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Worms are Mother Nature’s unique natural recyclers. By putting worms to work in

your very own, easy-care farm, you will be converting your food waste into nutrient

rich, 100% organic fertiliser that your potted plants, garden and vegetables will love.

These generic instructions will allow you to harvest the power of composting worms.

You can personally become a part of the revolution to reduce landfill and Greenhouse

Gases by recycling your food scraps.

Tumbleweed Worm Farms are user-friendly and can be left on a balcony or in a

laundry for apartment dwellers, in a shed or in a shaded location for those with a

yard. It is important that you place them somewhere that avoids afternoon sun. Put

yours somewhere convenient so that it makes it easy for you to use.

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Worm Farming Guide

Introduction

What happens to food & Garden Scraps in Landfill?

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Worm Farming Guide Introduction Worms are Mother Nature’s unique natural recyclers. By putting worms to work in your very own, easy-care farm, you will be converting your food waste into nutrient rich, 100% organic fertiliser that your potted plants, garden and vegetables will love. These generic instructions will allow you to harvest the power of composting worms. You can personally become a part of the revolution to reduce landfill and Greenhouse Gases by recycling your food scraps.
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Worm Farming Guide Which Worms Are For You? There are thousands of species of earthworms worldwide, all of which feed on some form of organic matter but their preferences and habitats differ. Worms can be divided into two broad categories depending on those preferences: Composters: There are less species of these, mainly ‘Tigers’, ‘Reds’ and ‘Dendras’.
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Worm Farming Guide Which Worms Are For You? 5. Spread your worms (minimum of 1000 composting worms) on top of the bedding, and cover with a Tumbleweed Worm Blanket. Now fit the lid and let the worms settle in for one or two days. This is the worms ‘home’ tray. Feed your worms in this tray first (refer to “Feeding Your Worm Farm” below). 6. It will take 3 - 6 months for this 1st working tray to become full.
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Worm Farming Guide Feeding Your Worm Farm 1. Feed your worms only as much as they can eat. Maintain no more than 2cm of food over half the surface of the Working Tray. If your worm farm goes smelly you are most likely overfeeding your worms. If smelly, stop feeding for a few days, and scratch and gently aerate the top 50 - 60 mm of materials with a small pointed tool or piece of wood. 2. Chop up food scraps as small as possible before feeding to worms. 3. Place food under the Tumbleweed Worm Blanket.
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Worm Farming Guide Worm Menu As a guide worms will eat anything that was once living. This includes: - Left over vegetable scraps, fruit and vegetable peelings Tea leaves/bags and coffee grounds Vacuum cleaner dust or hair clippings (also animal) Torn up newspapers, egg and milk or soaked pizza cartons Crushed egg shells (These will help with the pH balance) The greater the variety of material you use, the better the castings will be.
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Worm Farming Guide My Worm Farm Is Full 1. Lift off the top Working Trays. Note: If you have a worm farm with only one working tray, when it is full, you will need to move the top 50-60mm of the surface material from one side, across to the other side, and then remove some of the rich black worm castings from lower down in the tray. Then level out the materials still left in the working tray, (should be only about half full now as you have removed some of the bottom worm castings).
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Worm Farming Guide Worm Castings and Worm Tea Worm castings and their accompanying liquid fertiliser (Worm Tea) are wonderful additives to any garden. You will see exceptional results in the color, quality and quantity of all your fruit, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants. Castings are interesting in that they can be used pure as organic fertiliser or as an additive for your own favorite potting mix. You cannot harm any of your plants by using worm castings regularly in small amounts.
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Worm Farming Guide Worm Tea Worm Tea is a nutritious tonic at any time and its really helpful when your veggies and plants are flowering or fruit is ripening. Rich worm tea also supports diseased and stressed plants, protects them against insects and even helps establish young plants (over two weeks old).