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[Pedro1962]

Hoping that someone can help.

 

I've had a wormery for a couple of years now and wouldn't be without it.

 

I need to re-stock on lime mix and don't want to pay some of the extortionate P&P from online outlets.

 

Does anyone know where I can pick some up over the counter in north London or Herts?

 

Better still, how would one go about making a lime mix?

[Olly]

I don't have a wormery but my friend mentioned that they need a bit of lime, so I gave her some of the garden lime that I use in the chicken-run, and she just added a sprinkling of this to her wormery.

 

What is it mixed with? Could you just add garden lime? Her worms are still alive and wriggling, as far as I know!

[majorbloodnock]

The lime's only calcium to counteract the acidity of some likely compost ingredients (such as orange or lemon peel). However, you've got a ready supply of calcium to hand in the form of egg shells. Pop some of them in once in a while and save your money, I'd say.

[The Dogmother]

I've never used lime as such in mine, but they get the odd sprinkle of Bokashi Bran and baked, crushed eggshells.

[Pedro1962]

Many thanks.

 

I had read on another forum NOT to use garden lime as it was too strong and would burn the worms.

 

As my is arriving in less than a week, I will soon hopefully have a plentiful supply of egg-shells. Sorry to be dim, but how long and at what temperature do you bake the shells?

 

Bokashi bran is on order as well.

 

Apparently, a sprinkling of DE is good for controlling any flies in the wormery too.

 

Funny how this all seems to inter-connect...

[The Dogmother]

I wash the eggshells after breaking them, bake them for 20 mins (or while dinner cooks) and then pulverise them in the liquidiser.