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marcia638

All my worms died!

18 years ago

Hi, I have a rubbermaid worm bin with holes drilled in the sides, and I put shredded newspaper on the bottom, added some soil and vegetable waste, a pound or so of worms along with the compost they had been living in, and have been adding vegetable waste as per all the instructions I have read. I started about 4 to 6 weeks ago. In the beginning the box got very damp inside with moisture forming on the walls, and some worms started crawling out, so I cracked the lid open an inch, and left it that way. The sides didn't get moist again. Still some worms crawled out, but not as many. The waste in the bottom became very wet and sludge like (I didn't have any drain holes in the bin, and many instructions say the drain holes are not necessary). It seemed like the worm population was growing smaller, but I couldn't be sure. However, I didn't see any worms at all today.

I'm very discouraged, because I feel I was doing everything "by the book" and have had many people people say how easy it is...just add garbage and let the worms do the work. Not so for me, and I'm not sure what to do differently next time (except to add drain holes, which may or may not be necessary).

Anyone else had this problem, or have a solution?

Thanks!

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