Comments on: Little White Worm Eggs?

By: Kalin Scott

Kalin Scott — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:43:48 +0000

Raise the pH in your bin. White worms and mites like acidic soil

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:04:37 +0000

How can you tell the difference between the “white” worms and baby redworms? I either had a booming population this past winter of redworms, or my bin has been overtaken with white worms. If they are white worms, will my redworm population rebound at some point in time?

By: Guenevere

Guenevere — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:27:46 +0000

Hello

I am having a problem with these mites and the little white worms, and it seems that all of my red wrigglers are gone. I bought a 1/2 pound more since it seemed they weren’t eating the food fast enough, and a day or two later I started having an issue with worms running away. Every morning when i get up there would be three or four worms half way across the kitchen floor. Now it appears that there are no more red worms and only the mites and while worms. What should I do? Does this mean I have to start all over again? or can I just buy some more worms? Why were they running away?

By: Mark from Kansas

Mark from Kansas — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:40:17 +0000

When I see those little mites I wonder “who invited them?”
What I do is take some rinsed dry eggshells and PULVERIZE them into a cousre powder. The egg shells are calcium. What the egg shell calcium does in it helps raise the Ph. My bin stays at a ph of 7. The calcium seemed to reduce the white spider mites which are basicly harmless.
2-3 egg shells are probaly enough.