How many worms hatch out of a Cocoon?

Posted June 23rd, 2009 by Composting Red Worms. Comment (0).

A lot of people wonder how fast worms reproduce, how many worms are in a cocoon, how often does a worm make a cocoon etc. I figured I would try to figure out some of these things experimentally. So I grabbed a few cocoons out of my European Nightcrawler worm bin and a few cups:
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European Worm Bin Update

Posted June 18th, 2009 by Composting Red Worms. Comment (0).

I harvested my worm bin a week or two ago. I took out a bunch of castings to put in my garden and put the rest of the worms back into a new bin with composted horse manure as the bedding. Sorry I don’t have any pictures from that.
I harvested the castings the long, boring, [...]

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