why does my worms crawl out of the worm farm?
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worm farm recordings – ypsilanti, mich. – april 28, 2007
Question by Jake: why does my worms crawl out of the worm farm?
i cant keep my worms in the soil all they want to do is crawl out of the tub or go into the newspaper the don’t like the soil. the soil is paper shreds peat and sheep and dirt from out side. i was wondering if anyone can help.
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3 Responses to why does my worms crawl out of the worm farm?
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Red compost worms are not earthworms. They live ON soil, not IN soil. They’re “litter worms” that live between the soil and layers of organic matter on the surface. Piles of leaves, grass stalks, cow pies, anywhere there’s organic matter.
If the worms are crawling out of your tub, the conditions are not right for them in the tub. It’s either too acidic, too salty, too hot, or there’s something toxic in there that’s driving them away. For worm composting, you shouldn’t use more than a handful of soil in the bedding mixture. It’s there mostly to inoculate the bin with bacteria and fungi and to provide grit, which the worms use inside a muscular crop to grind their food. Peat is too acidic for worm bins, and worms hate acidic or salty conditions. Sheep manure should be used only in small quantities, if at all. It has too much nitrogen and will heat up the bin, and it may be too salty.
For information on setting up and troubleshooting problems in a worm composting system, see
http://www.grow-it-organically.com/worm-composting-system.html
FarmCzar
November 22, 2011 at 12:14 am
no ive got a phobia errrrrrrrrrrr
nicky loves perry
November 22, 2011 at 12:47 am
I agree with FarmCzar
Conditions are not right for your ‘pets’.
Read up on worm farming.
Susi C
November 22, 2011 at 1:09 am