I started a vermicompost bin a little ago. I don’t know how many worms I have because I was given the worms by another vermicompost user. I’m a newbie in this, so I didn’t know I had to make a newspaper bedding for the worms, or even how much I should feed them.
After realizing too late that I had overfed them (mold was beginning to grow on the food) I decided to take all the moldy food out as much as I can. My brother suggested dumping a lot of soil over them to ‘re-create’ their environment (I’m using red-wigglers btw) and perhaps make all the fruit flies go away (yes there were lots of them).
My question is, is it ok to dump soil over the food instead of making a newspaper bedding? (It is my understanding that the food goes under the bedding). The soil I dumped over the worms had nutrients/fertilizers cuz I was coincidentally transplanting a tomato plant to a bigger pot and decided to get nutrient-rich soil.
Somehow I fear for those worms’ lives. Any help would be appreciated.
Any tips on how to care for them? Thanks!
Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid%3D20100630095544AAz5i3E