Worm Farming - Favorite Foods

So I have always used several foods for my worm bins that are common favorites for worms. Banana, avocado, squash, pumpkin, most melons, etc. Basically any none citrus fruit or veggie worms will love. This is because it breaks down super fast for the microbes and worms to feed but veggies are also around 80% water or more. Lettuces can be up to 98% water. Worms like moisture and water makes up a huge amount of a worms mass which is why they love to feed on veggie scraps.

We go threw lots of fruits and veggies but I still do pickups bringing home several trash cans full of veggie scraps a week for my worm bins. The feed stock consist of a huge variety but here lately we have been going threw a lot of mango. The seeds almost always sprout in the worm bins after all the fruit has been eaten and we usually take them out and try to plant them in the greenhouse but sometimes they will make several trips threw the worm bins. While feeding today I noticed several of these mango seeds that where packed with worms.

Usually the only time I see worms group feed like this is when I do avocado halves. Especially because my larger bins have lots of feedstock spread out over a larger area so they will still be lots in one area feeding but not all shoved into a closed seed pod. This tells me once the mango seed has rotten it produces a very nutritious food source for microbes and worms alike.

Here is an article I did on how I prepare my worm food..

https://steemit.com/vermicomposting/@liberyworms/worm-food-prep

Even if you don't produce much waste for a larger scale worm bin you can always do a small scale worm bin that may not produce enough for planting a whole garden with castings but it will produce enough to make your own aerated worm teas to spray on your gardens. We even feed all our boxes along with food waste and if you have a small homestead you have plenty of waste from gardens or livestock to have a larger worm bin. Doesn't take much waste to feed a small worm bin and right now the best commercial worm bin for function and price is the Urban Worm Bag.

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