Why carry water to the sea when you can also have your G.F.T. in the garden processed on the spot by compost worms.
Length: 48.5 cm
Diameter: 14 cm
What is a compost tube?
The Compost Tube is a round earthenware container measuring up to 48.5 inches long and in diameter and 14 inches high. You place the Compost Tube in the garden in areas where the plants could use a little something extra.
Instructions for use
Find a spot in the garden or vegetable garden that does not get sun all day. Dig a hole in which the Compost tube fits and sticks out about 3 cm. The holes should be at least below ground level. Put a few handfuls of dry leaves or growing soil in the compost tube. Add water to make everything nice and moist. For a flying start you can add compost worms 250 grams is enough. Put the lid on and you are start ready.
How much can the compost tube handle?
This depends on the biodiversity in the beds and how many worms are in the garden. The healthier the garden the faster the process will go. Temperature is also an influence. Typically a 2-3 person household can keep filling the Compost Tube.
Benefits
The Compost Tube works very easily: If you keep feeding the tube regularly more and more worms will come to it. You don't have to deal with green, brown carbon-rich and nitrogen-rich material. The Compost Tube is very forgiving. Should the worms not like it in the tube they have the freedom to go into the garden and come back at a later time.
No nasty smells or mess with harvesting the worm manure: Because everything takes place inside the Compost Tube, you never have to harvest worm manure or sift out worms. If you want your worm manure in another place. Then you like to put in the compost tube in a new spot.
No plastic in the garden: No plastic is better for the environment in our opinion This is a perfect replacement for the plastic tubes offered as far as we are concerned.
You make your own plant food. With worm manure you feed the soil which allows plants to get their nutrition from the soil better. This gives strong plants that can withstand drought better and have less disease problems.
The bottom is closed: This ensures that no other unwanted animals can get to the organic waste.
