Comments on: 5-14-07, Trouble in Wormville

By: Douglas Farah

Douglas Farah — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:14:47 +0000

I lost a lot of worms due to too much moisture. I cleaned the bin, kept the worms that were still alive, added some fresh ones, and began again. The thing is that there are now a large number of baby worms, but very few adults. The bin does not smell, there is some worm tea produced, and they are active. But there are almost no adults. The babies have been there but barely seem to be growing. There is a great deal of compost ready to be emptied, but I can’t get the babies out of the compost to empty it. Any ideas?

By: christy

christy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:43:06 +0000

Hi,
I’ve got millions of microscopic reddish moving things in my worm bin. I’m not sure if they are good or bad. If they’re bad how can I get rid of them? If they are good, what are they?

thank you,
Christy

By: Jeanne M Kliejunas

Jeanne M Kliejunas — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:30:06 +0000

I’ve been finding small black flies in with my worm mixture. This has been happening for the past 6 months. I used to have some fruit flies, but these black flies are miniatures of black flies found outside. What causes this and how can I remedy the infestation?
Thank you!

By: Jase

Jase — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:05:03 +0000

Howdy. One option to consider to help avoid excess moisture is to use worm bins made of wood. Wood breathes better than plastic, and also absorbs excess moisture. I think it’s pretty much impossible to “drown” a worm colony in a wooden bin.

I recently posted photos/descriptions of the wooden worm bins I use for my compost worms on my blog:
http://vermontworms.com/red-wiggler-compost-worm-bin/

Haven’t read through the rest of your stuff yet — looking forward to seeing how you dealt with the moisture/escape problem.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:06:05 +0000

To foil fruit flies the worm experts in the SF Bay Area recommend freezing food scraps before adding them to the worm bin. Apparently this kills off the fruit flies.