Worm farms are of great interest to a lot of people and you may be one of the many people out there who is interested in starting up their very own worm farm. There are people all around the world who have their own worm farm, most who have it for the purpose of breeding worms to use as bait. There are certain worm farm problems that you may experience but there is a solution for each so you can help your worms and keep them from dying. Of course just as with anything else there are certain problems that can arise when you are raising a worm farm but there are ways to deal with them.
Often times with worm farms the worms are not eating enough and this is nothing big to get alarmed about. If you find that you are feeding them once or twice a week as you are supposed to and that they do not seem to take an interest in the food, it could just be that you are feeding them the wrong things. They prefer feeding on things like vacuum cleaner dust, teabags and coffee grounds. You may have heard the wrong things somewhere and started to feed worms the wrong foods but now you know what they like and what they do not like so you can solve the problem.
If you notice there is rotting food in your worm farm which is another quite common problem, chances are that you are putting in too much food for the number of worms in your farm. You have to consider how small worms are so you may be putting too much food in at a time. Try feeding a bit less and if that is all eaten up you can add a bit more in and then continue with this until you have found the proper balance. Rotting food can make a foul smell and can potentially make the worms sick as well or even kill them.
If the worms are climbing up the sides of the container or they look as though they are fat and pale you probably have too much water in the container. The worms are trying to get away from the water so they do not drown so you need to deal with this problem immediately. This problem is also very simple to deal with. Dry leaves and paper products added into the bedding will help soak up water and keep your worms safe.
If the worms were looking plump before you will want to watch and make sure they go back to the normal size. It can take quite a bit of time and effort to take proper care of a worm farm. You need to keep the worm farm from becoming overpopulated and also check regularly to see that the worms look healthy. Put a little TLC into it and you can have a striving worm farm. The advice above was given by an owner of pet shops in Wellington who got the information from the Internet. He’s also dealing with Wellington flowers and garden supplies.
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