I did a heavy feeding last Sunday after seeing that about 75% of the previous feedings scraps had been consumed. This feeding was a about 3 quarts worth of scraps spread across about half of the surface of my worm inn style bin. I mixed shredded newspring in with the scraps and topped the whole surface with another two inches of crosscut shredded newsprint.
Fruitflys had been a small problem so I placed a jar of vinegar with a drop of soap mixed in on top of the new bedding and zipped the worm inn closed.
Today I checked on the bin. When I opened the lid I saw that there were hundreds of flies dead in the vinegar. Then I was stupid. I took my rake and pulled back some of the bedding top and a cloud of flies erupted out from under the newsprint.
While the flies were streaming out I also saw that the food was covered with small white/tan mites.
I just zipped the fine-mesh cover back over the bin. I did not replace the disturbed bedding cover and the vinegar trap is still in the bin.
My plan is not to feed for at least two weeks. I hope that this will allow the food to be processed by the bin and reduce the amount available to the fruitflies and sustain the population growth.
I don't think the mites are too bad rather they're just part of the bin system right?
Is just waiting is the best and easiest action now?
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