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Worm Fattener Recipe

worm fattener

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.

fattener mix

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.

worm fattener

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Worm Fattener Recipe substitution Not rated yet
I have your recipe.

I have all the ingredients. I substituted Alfalfa pellets for the meal.

My question: What can I substitute for the wheat meal?...

what is the alfalfa meal or pellets , Not rated yet
hi
what is the alfalfa meal or pellets in your worm fattener recipe originally used for ? is it for horse feed or rabbit feed ? as i can only get the ...

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.

fat worms

Here is 4 days later on 1/26.

worm fattener

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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