Worms are decreasing/dying
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:48 pm
I’ve had my wormery for around 3 years, it’s the bottom layer with tap and the worms in the upper tray. A lot of worms always go down to the bottom tray where the water goes, along with compost (not sure that should drop through).
Over the past few weeks the number of worms have decreased dramatically though there are tiny baby ones in there. I can’t understand what I’m doing differently or wrong though they’re hardly eating anything. I put in small bits of kitchen waste (vegetables, egg shells, a little tea leaves). It looks like I might lose them all as they seem pretty lifeless in comparison to previous.
It seems damp and if dry I add damp cardboard or newspaper torn up small.
I never get worm tea in the lower tray but a very damp, sometimes wet rich compost which is only enough to have been emptied once. I used to move worms that made there way down there back to the food tray but stopped doing that now in case it’s harming or worsening the situation. Any ideas?
Over the past few weeks the number of worms have decreased dramatically though there are tiny baby ones in there. I can’t understand what I’m doing differently or wrong though they’re hardly eating anything. I put in small bits of kitchen waste (vegetables, egg shells, a little tea leaves). It looks like I might lose them all as they seem pretty lifeless in comparison to previous.
It seems damp and if dry I add damp cardboard or newspaper torn up small.
I never get worm tea in the lower tray but a very damp, sometimes wet rich compost which is only enough to have been emptied once. I used to move worms that made there way down there back to the food tray but stopped doing that now in case it’s harming or worsening the situation. Any ideas?
