I have some mold (pics above, the mold in the first pic originally looked like a hairy beard) in my worm composter. I definitely have two few worms for the amount of food I put in, so partly the issue overfeeding. I have two questions here:

1. Is this safe to keep in the house? It’s quite cold where I live, so putting these worms outside isn’t an option.

2. Is this normal? Will there pretty much always be mold in a bin, even if I’m not overfeeding?

So wondering how many yall started with before you realized what it was all about ;) One day about November last year a box shows up with 5k worms and yeah I’m always traveling for extended periods of time, still hoping I could have a nice set up so if I come back thru every month or so ttheyll be good…

So I transfer them to a tote while I planned where to build the greenhouse/new compost

I figured cause it’s been in 30s I’d use cococoir n not worry bought the collection of castings

Well I’m not happy with what’s going on.

Possibly some you experts in here could give a new wormer some top notch advice on long last wiggle mango party’s ;)

I’ve had my worm been functioning for about six months, and I feel like it’s generally always a little too moist. What is everyone’s best advice to drying it out a little bit. During this fall, I was able to add a lot of dried leaves, but now in the winter (I live in Michigan.) What would people suggest for me to add into the bin to dry it up a little bit!

Took an whole mango and put it in my freezer. Let it defrost and added it without cutting it up to my worm bin. After a couple of days I noticed there wasn’t much worm activity probably due to the mango-skin so I tore a hole in it. A couple of days later the mango is really softened so I flipped it. Looking forward to creating a worm party. I’ll keep you updated!

I know basically the entire internet says not to feed onions to your worms.

I would like to get worms, and in my household we eat many onions.

I would guess that the acidity and strongly aromatic oils keep the worms at bay, like when you bite into an onion yourself. However, onions that have had vegetable stock made from them taste absolutely fine, very mild and quite sweet.

If I were to collect my onion scraps and boil them in some water for a period until they are nice and mushy, then use the water for the garden (maybe some pest-repellant qualities around carrots and the like??), do you think I could feed the onion scraps to my prospective worms?

I ordered some baby chicks months ago and they were delivered in the middle of a blizzard. I have them in the basement right next to my worm farm. I am using recycled coffee ground bedding in the brooder. Do you think I could just transfer the soiled bedding into my trays?

So I already ordered a "Vermibag mini", and the Urban Worm Company "Worm success bundle", that bundle brings coco coir, worm castings, worm chow, and a thermometer, I felt like this bundle was a simple beginner friendly start to bedding. I plan on placing my Vermibag under my carport so that it could be outside under a roof, and not inside my scorching hot laundry room where the summer temps would for sure kill the worms. I think for my first time ordering worms I am going to order the African night crawlers cause they seem to be in the middle of red wigglers and ENC in size, and from what I read they can tolerate heat better than the ENC, I really wanted to raise the ENC's for fishing but I think the African worms will be the better choice for our temps down here. I am still waiting on the UWC bundle to come in to start making the bedding.

My question is, is anybody here from South Florida with experience in raising worms with our type of weather? If so, would you have any tips you can share, like have you had any issues with our winters and hot summers with ANC's and how did they handle it?

Also, has anybody found ANC worms just as productive as Canadian night crawlers for fishing? I understand this is a vermiculture sub and not a fishing sub, but I thought I'd ask.

Edit: zone 10b, Hollywood florida.

I went outside to check on the bin, but didn’t notice much progress on the bottom layer?

Hey all fairly new to this but I decided I want to raise Canadian night crawlers for fishing(ik they aren’t the easiest to raise or the best for composting). I do live up north so I don’t think temperature is a problem I’ve been keeping them at around 40-55*f. I just checked up on them I had some moisture/dew on the inside of my tote wallls and a good amount of the worms are about 2” below the surface. My question is do I have too much moisture? I added a few more vent holes throughout, but I’m also thinking the soil might be not loose enough. It’s hard saying though as they were congregated under a banana peel and could’ve been eating? I’ve had them for a little over a month now, they seem to be doing well but any insight is greatly appreciated!

Hi I am absolutely brand new to worm composting and I would love to compost with European Nightcrawlers. Not only to get rid of my extra food waste but also as a source of fishing bait which is why I would love to use night crawlers rather than something a little more common for shallow composting like red wigglers. I live in Colorado, so the climate is a little colder but I would be composting indoors. Are European Nightcrawlers a good choice for composting with something like a couple 5 gallon buckets?

