Worms breathe through their skin which must remain moist to absorb oxygen from the air.
The ideal material for worm bedding is coconut coir.
The best way to deal with this is to throw the whole batch away
Unfortunately, no. Dog Poo contains Pathogens
Maggots are the larvae of flies and usually gain access via eggs laid on the food scraps you put in.
If your Subpod smells, it indicates that food is rotting before the worms can eat it or there is not enough oxygen in the system.
When you add your food scraps and carbon material to the Subpod, you'll need to mix them through using an aerator. This takes a few minutes each time you feed the worms.
Our composting worms are mixture of species (mainly reds and dendras) selected for their composting ability
The Urbalive Worm Composter is a home wormery kit that can be used indoors or outdoors for composting kitchen waste with the red worms. The perfect wormery for households, classrooms or offices.