Comments on: Juicer Pulp as Worm Food

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:07:11 +0000

Hi M,
Thanks for sharing your insights. I haven’t worked with really large quantities of this stuff, and we tend to have a lot of other materials apart from citrus in our pulp mixes, so that might help to explain why I’m not seeing any trouble with it yet (also quite early on still).

Is there are lot of citrus used at the juice bar?

By: mle

mle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:51:40 +0000

I grow worms. To fee the population I pick up the pulp from a local organic juice bar. I have found it necessary to lime the juicer pulp, let it sit for a week and then add it in small amounts at a time.
Large amounts of pulp will cause worm fatality.

I am going to try the drink suggestions.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:39:23 +0000

Hi Verlene,
Sounds like we enjoy some similar drinks. Our morning drink is called ‘green lemonade’, and has kale, romaine lettuce, apples and a lemon (I often add small amounts of other stuff just to experiment). When my wife told me about it initially, I was pretty skeptical. I thought that not only would it taste disgusting (and I am pretty open-minded when it comes to trying stuff out, believe me), but that it would also be about as filling as a glass of water. I was wrong on both counts, and now look forward to it every morning (along with the wide assortment of fruit we now eat).
I have heard that banana and spinach make a good combo – I want to try it, but unfortunately we don’t currently have a good working blender at the moment, and I suspect the juicer just wouldn’t do the bananas justice.

By: Verlene

Verlene — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:14:52 +0000

Nice to hear you’re eating healthfully. We often have “green smoothies” for breakfast. It’s an easy, fast way to get lots of raw, green veggies. My favorite is a combination of banana, spinach and fruit juice in the blender. Raw kale, chard, dandelion greens etc. tend to be a little bitter, but the addition of half to a whole lemon changes the bitter to tangy. I was surprised at how filling the green smoothies are and how long before I get hungry again. We combine blueberries or strawberries or pineapple or whatever with the greens. I just taste the concoction as I go, and serve it when it gets yummy enough.

My first thought when I was served one of these was “Yuk!” but it tastes better than it looks, and is so good for you. Start with the liquid first, and add the other ingredients.

I tried carrot tops in the blender. The stems wound around the blades and broke the blender.