Comments on: The 50 Cocoon Challenge

By: Beryl Saunders

Beryl Saunders — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:26:56 +0000

On 29th November 2011 we harvested 650 cocoons from our worms bins. It took about 2 hours +.I don’t know how old the cocoons were but by mid- Dec 2011 some had hatched. Today 11th Febuary 2012 many of the hatchlings are now mature and are producing cocoons of their own.
This was done as an experiment only.Some are now back in the various farms they came from others have been transfered into larger farms to carry on repeating the cycle.
Some breeders remove the cocoons from worm farms before selling. I don’t. I think it’s unfair. I sell everything.Cocoons, young worms as well as mature worms.
This is from South Africa. We hardly ever get comments from this part of the world.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:57:40 +0000

how did it go??/ on the hatching,did any hatch?

By: Devin

Devin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:07:12 +0000

I would be curious of the results as well, including how many worms hatch. What kind of environment did you place the worms in for your experiment?

Also, remember not to touch the eggs with your hands/fingers. Human oils can be toxic to them.

By: Rich A.

Rich A. — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:28:38 +0000

Those look like red wiggler cocoons, although I don’t know if I have ever seen a Euro cocoon.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:55:46 +0000

What type of worm will you use? The post did not say, or if it did i didn’t see it.