Comments on: Worm Inn Journal-1-24-12

By: Rosi

Rosi — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:24:43 +0000

Like Andres, I also heard that pineapple can kill worms. I am composting my pineapple scraps and onions separately, intending to give to a friend’s outdoor compost, and I notice white mold on the leaves. Does that mean the leaves are safe to feed to worms?

By: Jimmy Brooks

Jimmy Brooks — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:03:44 +0000

Hello everyone. I was wanting to know how much and how often I should water the Worm Inn. It averages 80 degrees in my garage and I usually spray 8 ounces every other day. Also, how do you keep a Worm Inn habitat viable during the summer in a garage when it is 90 degrees plus?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:21:39 +0000

I just dump everything on top. No cutting, dicing or chopping unless it already was as part of the food prep process. Sometimes I roll it in newspaper like a burrito – that adds bedding around the foods. Then I usually top that with some kind of ripped up paper.

By: Andrés

Andrés — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:10:48 +0000

you feed them pineapple? I read somewhere that pineapple has some enzymes that kills all the worms…

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:09:29 +0000

Hi Justine – when you say “difference between the two” – do you mean the difference between “earth worms” and “compost worms”.
Composting worms are actually part of the group known as earthworms – even though their habitat often consists of rich organic matter (not soil).
It is very difficult to compare worms if you’re not sure what worms you’ve got, unfortunately – there are lots of different kinds of earthworms. If they are larger bait shop nightcrawlers or any other typical soil worm, you won’t likely be able to breed them all that easily in captivity.

Perhaps if you provide a few more details I’ll be able to offer a bit more guidance.

By: justine and jason

justine and jason — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:03:33 +0000

hi as a first time keeper of earth worms ….for trout fishing purpose
…my question is whats is the main difference between the two…?
…and do i feed them different food…

fussy trout diddnt like compost worms i collected from my dads farm
so we’ve bought earth worms …
dont want to kill them….justine

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:08:56 +0000

I currently feed two worm inns… Uh… Overfeed is more accurate. Overfeed, underwater, underbed… This inn is the easiest, most forgiving system ever! actually, now that I think about it… I may underfeed these worms… I may never know as they always seem happy!