Comments on: European Nightcrawlers - Eisenia hortensis

By: Bentley

Bentley — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:54:10 +0000

Hi Steve,
I have yet to be successful breeding Euros on a large scale. They are definitely not as fast to grow and reproduce as Red Worms are. I will be working closely with them this winter to see how quickly I can increase my population, and will certainly write more about that.

You should have success with them, having access to all that manure. Just make sure there aren’t naturally occurring Red Worms in there since they may end up outcompeting your Euros.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:07:12 +0000

Hi Bentley,

I enjoy your postings a lot. I live in British Columbia, Canada right next to a horse farm. I have access to all of the horse and turkey manure that I want and would like to try and grow Euro’s commercially. Were you sucessful at breeding your Euro’s? I would like to learn from your experiences. Please contact me on my email address to discuss further.

Thanks,

Steve

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:57:10 +0000

Hi Leo,
It’s actually my image (I am owner of this site - Jeff is a friend), but you are more than welcome to use it with proper credit given. I will send you an email.

Thanks

Bentley

By: Leo Brooks

Leo Brooks — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:45:54 +0000

Hello Jeff,

Love the picture showing the two types of worms. Any chance we could use it on our website (with credit to you of course).

Thanks,

Leo, Pat And Mark
http://www.wormsatwork.com

By: Bentley

Bentley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:21:51 +0000

Hey Chuck,
Send me an email and I will help you track down a European Nightcrawler supplier.

By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:11:25 +0000

Would like to know where to buy these worms,im ready to go fidhing.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:55:24 +0000

Hi Vermiman!
Thanks for the ENC info. I will be interested to see how mine respond to scraps. So far so good - they seem to be eagerly feeding on the materials I’ve added, but then again they don’t have any other options. I will be interested to see if they shrink in size (manure is typically a more nutritious food source). I have witnessed this shrinkage with red worms previously living in aged manure.

You are definitely right about the red worm in the picture - I guess that’s not the best comparison shot. I’ll definitely be taking some more (will be putting together a photo gallery).

By: vermiman

vermiman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:45:44 +0000

The red worm doesn’t seem to be a mature worm. No visible Clitellum.

By: vermiman

vermiman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:40:19 +0000

I have a bin of ENCs and they seem to like manure allot more than food scraps.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:14:39 +0000

Thanks for the info, Jeff!
I’ll be interested to see how their appearance changes now that they are no longer eating manure.

I’ll be sure to post more pictures as well!