Worm Composting

I get asked many times a month, how much food I should feed my red wiggler worms as well as African and European nightcrawlers. There are many variables which come into play, hence each environment is different.

I have received numerous emails where folks have had worms trying to escape from their worm bins, first thing is to check a few things such as temperature, pH and moisture levels of your worm bin.

If you look at the picture of the worm cocoons below, you will notice they show similarity to a tomato seed. The lighter colored ones are the newest cocoons to be laid, while the darker colored ones are maturing and getting closer to hatch.

To get the answer we need a basic understanding of how composting actually works.

Composting is actually trying to stabilize unstable organic matter and storing the nutrients for immediate or future use.