Comments on: The Coffee Grounds Conundrum – Part II

By: catherine

catherine — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:41:39 +0000

Opps- sorry- that should have read ceiling not roof. But still it’s a concrete wall and ceiling, and pretty dry, I was amazed they’d made it up that high!

By: John H. from Orlando

John H. from Orlando — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:38:15 +0000

Catherine,
Roof climbing worms, sounds like a great idea for Bentley’s next experiment or maybe better still, a new horror film. We’ll first need to leak it to the media that the population maybe be threatened by these super worms that can crawl down your chimneys and vent pipes to invade your dog food containers in the middle of the night. Bwahahahaha!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:13:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Catherine. Your mention of finding a worm near your roof certainly provides me with some perspective! Wow
I know they can climb, but I figured a tall garbage can (plus the lip at the top) would be a bit more than even an adventurous Red Worm would care to tackle.
Interesting point about their size too – makes good sense!

By: catherine

catherine — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:10:20 +0000

Also as to the size – I’ve found that if there’s only a small population of worms and plenty of food, they don’t tend to breed, but concentrate on growing. The worms I find in plant containers which have had stored/ screened VC and therefore only a few cocoons, have always been much bigger than the worms in my bin. Comercial breeders, especialy the ones who hand-pick or sort worms by size, usually put worms in sparsely populated bins with loads of food like cereal/ protein to fatten them up before selling.

By: catherine

catherine — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:05:19 +0000

If those bins were open to the elements- they were open to worms. They’re inquisitive things and crawl all over the place at night. I’ve found a worm near the roof of my garage one night the light was left off. I’ve also found a dead worm inside my bag of dog feed! It was in the original manufacturers 15kg bag, thick plastic and sealed with a ziploc. But I know the kids often leave the ziploc open, so this worm crawled accross the dusty garage floor, found a nice smooth surface and started exploring…. Extra protein for the dog I guess!