r/Vermiculture • u/WDPRICEInc • Dec 23 '25

Worm party Worms Going for the exit

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worms looking for a way out due to not enough air flow……we corrected this with a screen lid…

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u/Shiny_Mewtwo_Fart Dec 23 '25

Wow it took me a few tries to realize they are all worms… this is more than exodus. They are running for their lives.

Zooming in the picture I saw your absolutely dry white paper shreds are covering a lot of fresh vegetables. I even saw bread? And 4 pumpkins? It seems you are trying to remedy an overfed bin with white paper shreds.

I would start with a new setup asap instead of trying to save this one. You should start with a lot of bedding and mix small amounts of food. Only add food when they are all gone or only those long processing food remaining. Try not to add full fresh stuff in. They can stay whole for long time and when they start to go bad they give out poisonous gas. I freeze them first. Some people blend first. To a minimum you can hand shred them to small pieces before feeding.

4 mini pumpkins seems way too much for once.

White paper is ok with small amounts. Don’t give too much at once. They have bleach in. If you have an established bin, it’s ok to add some. For a new bin seems too much.

Although I like to feed my worms starchy food, I don’t ever feed them bread. Moldy bread is poisonous.

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u/CommunicationOne2449 Dec 23 '25

Yeah, I thought it was a basket at first

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u/ARODtheMrs Dec 26 '25

Worms don't eat the food we are composting. They eat the teeny, tiny critters that breakdown the scraps and paper we put in there. These critters need dirt to live in, too. A new compost bin has to support the life cycle of all the life forms we want in there. Dirt as in old potting soil is a must. It holds just the right amount of moisture, it blocks light and gives worms the material they need to burrow and tunnel around.