Comments on: Worm Tower

By: claude

claude — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:30:51 +0000

thank Ryan,I think that my worms have come back,they are eating a lots of food

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:51:50 +0000

Claude, I wonder if you can try using some bedding. Straw, hay or shredded newspaper. Also were they kept moist? (not too wet, not too dry)

I adapted a design that uses a 5-gallon bucket for my small raised bed garden. It uses a couple 2-gallon containers buried to their necks. Both designs are mentioned here: http://slowdownfarm.com/post/38004404242/worm-tower

By: claude

claude — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:20:12 +0000

I made 5 towers in my garden 3 weeks ago.i must have used about 3000 worms,I emptied 3 of them to check and found no worms ???

does the system realliy work.

I live in south africa,it is hot ,it’ summer

By: The Joneses

The Joneses — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:27:43 +0000

Thanks, this video is one of the most helpful on Youtube and gave us the final nudge to give it a go. We’ve used a birdbath as the lid. http://bit.ly/fQG6UB

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:28:35 +0000

I would recommend making sure they are either Red Worms (aka Red Wigglers) or European Nightcrawlers – both of which CAN sometimes be available at bait shops. The big “Dew Worms” (Canadian Nightcrawlers) are not ideal for composting.

By: jc

jc — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:42:41 +0000

Can you just use worms you get from the fishing store? or are these different worms?

By: Bentley

Bentley — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:45:31 +0000

Hi Eve – that is a perfect way to put this type of system to use. The similar system I envisioned was originally planned as a pet waste composter, but of course would work for any type of compostable wastes.
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By: Eve

Eve — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:29:22 +0000

I have done this with dog wast. I had a few pipes hidden in the shrubbery around the yard. So it would be an easy walk to a tube when picking up puppy presents.

It worked like a charm. The only drawback was i had to keep trimming the bushes more than i would have liked. I did luck out and place one tube next to a berry bush that was supposed to only get 10 feet high it ended up over twice as high. It produced more berry’s than i could ever want.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:16:07 +0000

Euros would actually be a great choice since they seem to enjoy wet conditions deeper down in a worm composting system. Regular earthworms would certainly invade the lower regions of the worm tower and would end up enriching the soil in the area. This would actually be a great way to increase the abundance of soil worms in a garden!

By: The Berwick Worm Farm and Waste Systems

The Berwick Worm Farm and Waste Systems — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:35:46 +0000

Hi,
Another good article. I have a question. Can you do this with Euro Nightcrawlers or the Earthworm? Compostig might not be as fast.