Quote Originally Posted by jfreels View Post
Good start! I'd suggest not using cornmeal though. It's good for sifting, but as you mentioned, it molds easily and mold and definitely destroy your colony.

I'd suggest using wheat-bran. It's MUCH cheaper than the cornmeal. I get it for about 80 cents a pound which goes a lot further than a pound of cornmeal. I do a 2-1 mix of the wheat bran and Pro Gutload. I'm just about to upgrade my colony to a larger drawer system. I'll post pics and stuff when I get them transfered over.
I use corn meal over wheat because of the terrible wheat mites wheat is prone to get which will wipe out your mealworms. Plus yellow cornmeal "shows" when it is becoming filled with frass, wheat goes from light white to light gray. Cornmeal goes from bright yellow to gray or black