Got a couple questions. Made about 8-10″ ears of corn yesterday for a derby cookout and ive got all the husks and hairs and cobs left that I am wanting to give to the worms. How are the husks treated in ways of prep? Should i freeze, thaw, and feed like the actual corn or should the husk be treated like grass and aged and used with caution? Ive got all the husks and hairs frozen (-9F) seperately from the cobs and ends so I know that they will soften and get slimy by time they thaw.

Also how much food should i be able to run through the worm inn with about 3 pounds of worms? I’ve seen videos and read posts about people putting lots of stuff in and everything being fine, but I’m pretty conservative when it comes to giving actual food scraps. I dont wanna be because i want lots of castings and worms that breed like rabbits, but im not sure what a happy medium is. For example, this corn im asking about, I would be safe to say that the left overs would be the only thing probably added each week for the next 3-4 weeks if i can treat the husks just like the cobs.

My weekly feedings usually consist of 1 days coffee grounds and filter, the top and bottom of 5 single stalks of celery, and a handful of paper frozen(-9F) from Mon-Fri and thawed until feeding on sunday. I probably got 80lbs of bedding for a half pound of food a week.

What would the Dude do?

Funny you should mention rank coffee grounds. I guess the last time i made up a large batch of water saterated paper I must have used one of the bags that i was holding a days worth of coffee grounds that was mixed with paper in a bag that i brought home from work. Well 2 weeks later when i went to grab some more wet paper to line the top, i realized i had a situation. So i decided to just put it all in the bin and cover it up. Probably about 2 lbs of foul smelling paper and the coffee stuff with whatever liquid. It was time for me to water the inn anyhow since the Inn isnt watered with the minimal scraps that i feed. Couldnt tolerate the smell enough to actually make the paper ”fluffy”, so it went in in smaller chunks. Was that a good thing to do? At first i thought of it as a blessing since its been sitting for a couple weeks and they would love it, but after i slept on the thought, im hoping i didnt put something toxic in for them.