Hi, "They Say" that worms eat half thier weight every day. But this is in perfect conditions. Wormaries will not do this in the first couple of weeks, may not do this in the first couple of months. Overfeeding is the worst thing you can do. I had to bin my first wormery for that reason.

Don't go off statistics. I would try to take out all of your kitchen scraps that you have put in. Make sure you do not take out any worms or worm eggs. Just put a handful of scraps in at a time. wait until the previous handful has nearly gone before adding more. Try and put in a handfull of shredded paper, either newspaper or shredded junk mail in every couple of times you feed.

let your scraps decompose for a bit before putting the in. What I do is have a container in you kitchen for a week filling up. then put it in the frezzer for a week (to kill fly eggs) then leave it in the garage for a week( all with the lid on tight) and then on the third week put it in the wormary.

Paul

Yes I would say you are feeding too much. That is the number one thing that usually happens to new worm bin farmers. The key is to wait until almost all the the previous meal is gone before feeding again. Oh, and the worms will eat bedding as well. Or as you mentioned the worms actually slurp up the bacteria that is growing/feeding on the food and bedding.

Just give your worms a little patients. They just had to get used to a new home and wait for the bacteria to get to work on the new bedding and food scraps. Just make sure the bedding isn't too wet or too dry. The other problem most new to worm farming run into is that things get way too wet and stinky. Food scraps add a lot of moisture to the bin. Worms only need things as moist as a wrung out sponge.