Underoath said...
I have a work farm, the standard rectangular box with the bottom drain. Anyways it stated smelling yesterday. I killed half my worms.
Not happy, probs like 2000 worms.
I'm slapping myself in the face I normally just feed them fruit and veg.
I chucked a handfull of old dog biskets in there! Great move when 80% is protein. The worms didn't eat them, plus the heat...
My worms all went to the bottom chamber and died.
Worst smell ever.
Oh yeah, I had them small bugs. They look kinda cool, I found heaps of weird looking bugs. I figured it was all part of their little micro climate/environment.
I couldn't believe how bad mine smelled when they all died in the heat, it was incredibly foul.
As for the OP, there are always some sort of little bugs around mine, keeping it cool and moist helps them, initially the worms don't eat much as it takes them a while to crawl up and find the food so an excess of rotting food in there won't help the bug situation.