Hi, My pot plants have all apparently been infected with a virus. They have pale mottled patches on most of their leaves. I put a couple of plants out and within a few days they too had it. I've heard that leafhoppers can cause similar symptoms, but can't find any details on treatment for them. If i...

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...a quick bit of advice on teabags. I squeeze mine in my fist to get as much mositure out as possible. I then rip them open before putting them in the COW. That way the worms can get straight in without waiting for the paper to disintegrate. ...and also... when I have time, I whizz food up in a ble...

Worms are natural explorers, so there will always be a few up in the lid or down in the sump. As long as you check regularly for liquid (which will stop them being able to crawl back into the main chambers) they'll be fine down there. They crawl up the cone in the centre to get back into the food ar...

When I bought my COW complete with bedding material, I started to feed them straight away. Initially the worms eat the bedding material, but soon start to eat the food too. Basically, put a few handfuls of food in, and once you see them crawling over the food and leaving worm casts (poo) then you kn...

Well, the smell when I emptied a bucket of brown liquid full of 200 dead worms was horrendous! Everytime I open the back door I still get a waft of it! On a technical note, I'm ready to harvest my first lot of compost (or at least see if it's ready to be harvested). I want to lift tier 2 off, then t...

Thanks for all the tips. Chantal, what was your nozzle blocked with? (sorry for the personal question ) I actually bought my can o worms and my bokashi bins from Wiggly Wigglers. They said it would be fine to put bokashi-fermented food in the wormery. I wanted to do that because I had far too much &...

Hi everyone, this is my first post and it has come at a time of need! I have a concrete parking space, but no garden, so I've been using a Can o Worms. I'll summarise how I've used it so far, then explain the problem. I bought it in November and put the worms in, then gradually filled the first tier...