Important things you should know about worm bin
- Worms like moist, dark cool environment (store room, basement, garage)
- Never flood the worm bin. Water will drown the worms or they will try to escape.
- Drill enough holes evenly to drain water. Don't worry, worms will not escape through the hole.
- Never be too dry either.
- The food scraps are usually wet so you only sprinkle water on the bin once a week
- Worms like neutral environment. Food scraps are usually acidic until bacteria or fungus break them up.
- Worms do not have teeth. Creatures like wood lice, soldier fly larvae and fruit fly larvae are good friends.
- Cover the bin. Cats, lizard, bird and etc love worm bins.
- Never over feed!!
- Mixture of fruits, veges, grass, newspaper and etc. Other words BALANCE DIET.
- Don't give greasy food, salty food and meat.
- Since they don't have teeth, worms needs some fine sand to grind the food. Add some clean sand.