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Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 21:13
| I have avocado pits so I sliced/shaved them up into a bunch of pieces but just want to check.
Since nuts and avocado pits probably contain fats I wasn't sure, since it seems like oils are something to avoid in worm bins, but then again maybe nuts/seeds/avocado pits are ok? (I don't care if they sprout, just want to know if it's ok to feed them to the worms!) |
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| I have fed ground up avocado seeds to my worms. They are fine in the bin. You really do need to grind them up if you want them to break down. The problem with fats and oils in small amounts is that can go rancid before they decompose. That will not be a problem with avocado seeds or nuts. |
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- Posted by Minderella 9 Lake County FL (My Page) on Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 22:41
| I read the book Worms eat my garbage and it said you can put meat in there. I thought that was a big NO NO. She also listed alot of other things that I thought shouldn't go in the worm inn. |
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| Bently tried meatloaf iirc. It's more of the smell and other critters the stuff might bring as it rots as opposed to actually hurting the worms I think. Wouldn't want racoons ripping into your inns. The most I've done is grease soaked pizza box cardboard, no problems. |
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- Posted by patrick1969 10 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 23, 12 at 10:30
| I've put the leftovers from cleaned fish and shrimp tails in my indoor worm stack. The only problem I have is if I don't bury them, they will stink a bit. |
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| Nuts/seeds are fine, I've actually had avocado seeds sprout in the worm bin. One thing to watch out for if you are putting stale nuts in the bin is the salt content. Best to rinse them off. |
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