Comments on: 50 Cocoon Challenge Wrap-Up http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/50-cocoon-challenge-wrap-up/ Red Wiggler Worms, European Nightcrawlers and loads of helpful Worm Composting Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christian http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/50-cocoon-challenge-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-23188 Christian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:36:33 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1634#comment-23188 I'm looking forward to watching the 4WRE this time, as the reproductive process with these creatures fascinates me so much. I started out with about 250g (half-pound) of red wigglers on Halloween and it's exactly three weeks now. If 250g contains roughly 500 worms, I'd love to know where I'm at now. No worms have been trying to escape and now that the ecosystem is well established they seem to be tearing through the food quickly. I'd like to think that these would be ideal conditions for some worm romance. Hopefully your experiment will shed some light on the subject. Get to it! I’m looking forward to watching the 4WRE this time, as the reproductive process with these creatures fascinates me so much. I started out with about 250g (half-pound) of red wigglers on Halloween and it’s exactly three weeks now. If 250g contains roughly 500 worms, I’d love to know where I’m at now. No worms have been trying to escape and now that the ecosystem is well established they seem to be tearing through the food quickly. I’d like to think that these would be ideal conditions for some worm romance.

Hopefully your experiment will shed some light on the subject. Get to it!

]]> By: Bentley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/50-cocoon-challenge-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-23173 Bentley Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:02 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1634#comment-23173 Hi Harley - you must have been speed-reading! lol ;-) As mentioned, I've been feeling uncertain about the significance (if any) that the final tally will have. It will take a LONG time to count all the worms and cocoons in this material, and because I fed the system so infrequently (and not according to any consistent schedule), this in no way demonstrates the potential for a worm population to develop in 6 months. I'd like to test this out by starting another of my "Four Worm Reproduction Experiments". All that being said, I may still try to get at least try to get some idea of the quantity of worms left in the material - and if nothing else, all those cocoons would certainly come in handy for my planned straw and cardboard "50 Cocoon Challenges"! 8) Hi Harley – you must have been speed-reading! lol
;-)

As mentioned, I’ve been feeling uncertain about the significance (if any) that the final tally will have. It will take a LONG time to count all the worms and cocoons in this material, and because I fed the system so infrequently (and not according to any consistent schedule), this in no way demonstrates the potential for a worm population to develop in 6 months.
I’d like to test this out by starting another of my “Four Worm Reproduction Experiments”.

All that being said, I may still try to get at least try to get some idea of the quantity of worms left in the material – and if nothing else, all those cocoons would certainly come in handy for my planned straw and cardboard “50 Cocoon Challenges”!
8)

]]> By: Harley http://www.redwormcomposting.com/fun-stuff/50-cocoon-challenge-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-23171 Harley Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:13 +0000 http://www.redwormcomposting.com/?p=1634#comment-23171 hey bentley, you didn't tell us how many worms you ended up with? Harley. hey bentley,
you didn’t tell us how many worms you ended up with?

Harley.

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