GREAT GREEN SYSTEMS WORMERY 2-Tier Worm Farm Bundle User Manual
- June 9, 2024
- GREAT GREEN SYSTEMS
Table of Contents
GREAT GREEN SYSTEMS WORMERY 2-Tier Worm Farm Bundle
SETTING UP YOUR WORMERY
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Soak coconut peat in around 1/3 bucket of water for 30 minutes. This will become the bedding for your worms.
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Start with the base – Install legs if you have them (sold separately). Ensure worm saver tray and liquid collection tray are in place.
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Put first working tray in place and line with 2-3 sheets of wet newspaper.
The second working tray won’t be needed until the first is full, so keep in a safe place. -
Add wet coconut peat to the layer of wet newspaper, this becomes the bedding for your worms. Make sure it’s not too wet or too dry. The bedding should feel moist with minimal water dripping out when you squeeze it.
- Now it’s time to add your worms (sold separately). Place them on top of the coconut peat with any bedding that came with them. Leave the worms a week before adding any food scraps. This allows the worms time to settle into their new home.
- Ideally you should cover them with a worm blanket (not supplied). The worm blanket can be any fabric made from natural, non-synthetics such as hessian. Several sheets of newspaper or cardboard can also be used.
- Place the lid on the wormery and put it in a cool dry area away from the sun and rain.
- When your first working tray is full you can then add your second. When two working trays are being used the worms will travel through the holes in the bottom to find new food scraps. When the second tray is full the first will be full of castings to use on your plants.
Feeding your worms
Adding your second working tray
- After a week you can start to add a small amount of food scraps, about a handful every few days. Gradually increase this as you notice the worms eating more. Once it’s established and the worms are breeding, they will consume more food scraps. Be careful not to overfeed them. Uneaten food will begin to smell and attract unwanted pests.
- When adding food scraps it’s important not to spread them out covering the entire area. Start in a section and when you add new scraps put them in a different section working your way around the wormery.
- It’s a good idea to cover any new food scraps added with the worms’ bedding that is already in the wormery or some compost from your compost bin.
- Cut food into small pieces. This will make it easier for the worms to eat.
- To keep your worms happy make sure you are giving them some diversity with their food.
- Worms will change with the season, you may need to feed them more in the warmer months and less in winter.
THINGS I CAN ADD:
- Fruit scraps
- Vegetable scraps
- Teabags
- Coffee grounds
- Crushed eggshells
- Small amount of bread
- Small amounts of cooked rice or pasta
- Moist cardboard
THINGS I CAN’T ADD:
- Onion
- Garlic
- Chilli
- Dairy
- Uncooked potato skins
- Citrus fruit or peel
- Meat, bones or fish
- Oils or grease
Adding your second working tray
- It’s time to add your second working tray once the first is full. Make sure the second tray comes in contact with the bedding in the first allowing the worms to travel freely into it.
- You can add food scraps directly into the second working tray but it will speed up the process by adding a small amount of organic soil, compost or existing bedding first.
- Stop feeding your worms for a week before adding the second working tray to make the worms nice and hungry. This will entice them to go into the second tray once added.
Harvesting
You will get 2 types of fertiliser from your wormery; Worm ‘tea’ and castings
Worm ‘Tea’
This accumulates in the liquid collection tray at the bottom of your wormery.
This wormery is designed to be free draining. This eliminates the risk of the
liquid building up and potentially drowning your worms. It can be diluted 1
part liquid to 9 parts water for use on non-edible plants.
Castings
You will find some casting on the pullout worm saver tray, but the bulk of
this will be found on the bottom working tray. When the second tray is full
the first will be full of castings to use on your plants.
Wormery maintenance
- It is important to protect your wormery against extremes of temperature. If possible, make sure that it is placed in a sheltered spot out of direct sun and rain – a garage or shed would be ideal. It is crucial that your entire wormery stays moist. In hot weather you can flush your wormery with half a small bucket of water (5L) once a week. On very hot days this may need to be done every day or two to ensure the wormery remains moist. When doing this make sure to replace the liquid collection tray with a vessel that will hold the sudden influx of water.
- In cold weather make sure the wormery is out of the rain and a thick worm blanket or covering is being used. You could also add additional bedding of compost and worm castings. Worms will generally work a lot slower in cold weather so you may need to feed them less.
- A healthy wormery should smell earthy. If your wormery smells rotten and vinegary, then acidity may be too high. This can be fixed by gently aerating the wormery, and adding some crushed egg shells (it’s a good idea to dry them out first), dolomite lime or garden lime (a dusting over the top is a sufficient amount).
Wormery components
Wormery Accessories
- The 2 Tier Shelf for the Wormery by Maze
Recycle more waste by adding another Maze Wormery on the same footprint with this twoshelf metal unit.
- The 3 Tier Wormery Bundle by Maze
Optimise your wormery project with our three-shelf metal unit, including three complete wormeries. Our ultimate package for the most ambitious wormery projects.
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