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Old 10-11-2004, 10:44 AM
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Franz Heymann wrote:


"Gary" wrote in message


And doing other things to promote faster consumption...like putting

soil
where they eat...worms have gizzards and need soil to digest their

food.

I doubt that. It is certainly not mentioned in any of the essays on
worm composting that I have read.

Franz



While they don't strictly speaking have gizzards, they do need some sort of
gritty substance to help break up the food they ingest. I use calcified
seaweed.

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