Worms do not have teeth. So they need small amount of sand to crush their food. They will swallow or suck in juices or small food particle. Thus, companions like bacteria, snail & wood lice are good friend of worms by breaking down big pieces of food into smaller once.
To setup a worm bin, you will need
- Newspaper
- 300gm Worms (buy from local pet store, online, or dig from garden)
- 30 Liter of plastic bin with drainage holes (you may choose bigger or small container)
- 30 table spoon of garden soil
- Water
- 100gm of old fruit scraps kept in fridge (about 1 week old)
Detail Instructions
- Newspaper has to be shredded into strips.
- Moisten the stips by dipping in water or sprinkle it with water.
- Now, dry the strips to ensure its not dripping. You worm will drown if its too wet.
- Place the strips in the plastic container.
- Now mix the soil in together with the worms.
- Now, give them food.
- Do not give fresh fruits. Worms don't have teeth. It waits for the food to decompositions before they can consume it.
- Giving fresh fruit will cause the bin to become acidic and bad fungus(black) might grow which worms hate it.
- Add the 1 week old fruit scraps. And cover it with a thin layer of newspaper strips
- Cover the worm bin.
- Leave the worm bin alone for the next 5 days before adding new food scraps.
- You are done! Congratulations!