So I noticed this chunky euro on the surface of my bin when I opened it today and noticed this one wasn't in a hurry to burrow or get away at all. So I figured something was wrong with it and sure enough it's head was somewhat stiff and there's a bloated almost transparent part of his body that is much more noticeable when the worm was stretched more. I've only ever seen something exactly like this once before and that was a wild common-nightcrawler that I found in a pool of water (also on my post history). The obvious answer I'm going to hear is protein poisoning but I feel like this might be something different as I feed my euros ALOT of eggshells, it's thier favorite food.

any tips/advice? 20 y/o gals living in an apartment complex, in college full time. i love my worms 🪱

• should my soil be wet majority of the time? i’m too afraid to drown them, but i did see that they would come up for air if i were to possibly do that?
• do they really like just about anything, other than potatoes?
• would i potentially be able to let them live outside in the warmer temperatures between 65°-75°?
• when do i changed the soil and how many layers can we possibly do?

thank you guys in advance! we just want to rock this out and learn. 💕🪱

Got some worms from a colleague over the holidays. Goal is to make a bathtub worm farm on my little farm in spring. Now they live in my kitchen. Happy with how.they are doing. Just wanted to share.

Worms and mites living in perfect harmony. ;)

In between normal feedings I added some leftover cantaloupe on the surface. A couple days later the mites had a population explosion. I've seen them before but never like this.

I wonder if it's just that I've never noticed them because I normally bury food scraps or if they just like the cantaloupe.

Hey I have red wrigglers and then tigers and I'm wondering if I bury the food or simply place it on top

Hi all,

Please remove if not allowed!

However, I am having some major life changes (planning a move and having twins 🥳!), so am in the process of downsizing my house. I currently have a three active tote bin system with a bottom tote to catch the excess drainage that I have been neglecting for months. I checked, and I still have my wormies in there, but I do not see me managing or moving this bin once the babies come.

Is there anyone in the Colorado Springs area looking for a bin to adopt or someone wanting an extra bin that needs some attention? If so, please send me a message and I'll happily arrange a pickup or meet up! I'd rather give them away than continue neglecting them!

Looks like Purina spun off it's exotic feeds and what was Purina Worm Chow is now called Mazuri Earthworm Diet. Anyone else using this? My problem is getting it. I have been waiting 3 weeks for it to be delivered to my Purina dealer. I waited 3 weeks last time I ordered it. Is anyone else having this problem? I am wondering if it is the dealer or Mazuri not getting the job done.

Just found a pile of these in my bin this morning on a piece of lettuce and have never seen them before. I’m looking for an ID, but also wondering if it’s a friend or foe, and, management practices if it’s a foe. I’m leaning towards something in Erotylidae or Nitidulidae.

Thanks!

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I made a breeding rack for Euros with a friend a while back (right side of pic), and I'm having trouble figuring ways to reliably control the temps for optimal reproduction, especially in the hot 100+ degree summers. My thought was to invest in a window AC, and enclose the whole setup to keep the cool air in, but I would still need a system to keep them warm in the winter that wouldn't potentially burn the shed down (300 sq ft uninsulated). The goal is to keep up production year round.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Note: The bin on the left has red wigglers, and I can just chuck ice or heating mats on the top since the whole bin is in one piece (don't question the osb lol)

I’ve read that it’s successful. I’ve started it (4 week old Bokashi compost slowly adding to Peet moss/ straw/ etc. also adding finely finely crushed up egg shells.

So far there not all engulfing it like rotten banana treats haha. But a few seem to eat it.

I am putting ice blocks in my worm bins as we are getting hot days and they are outside. But it makes me wonder, when is a day hot. I was thinking 30 degrees, but maybe that is too hot.

I am working on doing a worm tower project with the cub scouts, We are planning to use 3 buckets, two with holes that can be swapped out, and one to catch any liquid. The materials list is straight forward, and I've got good details on the green/brown mix as well as bedding, grit and moisture control. The thing that I have had a hard time figuring out is a simple schedule for the kids to follow.

When should the scouts expect to need to cycle the buckets and collect the castings? I wanted to give them a simple printout to help guide them for the first few cycles.