Comments on: Four Worm Update-06-23-10

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:39:41 +0000

Kevin – this is WAY after the fact but…it’s not uncommon for large Red Worms to look a lot like Euros.
🙂

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:38:17 +0000

Hi Steve
Don’t think I ended up doing a count with this one, but did so with the last “4 Worm” project:
http://www.redwormcomposting.com/worm-composting/four-worm-reproduction-experiment-wrap-up/

You should also check out this post:
http://www.redwormcomposting.com/general-questions/will-a-red-worm-population-double-in-3-months/

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 04:20:47 +0000

Did you ever do a count? Alternatively, can you reference me to a study, or a similar home experiment where they have done this with closer-to-ideal conditions and a final count after >6 months total?

By: Kevin Jiang

Kevin Jiang — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:20:23 +0000

The worms in the picture look like European nightcrawlers. Just saying.

By: koolkid

koolkid — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:08:58 +0000

Well hi there bently been a while since I’ve commented on anything.

My worms are doing great have 20+ now and i started with 2.

My other inverts include:
1-Dermestes Lardarius[have around 50+]
2-Woodlice[Have about 10 females ready to have babies]
3-Mealworms[have 500+ babies]
4-Grasshoppers[nymphs about 10-12]

All is well with my breeding projects and i do have an ant queen with two pupae/cocoons. Its a carpenter ant:
Camponotus pennisylia.

By: John Duffy

John Duffy — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:12:04 +0000

Hi Bentley,
The drink tray cardboard you like to use is available in another form. If you have a McDonald’s in your area, you could sweet-talk the manager to save the cardboard egg grates for you. It’s basically the same stuff pressed out in a different configuration. My local Mc D’s saves theirs for me & the worms love it;)

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:31:48 +0000

This is very inspiring, Bentley. It also reminded me to check on my experiment and I found wormlets (or whatever babies are called).

By: mark

mark — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:57:07 +0000

Hi Bentley, This is interesting. I love to read about your worm experiments! I think my most obvious “vice” with wormeries is setting up bins with lots of shredded cardboard and not really adding enough food. This is mainly due to my fear of overfeeding / protein poisoning / sour bin etc.
Also I have a very big compost heap which can easily cope with all my food scraps. When I do feed my worms it is usually with homemade manure. Having said that, they do seem to thrive. LIke you say, they are very adaptable creatures.
By the way, have you seen that video on YouTube about Compost toilets?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBZwOqLJvBA&ytsession=YWky33ieoKj7PUlKRFan-0phs8DRCKXH6bsncyTA75Ke9wc6oJBQfhFTClg9Ap9wIrTg6-rm3FUSZvL_PkqtJQrtQQ4dbsdxUrkuOy3OqvxWiIsHr8eGpVt-YYjTZuUqZyERLDrf5db4XFHrMM0oo-IAMJfN2IPWR0oX65b9XBWTiOuejDjetw7obwkqwKS2yhBLgyBWesB4-jL3ayyRNYMwtApbS5o82ytrIYSHLsOFQUJ7P20W3ppb7AcHHCN8PKBAFxrecZo
mark