How Much Organic Waste to Feed the Worms?
Red wigglers are supposed to eat their own weight in organic waste every day. According to New Mexico State University, 2000 composting worms (about 2 pounds of worms) can break down about 1 pound of food scraps and bedding in a 24 hour period. You can use that as a rough guide to how much to feed your worms. Frankly, I don’t measure the scraps I feed the worms. Because we’re busy, we conservatively add a small container full of material every week. Sometimes we blend it up a bit in a food processor, sometimes not. Regardless, keep the pieces of food waste tiny to help your worms consume it quicker. Even if you stray occasionally from how much you feed the worms, their population will balance out. The exception is if you consistently feed them too much or too much of the wrong kind of food. This can cause the worms to start to die off dramatically. See below for more information on what to feed and what not to feed your worms. In our experience, too little food is better than too much,
