Worm Fattener Recipe

Looking to plum up your worms for fishing or resale?
This Worm Fattener Recipe will do the trick.
1 cup agricultural lime or bone meal or powdered oyster shell
1 cup wheat flour or corn flour
2 cups bran meal or wheat meal
4 cups alfalfa meal or pellets
5 cups chicken layer pellets or crumbles
1 cup powdered milk
My mixture consisted of the following: powdered oyster shell (found at feed store), corn masa flour (grocery store), wheat meal (grocery store in whole foods area), alfalfa meal (found at pet store), purina layena chicken crumbles and powdered milk.

Directions for use:
Mix altogether. Mix in a handful with your veggie waste or sprinkle in one area of bin. Do NOT cover entire bin. This will heat and worms need to be able to retreat to a cooler area of bin.

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I started my experiment on 1/22/10 Here is my first photo:

This is what the worms looked like on 1/22. This is my worm factory bin.

Here is 4 days later on 1/26.

As you can see from my photos, the worm fattener does work well. I will not continue to use the fattener for two basic reasons: it is very expensive feed and it heats the bins. But it would be great for a fisherman or small hobby farmer.
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