost and aerate the soil. The worms that you breed for fishing are just as good as any other type of garden worm.

As far as your containers are concerned, if the worms don't find enough food, they will simply move out into the wider garden.

Cheers
Zoe

[stevejohnson53]

Thanks for the reply Zoe

Go to go though, GRUB time for my containers....

Thanks

Steve

[Millymollymandy]

I read somewhere that if you put regular garden worms into a compost bin they will die (I think that could be understandable if it is all fresh stuff and no soil), and that if you put the red worms that you find in your compost bin (I assume they are the same as the ones in a wormery) they will die. I don't know if that's true or not about the red worms because sometimes you can't help it when you need to dig compost into the soil - and if you've got really good rotting compost or horse manure it can be full of them. Has anyone else heard this?