Using compost tea on a worm bin

Hello Liz:

Congratulations on constructing a wonderful web site and thank you for sharing your expertise!

Generally, before adding food to my worm bins, I "age" the food in my outdoor compost pile for a week or two. However, sometimes I do not have any aged food. In such instances, could I achieve the same result by spraying the food with a mist of compost tea before adding it to the bins? Similarly, when the worm bins are not quite moist enough, would it be better to moisten them with a fine mist of compost tea rather than water?

Thank you for your help and keep up the great work.

Answer from BigTex Worms:
Thanks for the compliment on the site, I am glad you enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Interesting ideas. Honestly, some I have never considered. Needless to say, I do not have a straight answer for you.

In the past, when I wanted to speed up the rate of decomposition, I chopped the scraps, froze them then fed them to the worms. This process helps to speed up the decomp.
I do not know if adding tea would speed it up any. Perhaps? Why don't you do an experiment. Place two separate piles of food in opposite corners of your bin (the same foods) one treated with compost tea and one not. Then record the results. You may be on to something or maybe not.
I would be very interested to see the results.
I have never thought of using compost tea to moisten the bin either, guess it wouldnt hurt BUT once I make my tea, I want it to go to the yard/garden. And I have never had any ill effects from using water so who knows.
Let me know if you do the experiment.
Liz
BigTex Worms