Can I put hard boiled eggs in a compost or a worm bin?
Hi, I have about a dozen hard boiled eggs left over and I was wondering if I can put them in my compost bin or my worm bin. I've always read you can add the egg shells but never on weather the contents of the eggs shells can go in and why not if they can't. Anyway, if I have a preference it would be to give them to the worms as we've been light in feeding them this week. Thanks!
yes but this requires a specially designed composter. Composters that can handle meat and milk products have several common features.
1) They are air tight or otherwise designed to contain odours.
2) They have reinforced sides to keep scavengers out.
3) They have aerating features that bring fresh oxygen in and promote the activity of aerobic bacteria, or in the case of the bokashi composters, they use special anaerobic bacteria.
4) They are insulated to generate high temperatures that thermophilic bacteria use to break down proteins.
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No you can't, only the egg shells. (:
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yes but this requires a specially designed composter. Composters that can handle meat and milk products have several common features.
1) They are air tight or otherwise designed to contain odours.
2) They have reinforced sides to keep scavengers out.
3) They have aerating features that bring fresh oxygen in and promote the activity of aerobic bacteria, or in the case of the bokashi composters, they use special anaerobic bacteria.
4) They are insulated to generate high temperatures that thermophilic bacteria use to break down proteins.
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Egg yolk is a fat, so I would not use it in a worm bed.
The white is protein and I see no reason why it could not be used.
To be safe, partition off a small amount of worms and let them try the whites and see what happens.
No fats in the compost pile.
Perhaps the wildlife in your area would like the yolks? However that might encourage something you do not want on a daily basis, as coons can get to be a problem.
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not in the compost, the rats would come from far and wide to get eggs!!…. worms cannot handle that much protein all at once, so the eggs would just rot and stink…. so, no…..
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No meat and dairy products, I suppose no eggs then.
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I’ve been looking for a site like this for a while.
Thanks for sharing your ideas! I would appreciate tho if you’d elaborate more on the matter as I think it does lack something here and there. But anyway, RSS Subscribed!