Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Potworms are sometimes confused for baby worms. Baby composting worms still have pigmentation while potworms - Enchytraeidae - do not.
The ones we see in our compost piles and worm bins are very similar in many ways to the red wriggler worms and feed on mostly fungi and bacteria. Their casts help augment and condition the soil.
They prefer more wet environments and slightly more acidic environments than the composting worms so if they are in your worm bin in great numbers then the bin is too acidic, too wet, or both.
They can easily be controlled by drying out the bedding and reducing the ph by adding ground up eggshells. An easy way to attract them to one spot for removal is to soak some bread in milk. Milk has a ph of 6.5 so it's slightly acidic and they're drawn by the lactic acid and starch. Remove the bread after a day or two and it will be covered with potworms. Rince and repeat as required.
I hope you enjoy and as always thanks for watching.
#potworms #composters #potworm
Potworms are sometimes confused for baby worms. Baby composting worms still have pigmentation while potworms - Enchytraeidae - do not.
The ones we see in our compost piles and worm bins are very similar in many ways to the red wriggler worms and feed on mostly fungi and bacteria. Their casts help augment and condition the soil.
They prefer more wet environments and slightly more acidic environments than the composting worms so if they are in your worm bin in great numbers then the bin is too acidic, too wet, or both.
They can easily be controlled by drying out the bedding and reducing the ph by adding ground up eggshells. An easy way to attract them to one spot for removal is to soak some bread in milk. Milk has a ph of 6.5 so it's slightly acidic and they're drawn by the lactic acid and starch. Remove the bread after a day or two and it will be covered with potworms. Rince and repeat as required.
I hope you enjoy and as always thanks for watching.
#potworms #composters #potworm
