I’m pleased to announce that, after eight weeks, we have worm juice!” I bet that nobody’s ever written that in a blog before. Anyway, there is quite a lot of leachate and it’s come just in time to feed the greedy tomato plants in my greenhouse. The coffee coloured liquid doesn’t smell of anything and needs to be diluted 10:1 before using as a liquid feed. Apparently, it’s high in potassium, phosphorous and nitrogen and also contains essential minerals and trace elements. Now that the wormery is producing leachate, it’s important not to let the sump liquid level rise too high. I’ll drain it off every week or so, otherwise the workers might drown. This week I’ve added another handful of lime mix to regulate acidity. I’ve mixed up the composting material and there are plenty of worms visible. I’ve noticed a number of small white flies inside the lid; I’m no expert but they look like, well, whitefly. After a trawl through the Internet it seems that it’s a common problem, along with fruit fly infestation. Nobody seems to have a definitive answer so I’ll just have to live with it for now, unless anyone reading this can suggest a solution?
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