Comments on: Done With Worm Composting

By: Mike Lieberman

Mike Lieberman — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0000

I might have to start neglecting them too.

By: Adam Brockett

Adam Brockett — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:48:00 +0000

My worms kept dying off too so, in frustration, I stuck my compost bin outside and forgot about it. When I remembered it two months later, it was thriving with worms. Six months later they’re doing fabulous, so every now and then I throw a little something more in there for them and rarely disturb the soil (which is a huge temptation to check in on them. I’m going off of the principle that neglect is the key, which is serving me well.

By: Mike Lieberman

Mike Lieberman — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:12:00 +0000

Hahaha. Thanks. I hit him up.

By: Sandieanne

Sandieanne — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:12:00 +0000

I have worms in clear plastic containers and they do fine! It is better to have an opaque bin because they don’t like the light but they did fine in the clear plastic containers from lettuce and spinach at Whole Foods. I would put my finished worm compost in those containers and leave it there for months. I never put the lid on tightly because they need oxygen. Invariably the worms that I missed after separating the compost and the cocoons produced many more worms. They thrived in there until I used the compost in my garden.

By: Mike Lieberman

Mike Lieberman — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:37:00 +0000

I’ve never experienced the smell. Guess I shouldn’t be complaining about that..

By: Cjlucke

Cjlucke — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:45:00 +0000

And they smell to high heaven when they die!

By: Mike Lieberman

Mike Lieberman — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:50:00 +0000

Unfortunately, what’s up with that? I’ve since started to use a Worm Factory 360 with much more success. I don’t think it is the light color and I know others who have used completely opaque bins without a problem.

By: Scott Edward

Scott Edward — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:05:00 +0000

I’m no Vermiculturalist at all but I’ve been trying to get some useful info on indoor composting and unfortunately I stumbled upon your page. I noticed you are using a transparent container and I would guess that this is probably the reason why they are crawling around the kitchen.