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suwannee75

I failed miserably with my worms, why?

suwannee75
15 years ago

I got one pound of worms shipped to me on Wednesday. I tore newspaper into strips, moistened it and sprinkled with with fresh coffee grounds. I put it inside an old cooler in layer about 8 inches thick. I carefully put the worms inside, then put a piece of newspaper over top of the shredded newspaper, and left the cooler open a crack to let air in. I left it on my back porch overnight since it was dark. The low temp was 57F.

The next morning the worms were spread all over my porch in various stages of death. I found a few piles huddled under some shoes.

I picked up the piles and transferred them to a rubbermaid bin. I put the same mixture into the bin and drilled multiple small holes in the top and on the sides. I made sure the top was securely fastened. The next AM, I found pretty much the remainder of the worms all over my porch again, mostly dead.

What did I do wrong?

Why did they all crawl out?

I dont know how to convince DH that they can go into the basement when it gets cold after having them commit hari kari all over our porch.

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