Wormories - worth the trouble ?

Hi,

Quite surprised to only find a couple of very old posts in the forum with a little mention of wormories ?

As we no longer have a compost heap, thought about using a Wormory for all our raw kitchen peelings etc. ( the council say we must not put it in our garden waste bin)

Plenty of info on ytube etc about setting up purchased ones costing from £100+ ! or some more basic diy boxes; even one made by Chris Beardshaw.

Whats not clear is how effective they are and how much care they really need ?

Feel sure they can work, but wonder if the time and effort is worth it for the resultant compost vs buying a bag of composted manure ?

 

I've often thought about it,

Then thought about it.

Then not bothered

Like you say, I'm sure they work, but I think one would have cooked the worms to death on my allotment last summer.

 

I have been using vermiculture in various forms for the last thirty odd years, and this year I'll be setting up another. It's on my to do list, so if/when I get round to it, I'll post some photos. Don't hold your breath it will be this year though, other projects are more pressing

 

I've thought the same...and never done it. Will be interesting to see what @flounder does

 

This video makes it look easy to build and set up one yourself, just not sure how effective they are during the winter months ...?

 

i have had a small wormery for around ten years a three tray worm city one. it produces normally four trays per year of compost 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.3 cubic metres per tray which gives me enough worm compost for all my needs. I use coco coir for bedding which is dramatically changed in composition after a couple of months by the worms.
It would not be enough for someone with a large garden but converts approx 4 bales of coir (each bale gives 70 litres of coir compost) almost 300 litres of worm compost which is more than enough for around 36 tomato plants plus 60 kelsae onions , cucumbers etc. at 10 t0 20% of worm compost per plant, I think it is worth it.
regards Sandy