Q&A for How to Feed Worm Farm Worms

Feed your worms every 2 or 3 days or whenever they finish their previous meal.

No. Do not add any artificial fertilizer to your worm farm.

Feed the worms many times a week, giving them nutritious food to enjoy. Or, go with a hose at night and spray some of your lawn and big fat nightcrawlers/fat worms will come out by the dozen.

Not very long. If you give them the right food and supply them with the right environment., it will only take about 2 to 3 months.

Soil must be wet at all times. Never let the soil dry out or put the worm box in hot places. They need to stay fresh and warm, as wet as a sponge (not soaking).

Fresh; they could be a little rotten, but still need to be green for worms to get enough nutrients.

Place it in a suitable, large container with holes on top. Put soil in the container. Make sure the soil has plants and is well moisturized. Make sure you put leaves and/or dying leaves in its cage. Feed the worm regularly.

Yes, worms seem to love eggshells.

Yes, but beware that they can procreate if there are too many in one container.

I would recommend sticking to what they eat in nature. They love compost and manures. Stick to scraps, coffee grounds, and eggshells and they will go crazy making the best product for your garden you can get your hands on.

It is perfectly fine to keep worms in bins in a garage. Most worm farms are indoors.

Red wigglers only populate the top 3 inches of soil, so the longer and wider the bin the better. It only needs to be 12 inches deep as long as there is airflow from the top and they will be fine. This can be done by cutting holes in the lid and covering with window screen. Night crawlers will need and can use a deeper bin, like 24 inches.

You probably have too much food. I recommend a lid and 3 inches of "litter," like dead leaves or shredded paper, which can be pretty dry on top. This seems to keep the bugs away for me. I live in Florida.

Banana peels and stems are a great food for the worms. I feed my worms watermelon rinds, pumpkins, and many more fruits. Feeding citrus fruits can kill your worms, however, and there is nothing worse than smelling a bin full of dead worms.

Do not drown your worms. It's okay to run water through once a day. Don't let the soil soak in water because that might promote the growth of anaerobic bacteria, which are dangerous and malodorous. Once the water is run through and collected in the sump, it is perfect liquid fertilizer. Do not overflow your sump. If you're making your worm farm and you have different sized buckets, you'll want to make the biggest one the sump.

It depends on what type of worm it is, and what you are feeding it/ how you take care of it. Some worms can live ten years or longer with proper nutrition and care.

Don't leave food scraps on the top of your worm farm, try mixing them into the soil. This should get rid of your fruit fly problem.

The red wigglers worm are top eaters. You'd want to go about 2" deep into the soil to avoid the food waste on top attracting fruit flies on the bin. Suggestion: consider shredding the waste and mix with the topsoil.

No, it may ferment in the bin, which can reduce oxygen or cause odors that both you and your worms will dislike.

Consult Make a Worm Farm .

No, it may ferment in the bin, which can reduce oxygen or cause odors that both you and your worms will dislike.

Anywhere between 1-4 months ago is fine. If it's been longer than that, your worms could get sick from the food.

The size of the cup is too small, it will not provide a very good living environment for your worms. Moreover, it will not be easy to feed your worms because you can very easily overfeed them.

They necessarily don't eat canned food though they can, but normal temperature veggies will be better for the worm's stomach. These worms can eat many things, including fruits, vegetables, eggshells, coffee grounds, leaves, grass clippings, paper, and cardboard. Speaking of fruits, any will do, but avoid citrus fruits, they're too acidic and the worms avoid them.

It is not be the best to feed farm worms, but yes, you can feed worm farm worms instant mashed potatoes. Just don't do it that often.

Bloodworms are carnivorous, so no. However, they are good food for fish as frozen food. If you have fish, frozen bloodworm cubes are good for them.

Actually, yes. Just remember to give it some holes to breathe, and do not cover the cup. Keep nutritious food in there to help it last, then return it to its soil home at the day's end.

Yes. Add shredded paper in small amounts at a time. White uncoated paper or cardboard is best.

Always cover the food with newspaper strips or burlap to keep it moist and dark, which worms like.

Yes. When you start your worm bin, moisten enough peat moss or coconut coir to cover approximately 1/2” of the bin. Moisten means damp to the point when you squeeze it you get a slow drip of water rather than the amount of water you would get from squeezing a wet sponge.