Richard Drysift
Well-Known Member
Whenever I make a salad & have scraps or find rotting fruit in the bowl I just put it in a bag in the freezer until ready to feed my worms. Then I take the whole bag out the night or morning before feeding to thaw. When it's thawed it gets all mushy & the worms go to town on it right away.
Some things break down faster than others. My worms love: strawberry scraps, apples, cuke skins, carrots scraps, lettuce, pasta, and pumpkin guts. Other stuff I like to give my worms that benefits them and the compost they produce includes: oyster shell flour, garden gypsum, alfalfa meal, greensand, and baby oatmeal. I've read that eggshells & potato peels are good for worms but mine do not seem to like them so I kinda stopped giving it to them. I used to give them newspaper & junk mail scraps but they do not break down as fast as cannabis leaf which is great for destroying the evidence as somebody mentioned before. Each time I start a new tray I use about a half a shovel full of recycled mix as bedding which makes for good base layer. Like grease says cover up any new food lightly & you'll get no gnats or bad smells- good luck happy growing
Some things break down faster than others. My worms love: strawberry scraps, apples, cuke skins, carrots scraps, lettuce, pasta, and pumpkin guts. Other stuff I like to give my worms that benefits them and the compost they produce includes: oyster shell flour, garden gypsum, alfalfa meal, greensand, and baby oatmeal. I've read that eggshells & potato peels are good for worms but mine do not seem to like them so I kinda stopped giving it to them. I used to give them newspaper & junk mail scraps but they do not break down as fast as cannabis leaf which is great for destroying the evidence as somebody mentioned before. Each time I start a new tray I use about a half a shovel full of recycled mix as bedding which makes for good base layer. Like grease says cover up any new food lightly & you'll get no gnats or bad smells- good luck happy growing