Yes, in the article for Raising Fishing Worms I did raise African and European nightcrawlers as well as other worms. For the beginner you may wish to raise one or the other as the African nightcrawlers prefer a drier medium (30% moisture) while European nightcrawlers prefer 60% to 70% moisture.

Being I raised several types of worms I had to go on the drier side however had success doing so.

Bruce

The pH is off and would recommend making a new bed from scratch. The bedding should be about 6.5 on your pH scale. The temperature is what most likely got them if they all died overnight….

Bruce

I was wrong in the earlier post. Don’t know why I said that. It is almost always 7.5. I started going back to the Ozarka machine water which brings it to about 7 now but I want to bring it down ideally to 6.5. I am going to have to use Sulfur to adjust the soil with some of my more acidic plants so I was wondering if dusting Sulfur could be used in the worm beds to lower the ph since I can’t seem to get a hold of some wood ash?

chuck

To be honest you are close to the ballpark and the fact is if you allow it to sit overnight I’ll bet you are right in the strike zone. Chlorine has away of attaching itself to other molecules faster than most… something I found out the hard way when I burnt my arm last year… In short, recheck the pH 24 to 48 hours later and most likely you will find you are all set.

Bruce

Any strong smelling product added to a worm bin will cause the worms to try and run. Secondly, citric acid is just that… an acidic base which will raise the acid levels in the worm bin on top of chasing your worms.

Bruce

chuck

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First try reducing the Alfalfa seeds. This might be a problem with pH but also very high in protein which will affect worms as they are protein sensitive, especially the African nightcrawlers.

You could add some damp sphagnum peat moss as this comes a little on the acidic level as well as continue with the coffee grounds.

Bruce