What should I feed my red wigglers?

Asked by: Rebecca Zahid

They grind their food in their gizzard using muscle action and small bits of soil. What do red wiggler worms eat? If it grew, the worms can likely eat it. Red wigglers eat most things organic including fruit/veggie scraps, bread, coffee grounds/filters, tea bags, grains, plant trimmings, paper, leaves, etc.

What do red wigglers like to eat?

Red worms love fruits and vegetables from your kitchen and garden. Save your left-over, spoilt organic matter, peelings, and cores for the worms. They also like tea bags, bread, pasta, grains, shredded black print newspaper, coffee grounds, and hair. Avoid meat, dairy, oils, and acidic foods.

What are 3 things that are good to feed to worms?

DO feed your worms a rich assortment of the following fruit, vegetable, and organic waste, including:

• Fruit and vegetable peels, rinds and cores.
• Egg shells.
• Coffee grounds and filters.
• Tea bags.
• Aged manure from any vegetable-eating animal (rabbits, horses, cows, llamas, etc.)

How do you fatten up red wigglers?

Add one cup of cornmeal and one cup of powdered whole milk to the mixing bowl. Dump in two cups of bran, followed by one cup of agricultural lime. Mix your worm compost fattener supplement ingredients together with a mixing spoon, stirring until the materials are thoroughly blended.

Do red wigglers like bananas?

Bananas are a great and inexpensive snack for both us and our worms. Those peels are desirable to compost worms no matter what shape they’re in.

Do worms like tomatoes?

Let’s dive in! *Tomatoes are slightly acidic, but worms still seem to like it and will tolerate it just fine in moderation. Whether you have an abundance of melon rinds, spoiled apples or fruit trimmings, you can feed them to your worms by slicing them up into manageable portions. Think of it this way.

Do worms like oatmeal?

Fruits and vegetables (uncooked or peels) – you can feed your worms any variation as long as it’s not citrus based (you’ll have to stay way from lemons, oranges, pineapples and all that since it has high acidity levels) Starchy food wastes – these can be in the form of bread, oatmeal, and pasta.

What can I put in my worm farm?

Worms will eat anything that was once living,

• Leftover vegetable scraps, fruit and vegetable peelings.
• Tea leaves / bags and coffee grounds.
• Vacuum cleaner dust or hair clippings (also animal)
• Torn up newspapers, egg cartons or soaked pizza cartons.
• Crushed egg shells (these will also help with the pH balance)

How often should I feed my red wigglers?

Under ideal conditions, worms can eat their weight in scraps per day. So if you have 1 pound of worms, you can theoretically feed them 1 pounds of scraps. However, we recommend you play it safe by feeding an amount they can handle every 2 or 3 days.

How do you make homemade worm food?

But a little bit of sugar is really good for the microorganisms. And the bacteria that's inside your web and it helps break down the food a lot quicker when there's more microorganisms.

Can I put grass clippings in my worm farm?

Yes! You can add dry grass clippings and deciduous leaves to your worm farm, as long as you keep food scraps and dry waste balanced. Avoid adding fresh lawn clippings, evergreen or native leaves, and sticks or woody stems.

How often do I need to water my worm farm?

Once every week, pour about five litres of fresh water into the Top Working Tray, which will flood down through the lower trays, ensuring the entire worm farm remains very moist. The sudden ‘flood’ will not harm the worms. Adding water is especially important in the hotter months of the year.

Can worms eat sweet potato peels?

Health worms in a vermicompost box can consume 4 to 6 pounds of sweet potato skins and other food scraps each week. In four to six months, the worms can consume all of scraps and shredded paper into “castings,” a nutrient-rich compost that you can use for plant food.

Can worms eat carrot peels?

Carrot peelings, potato skins, broccoli and cauliflower stalks, lettuce, kale, even onion peels (in limited quantities) are perfect for the worm bin. Vegetable waste like this isn’t prone to overheating your bin either, so this is another low-maintenance food.

Can you put mashed potato in a worm farm?

Plain mashed potatoes, squash, string beans, Brussels sprouts, salad (rinse off the dressing), and fruit salad are great for worms.

What is the best worm food?

The Best Worm Foods for Your Soil

• Fruit peels (not citrus)
• Melon rinds.
• Carrots.
• Coffee grounds.
• Teabags (check if biodegradable)
• Bread.
• Cereal (unsweetened)
• Pasta (plain)

Do worms like eggshells?

eggshells – worms simply can’t eat them. They will still be there when you remove the worm castings, and you’ll have eggshells in the garden. Eggshells are good for the garden, so if you crush them up, and put them in the worm farm, they’ll end up adding calcium to your soil.

Do worms eat cucumbers?

No one we know once in the extra.

Do worms like coffee grounds?

Earthworms consume coffee grounds and deposit them deep in soil. This may account for noted improvements in soil structure such as increased aggregation.

Can I feed my worms cornmeal?

Cornmeal is the perfect food to keep your worms lively and healthy. This is a simple trick that makes keeping a worm bin easier than ever. During the winter months, if you want to go on vacation, simply sprinkling a layer of cornmeal on the top of your bin, will give your worms a fresh supply of food the entire time.

Can worms eat peanut shells?

The do’s & don’ts of a worm diet



Do not feed them meat or bones, dairy products or greasy leftovers; they also do not like acidic or stinky fruits or vegetables (e.g. citrus or onion). Worms LOVE watermelon rinds, avocado or peanut shells, banana peels, coffee grounds and tea bags (be aware of nylon tea bags).