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When we go to "town" (a place with more than two traffic lights ) my wife likes to go by Hobby Lobby. I wander the aisles looking for something to use with whatever distraction I'm currently involved in. Having moved my plants inside I figured they need a bite to eat once in a while.

I found this little mortar and pestle at Hobby Lobyy....$5.00. I didn't like trying to feed whole freeze-dried-bloodworms to my sundews and even my small flytraps could be an issue. I figured this would work to grind up the bloodworms. It works like a charm! It only takes maybe 20-30 seconds to grind up a nice pile of bloodworms. When I fed tonight I added water to the powder for the flytraps and sundews, allowing any excess water to run off before feeding. I'm thinking I may try it dry for the sundews next time though it seems it might be a bit tricky keeping from spilling a good bit trying to drop it on the tentacles in dry powder form.

I make little freeze dried bloodworm “meatballs” by mixing with a drop of water and feed my VFT’s, Nep’s and Sar’s . Different sizes for different plants.

Not saying you should swipe more kitchen equipment.. but I use a pepper grinder. Before anyone says I'm trying to feed my plants pepper flavored fish food I happened to have a spare new one around.

I just make a big batch mixed with enough water to make it fluid then blend it up! You can then dry it out in the oven or store it in the freezer for later consumption.