worm bins & earwigs
I'm new to using a worm bin. I am using a 30 gallon rubbermaid
container. I drilled holes in the sides and bottom for aeration and drainage. It is currently sitting on the ground outside in a shady place. It is about half full of damp newspaper, compost from my compost pile, and new weeds, veggie peels, and crushed eggshells. I went out to see how the little worms are doing today and found the bin teeming with earwigs, a few centipedes, and the worms are there, too. But there aren't near as many worms as earwigs. I know earwigs eat dead and dying matter, too. So my question is: Is it bad for the worms to have the other animal life in there too? If so, what can I do about it? On a side note, I live in Idaho, and was amazed that so few people had heard of worm bins. I called several nurseries and home & garden stores to see if I could buy red worms locally, and none of them knew what red worms were. I ended up ordering them online. What I recieved were skinny frail looking worms. I was afraid none would survive. They have since fattened up a little, and look much more healthy. |
worm bins & earwigs
I've heard of using nematodes to control earwigs in wormbins.
Check out... http://www.happydranch.com/invertebrates.html and you might want to ask the question in the forum at http://www.wormdigest.org/forum/index.cgi Mark. "tmtresh" wrote in message om... I'm new to using a worm bin. I am using a 30 gallon rubbermaid container. I drilled holes in the sides and bottom for aeration and drainage. It is currently sitting on the ground outside in a shady place. It is about half full of damp newspaper, compost from my compost pile, and new weeds, veggie peels, and crushed eggshells. I went out to see how the little worms are doing today and found the bin teeming with earwigs, a few centipedes, and the worms are there, too. But there aren't near as many worms as earwigs. I know earwigs eat dead and dying matter, too. So my question is: Is it bad for the worms to have the other animal life in there too? If so, what can I do about it? On a side note, I live in Idaho, and was amazed that so few people had heard of worm bins. I called several nurseries and home & garden stores to see if I could buy red worms locally, and none of them knew what red worms were. I ended up ordering them online. What I recieved were skinny frail looking worms. I was afraid none would survive. They have since fattened up a little, and look much more healthy. |
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