I did not start really using "worm chow" until last winter. Picked up a bag of organic chicken crumble and have been using it in my CFT bin, the worms are gigantic. I now pulverize eggshells, shellfish shells, seed heads from the garden, large seeds like luffa, birdhouse gourds and pumpkin, basically anything I can easily dry out and pulverize. The key to me is to add as much diversity in nutrition and biology as possible to my vermicompost. Stay Well !!!
Great recipe, Shaun. I also dehydrate banana peels and grind them with my egg shells. Don't know if it helps any, but I have a ton of them, I use them.
You don't need to do anything special. They will survive fine, but go dormant. Or you could do what I show in this video ua-cam.com/video/5Hc2eTBYfk4/v-deo.html
@VermiChump so I did watch it but you have large containers and they are inside. I'm glad I didn't rush into setting one up this year as now have lots of questions and will be following you to learn more. I worry that they would have less protection in a box the size of a shoe box and would die rather than go dormant in the outside elements and and can't go down to keep warm.
@@chrissiehart22all of those assumptions are correct. Indoors is the way to go, if you can. My apartment is tiny, but a simple rubbermade tote is both deep enough and large enough to support a decent population.
I did not start really using "worm chow" until last winter. Picked up a bag of organic chicken crumble and have been using it in my CFT bin, the worms are gigantic.
I now pulverize eggshells, shellfish shells, seed heads from the garden, large seeds like luffa, birdhouse gourds and pumpkin, basically anything I can easily dry out and pulverize.
The key to me is to add as much diversity in nutrition and biology as possible to my vermicompost.
Stay Well !!!
Having chow really helps when time is tight and you just need to give them something
Great recipe, Shaun. I also dehydrate banana peels and grind them with my egg shells. Don't know if it helps any, but I have a ton of them, I use them.
Thats a good addition! Getting in that Potassium. Problem is we don't really have bananas in the house, the one food Mrs CC hates!
Worm feed therapy!! Definitely the right price to keep oneself grounded!
Nice information, thanks!
Great video 🇦🇺🪱
Thank you!
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How do you look after them over winter
You don't need to do anything special. They will survive fine, but go dormant. Or you could do what I show in this video ua-cam.com/video/5Hc2eTBYfk4/v-deo.html
@VermiChump so I did watch it but you have large containers and they are inside. I'm glad I didn't rush into setting one up this year as now have lots of questions and will be following you to learn more. I worry that they would have less protection in a box the size of a shoe box and would die rather than go dormant in the outside elements and and can't go down to keep warm.
@@chrissiehart22all of those assumptions are correct. Indoors is the way to go, if you can. My apartment is tiny, but a simple rubbermade tote is both deep enough and large enough to support a decent population.
So you add calcium carbonate, then you add eggshells which are 95% calcium carbonate. I guess those shells aren't "powdery" enough?
I add the calcium carbonate when I don't have enough egg shells available.
So if I have worms then I will definitely make the food myself, I also make the food for my cockroaches and isopods myself.
Imagine that😂