If you are using the compost outdoors, there is no need to worry--the worms will find a happy home and the food scraps and bedding will eventually decompose. If you are using the compost indoors, you may want to remove old bedding and food scraps for aesthetic purposes and ensure that there are no worms in the compost.
Do you have to remove worms from compost?
Releasing them into the garden, mixed in with the fertilizer, gives these worms a chance at a new life. They are not ideal for the garden, but they won't do your garden any harm.
Can I use compost with worms in it?
Worms improve both the physical and chemical decomposition of compost. Their casts can be used directly as compost and have some fantastic properties. It's full of beneficial bacteria, stimulates plant growth, and can actually help protect plants against some diseases.
Do worms eat finished compost?
Animal Manures: The Perfect Worm Food for Farm Management As large amounts of animal manures should be pre-composted before being fed to the worms, you could always add household waste to the composting manure and end up feeding the resulting, partly-finished compost to the worms.
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