How do earthworms obtain food?

How do earthworms obtain food?

Their nutrition comes from things in soil, such as decaying roots and leaves. Animal manures are an important food source for earthworms. They eat living organisms such as nematodes, protozoans, rotifers, bacteria, fungi in soil. Worms will also feed on the decomposing remains of other animals.

Do earthworms eat fruit?

What to feed your worms. Compost worms benefit from a balanced diet. They will eat most normal kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps. Avoid feeding the worms large quantities of meat, citrus, onions and dairy foods.

Do earthworms eat apples?

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. Those fruit trimmings can go to your hungry worms and they’ll turn your kitchen waste into some of the most rich, nutritional compost you can get your hands on!

Do worms like banana peels?

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. Avoid putting them in whole as the fruit will likely go sour in the amount of time it takes the worms to get through the skin.

What can I use instead of a worm blanket?

Great alternatives to worm blankets are newspaper, cardboard, hessian, old clothes or cloth nappies. They keep your worms covered to keep them moist, dark and protected from birds. Using worm blanket alternatives are a great way to recycle and help the worms to quickly break down food scraps.

Should worm blankets be wet?

Worm blankets need to be watered whenever you feed the worms. So long as the bedding has the consistency of a wrung-out sponge, you are doing it right.

Can I put worms in my garden?

Instead of adding organic matter to a pile and waiting for it to decompose into usable compost that you add to your garden, adding worms directly to a vegetable garden bed allows you to provide nutrient-rich vermicompost to your plants on-site without having to turn and otherwise maintain a compost pile.