Comments on: Sour Worm Bin Follow-Up https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sour-worm-bin-follow-up WAY Too Much Fun With Worms! Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-21138 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:33:35 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/#comment-21138 Hi Dave,
It sounds like you are doing pretty much exactly what I would do in your situation. I might also try to find some ‘living’ habitat to add, like decomposing leaf litter, well-aged manure or compost.

Good luck!

B

]]> By: Dave https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-21118 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:36:10 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/#comment-21118 I also had a problem with these white mites and a tad sour bin. They showed up after I put in the spent grains and hops from making homemade beer. I figured that it would be okay to add these ingredients because they were never in contact with the yeast (therefore non-alcoholic). However, I opened my bin today and there were white mites covering the top layer with a slightly sour odor. To make things worse, the bin was very wet. Since this is my first bin, I didn’t want to sacrifice my worms. So I drilled some bigger holes for ventilation (none of my worms have ever tried to escape), added some dry cardboard and mixed up the compost pretty well. I hope this solves the problem. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6997 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:24:27 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/#comment-6997 Good question, JJ!
As mentioned in my other ‘Sour Worm Bin’ posts, my bin became absolutely infested with round, white mites (a very common worm bin inhabitant – especially when conditions become acidic and/or too much food is added)

B

]]> By: JJ https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6988 Wed, 07 May 2008 05:15:02 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/#comment-6988 What are those small round white things all over your bin?

]]> By: Bentley https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6955 Sun, 04 May 2008 19:16:59 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/#comment-6955 Yeah, you may be right. I have read that myself, but wasn’t sure if indeed it was the case. I’ll be interested to see what they do in my big outdoor bin – i.e. if they stay up in the higher layers or head down deep.

B

]]> By: PhatPenguin https://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-6945 Sun, 04 May 2008 06:00:55 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/sour-worm-bin-follow-up/#comment-6945 do you think this is because the Euros are deep feeding worms?
I understand that the red wigglers are very much a surface feeding worm, while the Euros are a mid to deep feeding worm. I was thinking of adding some Euros to my bins to see how they faired.

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