r/Vermiculture • u/Electrical-Garden-20 • 10d ago

Discussion Salt

I'm munching on edamame and planning on tossing the shells in with my worms. I'm eating most of them plain, as I love their flavor and dipping every like 5th one with salt. When you eat edamame you literally put your mouth on the pod and in the process lick off the salt.

Now obviously, salt is bad for worms. But *realistically* there is very little salt. In 12oz I'm using MAYBE a quarter of a teaspoon of salt, and the pods are left with no visible salt left. But is this realistically tiny amount when it's 1/4ish feedings a month? What's a sensible "close enough to nothing" amount that you feel comfortable with?

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u/Ineedmorebtc 10d ago

Rinse. Zero problem after.

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u/OddAd7664 10d ago

Smart idea

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u/Dekknecht 10d ago

Salt is bad for the garden as well, so if you plan to use the castings you want to limit salt coming into your bin.

As always, a little bit will not be a problem.

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u/LaurLoey 10d ago

you might not be able to gauge the salt content by taste esp. if you don’t have a low sodium diet. if you know the 5th is the dip, just toss that one next time. or, as mentioned, quick rinse/swirl.

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u/_HillCruiser 9d ago

Being new to the world of worm bins, I think I might be overprotective.
In a short amount of time, my whole perspectives on worms has changed,

The little baby ones are so thin and fragile-looking; everything I do in the
bin, I think about how it might affect the little guys and gals:)

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u/Bunnyeatsdesign 10d ago

Edamame shells you have already munched on are fine to toss into to your worm farm. You could rinse them first but I wouldn't bother. You've already processed them by slurping on them.

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u/Albert14Pounds 10d ago

People underestimate how much salt is bad for a garden/soil. I wouldn't worry about.

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u/earsofCotton 9d ago

Do you mean overestimate?

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u/Albert14Pounds 9d ago edited 8d ago

No, it takes more than they think. Therefore people underestimate the amount of salt it takes to affect soil/plants.

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u/Justplayoo 10d ago

Those pods are a little too hard for the worms. I usually put those in my compost.