In article , jmsmith2011
@hotmail.co.uk says...

On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:58:23 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , jmsmith2011
says...

On 4 Apr 2012 10:02:18 GMT, "AL_n" wrote:

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I gather that the commercially-sold wormeries are designed to produce
liquid fertilizer, and not much else. Is that correct?

Al


No this is no true.

The worms eat the vegetation and produce the "compost".

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Worms can eat up to half their own body weight every day and can double their
population every 60-90 days. If you start your wormery with 1 kilo of mature
worms they will consume up to 500g of food waste per day*. After a few months
you should have double your population and you can feed them more. As you
become familiar with your system you will learn their rate of food consumption.
* This is dependant on the time of year, and how long your wormery has been
running

as an approximate guideline a 75 litre wormery should be able to manage 2 - 3
kilos of food per week.

This is dependant on the season and how long your wormery has been running for

http://www.wormcity.co.uk/wormfaq.ht...erywillcompost
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You appear to have confused the amount worms consume, with the amount of
compost worms produce.


Apologies for the confusion - I was basing it on my experience of about ten
years using a wormery.

So what volume/weight of compost does your wormery produce in an average
year?
Feel free to express it in barrow loads if you don't know the tonnage :-)

Janet