Avoid feeding the worms large quantities of meat, citrus, onions and dairy foods. Some processed food also contains preservatives, which discourage the worms from eating it. These foods won't harm your worms, but they will avoid them and those scraps will break down and rot in the bin.
Worms do not like the smell of the onion family so, when given a choice, they may be left uneaten until they begin to rot. The situation is similar with citrus peel the advice is do not add it to the wormery but if it is added the worms will leave it until the peel to starts to decompose and then eat them.
You should avoid putting citrus fruits in the worm bin, as well as garlic, onions, and peppers. Composting worms will avoid these at all costs due to the high acidity.
Worms breathe through their skin and certain foods will irritate or prevent that process. For instance, the natural chemicals and acidity in citrus peels and onions can kill worms and other microorganisms, which can slow down decomposition rates in your bin.
You should never add meat, animal products, dairy products, or greasy, oily foods to the worm bin. The oils, meat, and milk become rancid as they decompose. Rotting oils cause a powerful and unpleasant odor.
Allium L. Cattle and cats are the most susceptible to onion poisoning, horses and dogs are intermediate, with sheep and goats being the most resistant. Dog breeds such as Akitas and Shibas are especially sensitive to onion poisoning.
Carrot peelings, potato skins, broccoli and cauliflower stalks, lettuce, kale, even onion peels (in limited quantities) are perfect for the worm bin. Vegetable waste like this isn't prone to overheating your bin either, so this is another low-maintenance food.
The worms' job is to eat the food before it gets super-rotten and stinky. If you add too much food at a time, they cannot keep up. Too much food can also push the air out of the bin, leading to foul-smelling anaerobic decomposition.
Red wiggler worms (Eisenia foetida) enjoy eating almost any kind of fruit or vegetable you put into the vermicompost bin, including tomatoes. While the worms eat the tomatoes, there's a chance they won't eat all the seeds, so the seeds may sprout in your compost pile.
Onions, like any other vegetable, are organic matter and so they can be composted. But composting onions can cause some problems, which you should be cautious about. The reason some people avoid adding onions to their compost heap is that onions have a very strong smell and release acidic gas when chopped up.
Worms need food!
They will eat some of their bedding, but they really love scraps of fruit and vegetables. Worms will eat the parts you won't, like cores and peels. Don't feed them too much or too often at first. A yogurt container full of scraps once a week will be enough.
The molds that form on most vegetables are usually OK, but the molds on some fruit and bread can be problematic. If you're in doubt, try a small amount first and see if the worms are bothered by it. If not, then it's probably OK to use it, otherwise, you should put them into your backyard bin instead.
Worms hate: meat or fish, cheese, butter, greasy food, animal waste, spicy and salty foods, citrus.” The food-to-worm ratio is not precise, nor is the amount of castings they will produce. The rule of thumb is that a pound of worms will eat one to two pounds of food in a week.
Onions- This one has been the most trusted remedy for hundreds of years for killing parasitic infections or worms. Onion is rich in sulphur compounds that stop the worms from multiplying. It is best advised to have a combination of onion and garlic in the morning for the best results.
Worms will eat onion peels in small amounts. If your worm bin is healthy and thriving then add onion peels cut into small pieces with other food scraps. Aim for onion peels to make up a maximum of 10% of the food mix and wait for it to break down before adding more.
All your kitchen waste can be added to your wormery. This includes cooked food scraps, veg peelings, tea leaves, coffee grounds, bread, pasta and rice. You can also add vacuum cleaner dust, hair, wool, cotton and egg shells. Never add dog or cat faeces to your wormery as these contain pathogens.
Worms love to eat coffee grounds, and that's great news for your garden. Add coffee grounds to your compost pile to help attract worms, which help speed up the process of turning food scraps into compost. You can also add coffee grounds directly to the soil, but you'll have to be careful not to overdo it.
Composting worms can absolutely be fed with crushed shells from eggs. You should know that compost worms will eat just about anything that's organic (all except meat, seafood, poultry, dairy, oily, or spicy stuff).
Various animals love to eat onions. The most common include squirrels, rabbits, dogs, cats, raccoons, moles, birds, deers, snails, slugs, groundhogs, and rats. But not all animals find onions as a part of a delicious dinner. Some animals damage the onion plants and leave them half bitten, while others enjoy them.
While there are many products in the home that rats will avoid, onions are not one of them. Rats will often come across wild onions or onions that have been grown in the garden as they forage for food in their habitats.
Onions are toxic, with both cattle and sheep being particularly susceptible.