2000 Compost Worms

Description

Also known as manure worm, redworm, tiger worm, red wiggler worm, and others, is a species of earthworm adapted to decaying organic material. Worms like rotting vegetation, compost, and manure.

Red wigglers have a reddish-brown body with small rings around it and a yellowish tail. They have groups of bristles (called setae) on each segment that move in and out to grip nearby surfaces as the worms stretch and contract their muscles to push themselves forward or backward.

Red tigers consume food waste as well as other organic materials such as leaves and paper. Their byproducts, known as castings and liquid tea, are collected and used as fertiliser in your garden, ideal for worm farms, but they can also be found in the garden. Worms only consume dead and decaying matter; they do not consume living plants. They don't have teeth or jaws to chomp on your root vegetables.