Worm feed should cost very little! I only buy a special grain mix, that I will share here later, to use in holding/fattening bins. All else is free livestock manure and grocery/produce stand leftovers. Beginner wormers most commonly get in trouble by over watering and over feeding. Worms can eat 1/2 their volume per day, sometimes more. However, you must build up to these levels, don't expect that immediately. Worms do great on any vegetable scraps or leftovers, if not too highly seasoned, especially salt. Garlic and onion are somewhat antibiotic, which is counter productive to your worms, but are good feed after composting, which apparently alleviates the antibiotic. Citrus peels seem to be too acidic for them until composted, but the pulp or fruit they love. They can and will eat meat and dairy products, but I never feed them due to maggots, mice, rats, noxious bugs and other wildlife, not to mention the smell. Egg shells are extremely valuable in your bins, as the calcium really enhances reproduction, and helps to adjust pH. It's my personal opinion the eggshells benefit reproduction partly due to the albumen content, as worm cocoons contain this as well.
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