My Worms Look Sick

I dont have a pic for this, but in my compost pile the worms, which are normally lively have turned a sickly yellow and died. Anyone know whats up?

Some variables:

I have recently added some used FF ocean forest soil to the compost

The weather has been really hot

any ideas?

No, I'm sorry... I wish I knew a terrestrial worm person, but I don't. Maybe Ohsogreen or someone else will know, or will know what direction to look.

speedhabit said:

I dont have a pic for this, but in my compost pile the worms, which are normally lively have turned a sickly yellow and died. Anyone know whats up?

Some variables:

I have recently added some used FF ocean forest soil to the compost

The weather has been really hot

any ideas?

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You should have sterilized your soil.. Or even flush for a good amount of time. I used to use a worm bin back in the day till there were so many I had to make trips to the park and release a few at a time. They love bannana peels, letuce, carrot husks but most importantly you have to drain frequently as they like an airy environment. I think the addition of the soil with concentrated nutes did you in bra. No worries... Lesson learned. Just remember that THEY make your nutes and they receive their nutes from our waste... Good luck and keep them worms wigglin...

No strong nutes, Just 5gal buckets of Fox forest that had plants flowering in them for 75 days with no nutes. The soil is sucked dry.

you keep your compost in a container and if so maybe move to a shaded area go buy some night cralwers the kind they sell for fishing maybe that will help i dunno

speedhabit said:

I dont have a pic for this, but in my compost pile the worms, which are normally lively have turned a sickly yellow and died. Anyone know whats up?

Some variables:

I have recently added some used FF ocean forest soil to the compost

The weather has been really hot

any ideas?

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I found this information and it looks like the heat is a major factor. I'm sorry I couldn't help before but I hadn't experienced a heat issue because of AC being on all the time. I found that when you have intense heat over 90 degrees - it is do to compost decay and you have to rebed. Here is a piece of mod advice I found and the link to the actual post.

Bob IngramPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:26 am Moderator Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 105 Location: House Springs, MO Hi, Jack.Sounds like a problem building. Were the grass clippings fresh?
They'll really heat if so. I'd use a meat thermometer and check the temps down in the bin. Cardboard and paper are good...you may be adding food too often, and watering too much. Grass clippings and food scraps create a lot of moisture as they decay, you don't want your bin to become anaerobic. Cut back on feeding and watering. If temps are 90s or above, you better rebed. I don't normally post my site here, but go to:

www.trinity-ranch.com and click on Worm Tips N Tricks for more info. Good luck, Seeya, Bob
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