Does anyone know whether that white packing stuff that ‘they’ say is totally biodegradable is safe to feed to worms?

Only packing stuff I feed to my worms is cardboard that is shaped to fit around an electrical thing.

there is some that is made from corn starch. if it is that it is probably OK.

There’s a packing stuff – shaped like a cylinder, bit less than an inch long maybe. Looks like honeycomb in texture. If you squash it stays pretty much squash. It’ll dissolve in water. IF that’s what you’re talking about its made from sort of grain. Totally eadable (eatable?) I usually flush it down the loo. Apparently, you can use it in the garden – dig it into the soil. Don’t leave it on top. If it gets damp, but not WET, it’ll form a mat. Looks like vomit, very unattractive.

For worms, content wise it’s probably safe (if we’re talking about the same stuff); but be careful of the matting effect.

Looks like vomit, very unattractive.
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When does vomit look attractive???? Bats eye lashes in wonder…LOL

SueBk said:

There’s a packing stuff – shaped like a cylinder, bit less than an inch long maybe. Looks like honeycomb in texture. If you squash it stays pretty much squash. It’ll dissolve in water. IF that’s what you’re talking about its made from sort of grain. Totally eadable (eatable?) I usually flush it down the loo. Apparently, you can use it in the garden – dig it into the soil. Don’t leave it on top. If it gets damp, but not WET, it’ll form a mat. Looks like vomit, very unattractive.

For worms, content wise it’s probably safe (if we’re talking about the same stuff); but be careful of the matting effect.

I think that’s the one SueBk. I have heard it’s made from potato starch … ?

SueBk said:

There’s a packing stuff – shaped like a cylinder, bit less than an inch long maybe. Looks like honeycomb in texture. If you squash it stays pretty much squash. It’ll dissolve in water. IF that’s what you’re talking about its made from sort of grain. Totally eadable (eatable?) I usually flush it down the loo. Apparently, you can use it in the garden – dig it into the soil. Don’t leave it on top. If it gets damp, but not WET, it’ll form a mat. Looks like vomit, very unattractive.

For worms, content wise it’s probably safe (if we’re talking about the same stuff); but be careful of the matting effect.

We put some of that in our farm here at work, but I don’t think we’ve emptied that layer yet so I don’t know if they ate it.

Trying to start a push to get a second worm farm at work – we have too much food for one farm to cope with, it just keeps going mouldy =/

bon008 said:

SueBk said:

There’s a packing stuff – shaped like a cylinder, bit less than an inch long maybe. Looks like honeycomb in texture. If you squash it stays pretty much squash. It’ll dissolve in water. IF that’s what you’re talking about its made from sort of grain. Totally eadable (eatable?) I usually flush it down the loo. Apparently, you can use it in the garden – dig it into the soil. Don’t leave it on top. If it gets damp, but not WET, it’ll form a mat. Looks like vomit, very unattractive.

For worms, content wise it’s probably safe (if we’re talking about the same stuff); but be careful of the matting effect.

We put some of that in our farm here at work, but I don’t think we’ve emptied that layer yet so I don’t know if they ate it.

Trying to start a push to get a second worm farm at work – we have too much food for one farm to cope with, it just keeps going mouldy =/

bon008 …….. have you found out whether or not your work worms ate the packing stuff?
I have a regular supply and it would be ‘neat’ if it was ok for the worms.

Crinkle said:

bon008 said:

SueBk said:

There’s a packing stuff – shaped like a cylinder, bit less than an inch long maybe. Looks like honeycomb in texture. If you squash it stays pretty much squash. It’ll dissolve in water. IF that’s what you’re talking about its made from sort of grain. Totally eadable (eatable?) I usually flush it down the loo. Apparently, you can use it in the garden – dig it into the soil. Don’t leave it on top. If it gets damp, but not WET, it’ll form a mat. Looks like vomit, very unattractive.

For worms, content wise it’s probably safe (if we’re talking about the same stuff); but be careful of the matting effect.

We put some of that in our farm here at work, but I don’t think we’ve emptied that layer yet so I don’t know if they ate it.

Trying to start a push to get a second worm farm at work – we have too much food for one farm to cope with, it just keeps going mouldy =/

bon008 …….. have you found out whether or not your work worms ate the packing stuff?
I have a regular supply and it would be ‘neat’ if it was ok for the worms.

Hi Crinkle,

My impression is that they’re avoiding it. IF they are eating it, it’s definitely the last thing they go for. Maybe if you soak it in water first?? Even in the moist envronment of the farm, they’re pretty solid things that I imagine wuld be hard for the wormies to eat. Ayway, we’ve stopped putting them in and gone back to occasional newspaper.

bon008 said:

Crinkle said:

bon008 said:

SueBk said:

There’s a packing stuff – shaped like a cylinder, bit less than an inch long maybe. Looks like honeycomb in texture. If you squash it stays pretty much squash. It’ll dissolve in water. IF that’s what you’re talking about its made from sort of grain. Totally eadable (eatable?) I usually flush it down the loo. Apparently, you can use it in the garden – dig it into the soil. Don’t leave it on top. If it gets damp, but not WET, it’ll form a mat. Looks like vomit, very unattractive.

For worms, content wise it’s probably safe (if we’re talking about the same stuff); but be careful of the matting effect.

We put some of that in our farm here at work, but I don’t think we’ve emptied that layer yet so I don’t know if they ate it.

Trying to start a push to get a second worm farm at work – we have too much food for one farm to cope with, it just keeps going mouldy =/

bon008 …….. have you found out whether or not your work worms ate the packing stuff?
I have a regular supply and it would be ‘neat’ if it was ok for the worms.

Hi Crinkle,

My impression is that they’re avoiding it. IF they are eating it, it’s definitely the last thing they go for. Maybe if you soak it in water first?? Even in the moist envronment of the farm, they’re pretty solid things that I imagine wuld be hard for the wormies to eat. Ayway, we’ve stopped putting them in and gone back to occasional newspaper.

Thanks for that bon. I’ll just keep putting it in the garden or rubbish then.
I cover my worm’s food with newspaper or cardboard it’s a good way to recycle it. It’s slow for them to process but something is needed to ‘keep them in the dark’ ;-P