WormBox Ferme du Moutta - Adding worms to my wormery

It's worm day!!
Getting my worms set up in their new home.

[@poppyspets]

I have the same Wormery and worms from Yorkshire Worms - at the moment they live in the kitchen ( from yesterday) until the garage is built. They escaped overnight so I am going to leave a lantern on overnight. I thought maybe searching for food so I’ve fed them a day early and added scraps. I sprayed the soil with water incase too dry. But think they are settling to there new environment- did yours escape? Think I panicked incase I was killing them. Look forward to more videos😊

[@philbe88]

Hi, congratulations on your new wormery! I had two or three escape on the first night so for the next few nights I left the garage light on and that did the trick. They escape largely because they naturally 'wander' about and need need to get used to this being a good place to be. I've had a few other escapees over the time I've had it but not many, or not many I know about at least. And as long as they are happy, they will start to reproduce.

[@kromsnavelfun]

You should have had the bin a few days before the worms arrive ready and activated. Cimmercial crap.

[@daxapanchal9959]

Hey, I see you did this video a year ago Where did you buy your worm form? Do you still have this worm box wormary? What issues did you have and what did you find the solutions? Many thanks.

[@fill_benit3929]

Hi, I got mine from recyworm.com/ although I believe you can also buy on Amazon (though more expensive). I do indeed still have the wormery and it is doing very well. My biggest issue at first was stopping others putting new 'food' on a layer that was ready to 'harvest; :) You need to check the base for stray worms periodically but one of the design plusses of this model is that it is harder for worms to drown if they migrate to this area. With the planter, if I pot up again I would put a permeable mat, hessian or similar in the base to retain water.

[@fill_benit3929]

My email suggests you have asked about worm numbers but I cant find the comment. I purchased 250g of worms from Yorkshire Worms, but mine have been so happy and reproduced so much there are arguably way too many now so you could probably get less.

[@stacycann7507]

Smashing thanks again! I can't wait for my worm day and I'm glad to hear you sound as excited as I am 😂 Everyone else thinks I'm mad getting excited about worms

[@fill_benit3929]

No, not mad at all ! :D Good luck with your worm day ...exciting !!

[@annetttate6714]

Thanks very much for this - it has made my setting up a lot easier. I happen to have ordered exactly the same wormery. Like you, I ordered the worms more 'locally'. They came with the coir brick/s and food. My Moutta wormery was supplied with a number of round 'mats' ( 'proper' woven material, not coir or cardboard). I think they're meant to go on top of the coir or tray? to keep in the moisture? Does anyone know exactly what to do? Also - I too got the planter - and was going to use it for growing lettuce - being on the wormery will keep off slugs and snails and lettuce doesn't need a deep container as it only has shallow roots. I'm wondering though, whether it would be a good idea to put one of those mats underneath the lettuce compost to avoid too much excess water from watering dripping through? I'd be grateful for any thoughts and experience anyone may have. Thanks

[@fill_benit3929]

Hi Annett, glad my video helped. For the mats, their website says they are to help retain moisture as you thought. "This natural cover keeps the top layer of your vermicomposter always moist and promotes the development of worms as well as the movement of worms to the surface to find food. It also protects against the cold." Therefore I would guess they go on top of whichever layer your worms are currently in. From experience I think one of those mats under your lettuce would be a good idea as in this hot weather, the plants on the top of mine cant get enough water for exactly the reason that it all drains through too quickly, but then I don't want to drown all the worms below.

[@duncancox2866]

Thanks for this. I realised I'd set mine up incorrectly as I put them in the planter! However they do seem to be thriving but I will adjust to match yours.

[@fill_benit3929]

Happy the video can be of help. I do occasionally put the rescued worms from the bottom tray (where the liquid gets released) onto the planter so they can work their way back down. I hope you haven't had too many escapees ! :)

[@evarp3818]

Hey how's the worm farm worked out? Very interested in getting one of these myself but reviews and experiences with them are quite limited. Are you planning on adding any more videos? Thanks for making them! They've cleared up a lot of confusion I had regarding how they're set up and work :)

[@korzer]

They are good if you set them up properly do some research, take advantage of the vast amount of free information from experienced people.. Moisture level and temp are important.. I think this setup had a good chance to fail with the layer of dry cardboard at the bottom, lack of moisture in the bedding and low temp, most worms would most likely die or try to escape.

[@fill_benit3929]

Hi, happy that my video could answer some of your questions. Its working out very well thank you. Worms are happy and reproducing well, and doing their thing with the kitchen waste. I took pictures at certain points to do updates but never got around to doing them. If there is interest I'm happy to do some more videos.

[@daxapanchal9959]

Do you still have that worm farm working and what’s been the biggest learning curve?