Comments on: European Nightcrawler Cocoons

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:08:56 +0000

Hey Sean – it may not be “too many”, but if the plan is to grow a big population my suggestion would be to start multiple bins and spread your purchased worms between them. This gives them more room to spread out and you should see faster reproduction for sure (assuming you provide them with good living conditions)!

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:49:58 +0000

Hello I have just started raising european reds and I ordered a thousand worms do you think that is to many worms in one bin to start a successful breeding farm

By: Tab

Tab — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:44:09 +0000

Hi, best regards from Poland. I started my first bin with ENC worms a month and a half ago. I chose containers adapted to contact with food. This is probably important. I came across your blog a few days ago and read, read, read. You are very helpful, I learned a lot of important things about worm farming. I will use them for the sake of my crawling friends. You are helping a lot, for which I am very grateful. I hope to convince others to start worm farming and obtain vermicompost. I will be checking back often.

By: Dale Emery

Dale Emery — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:21:03 +0000

Just a quick comment, 1 thing I have noticed is that some brands of tubs you can buy seem to be coated with something ( I’m assuming it has something to do so the tub doesn”t stick to the mold) now I wash each and rinse new tub totallly before using it.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:50:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Anthony! Makes me want to set up a comparison experiment! 😉

By: anthony

anthony — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 05:10:40 +0000

I raise Euros and the reality is Euros Dont really need to alot of patience to raise them the timeline of reproduction of reds and Euros is very similar Euros In my opinion are better because they grow bigger than Reds so they eat more (My Opinion) and they are easier to seperate from the castings!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:47:16 +0000

Hi T,
Glad the site has helped!
As for mites – in my experience, they thrive in really wet conditions when there is ample food (perhaps too much food). If you can ease off on the feeding a bit and provide more air flow (maybe leave the lid off periodically) this should help. I see far fewer mites in my open systems than in my enclosed bins.

By: Worm Farmer T

Worm Farmer T — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:52:27 +0000

# 1. Would like to say this site is the key to my success and is very helpful all around in everything obstacle i may have encountered in vermiculture. Thanks alot

#2. I have a problem with mites. I went on vacation but left a good bit of oatmeal grain for the worms and moistened it along with the bedding. When i got back there was kind of a sharp smell when i dug into the bin and mites also. It’s not a population boom but would like tips before it gets to that point.

#3. I have euros and they have plenty of cocoons laying around by the way. I soon to be ordering a lb of euroes because my population is quite low only found 8 worms to be exact(not due to bin conditions but many tiger oscar aquariums around the house)

Addiotional Info
Bedding:Cardboard and newspaper
Food:Scraps and purina worm chow
Worm:E.Hortensis

Thanks alot, T

By: Ludovico Guadagni

Ludovico Guadagni — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:20:59 +0000

Hi Bentley, congrats for your blog 🙂
I’ve a bin of Euros and I can sadly tell that they are chaste worms 🙁
I can’t find any cocoon at all. Are there specific reasons for this?
Thank you in advance!

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:57:29 +0000

Very interesting, Ann. Do you find they are reaching adulthood faster as well?
What have you been feeding them?