Composting worms a danger to UK's indeginous species?

[Doggymix]

Hi,

A friend recently told me that Tiger worms and other composting worms can cause problems for the UK's indeginous commonal garden species. Is that correct? I see you calrify exactly what a Tiger worm is but are the worms you guys advise indeginous to the UK? I'm just about to set up my wormery and could do with being able to tackle such questions at the allotment!

Many thanks

[NigelB]

Hi Doggymix
You may think that the following post is what you would expect from the company selling the worms but I assure you this is correct!

I was surprised to read about your friends comments, all the worms sold by Worms Direct and all other companies in the UK (that I am aware of) are all indiginous species and have lived together since time began! Tiger worms are indiginous, Dendrobaena are indiginous, Lumbricus terrestris are indiginous and all can be found living together all over the northern hemisphere! I suspect that your friends identification of worms has got muddled somewhere along the way or the information she/he has is incorrect, this does highlight the dangers of repeating incorrect information, anyhow - no problems.
If you or your friend need further clarification, please come back but preferably with latin names of the worms in question as it is usually using common names that causes confusion. I hope this has answered your question and put your mind at rest,

Regards, Nigel.

[Doggymix]

That's excellent, thanks very much. I'll go and subtly set him straight...and go and buy some worms!

[Arnold60]

A Wormery is a box system that contains composting worms that love to munch away on kitchen wastes. The bi-products produced consist of worm castings (worm poo or vermicompost) and Leachate (liquid fertilizer) these are excellent feeds for your indoor and outdoor plants.

Worm composting is an easy, convenient, environmentally-friendly and efficient way of turning your waste kitchen scraps into high quality super-rich compost all the year round. The compost, the worms produce, can be mixed into the soil when introducing new plants in the garden, added to houseplants and containers or used a top dressing (mulch)
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