r/Vermiculture 5d ago

New bin Need advice/help

Not pictured but a layer of grit (eggshells)

The problem, second time I’m checking under the 3 gallon bucket and there’s some escapees. I keep this outside so I have drainage on the bottom and keep the lid on top. How can I make them happy and or improve the situation?

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u/AdventurousKale9205 4d ago

Either get another layer or re-hole, (what I think you should do) because if they crawl through they might fall in leachate(no bueno). Just get another bucket heat up some scissors and poke holes small enough for water and air but too small for worms to bother even if they could..you could also just heat the metal up and use that to melt the hoels smaller.

P.S. dont breathe the pretty smoke