Vermiculture is the rearing of worms for the purpose of making compost, to improve the condition of soil. Worm composting, or vermicomposting, is ‘the process of using earthworms to break down kitchen and garden waste, to create faster than normal composting. Compared to ordinary soil, the earthworm castings (the material produced from the digestive tracts of worms) contain five times more nitrogen, seven times more phosphorus, 3 times more potassium and 1 and a 1/2 times more calcium. They are rich in humic acids and improve the structure of the soil’
Worms have evolved into efficient, natural composters; they never sleep so are producing compost all the time. In the right environment, they eat and digest between half and all of their body weight in a day (depending on the types of worms, the quality of the plant material and the environmental conditions), converting this plant waste into nutrient-rich worm casts; this process quickly reduces the bulk of the organic waste, by up to about 80%.
A wormery is an easy-to-use, efficient construction to house the worms and the plant food so that they can convert organic kitchen waste into a bio-rich, high quality compost and concentrated liquid feed, taking advantage of their natural ability to digest relatively large quantities of organic waste. Typically, a wormery is an enclosed unit with several separate, but linked, compartments containing live worms together with the organic waste you supply, and a mixture of processed compost in varying stages of decomposition. '4 Acres' Worm Farm offer a highly effective composting system called ‘Can-O-Worms’.
| • | About a third of household waste is organic, so if this is recycled as compost (by using a wormery or otherwise), you are reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. |
| • | A wormery not only produces top quality, fine compost, but it also generates concentrated liquid fertiliser. This can be used as a liquid feed (usually diluted with water) for outdoor and indoor plants, thus reducing the need for chemical fertilisers. |
| • | You can run a wormery whatever the size of your garden, even if you don’t have a garden |
| • | Some wormeries are suitable for indoor use. |
| • | Wormeries are clean and odourless (due to the rapid digestion process) |
| • | They are flexible in use since they can be purchased in a range of sizes to suit your needs. |
| • | Because it is so rich, normally the worm compost is mixed with other materials and consequently can be used in many different ways in the garden or special containers. |
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Worm Castings |
Worm Juice |
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Sprinkle 1-2tsp. around your plants every 2 weeks and water well Larger areas apply 250 litres per hectare during Autumn Potting & Transplanting - Add 5-10% castings to sand, pumice or potting soil and water well. |
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Use this rich fertaliser on all your indoor and outdoor plants. Dilute 50-100mls concentrate to 1 litre water. For larger areas apply 5 litres concentrate per hectare, during the spring. |
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$5.00 for 3 litre bag |
$5.00 for 1 litre bottle |
