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Grimlock
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A Juvenile Earthworm
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 Out door bin discovery - 2006/07/20 10:03 Well I had attempted an outdoor bin a few years ago, and thought my worm population was wiped out. I planned on cleaning out the bin, and starting over with it again now that I know more about the care needed for an outdoor bin. Earlier in the spring I had looked through and found only 4 redworms that had made it. I took them out of the bin and didn't look back until yesterday. Well I was looking through the bin and to my surprise there was about 20 or so adult worms inside. I also found some newborns inside. I would have been scratching my head trying to figure out how this happened, but before I worked on it I had just read on Bob's site this..

In the wild, when worms are stressed by heat, cold, drouth or famine, they breed like crazy and leave as many of those tough little cocoons behind as possible; they then find the best possible spot where they curl into a 'ball' of worms and go into 'diapause', a hibernation like state, where bodily functions slow way down and somewhat suspend until conditions improve. If conditions do not improve, they die, and those tough little cocoons take over from there, and life goes on.


They must have laid some eggs before they died off during the winter. I was impressed at these guys will to carry on. I am going to again attempt an out door bin with the knowledge that I have gained since I attempted about 2 years ago. I already see where, and what I did wrong, and hope to have them thrive this time.
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mihardy
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 Re:Out door bin discovery - 2006/07/25 22:51 I just started an outdoor bin. don't know for sure how it will do, but have figued out by catching my own worms what they like They like dirt they like red dirt,gray dirt,white dirt,black dirt;I think they would like blue or green dirt if u could find it I know they will eat newspaper and cardboard etc. But have u ever seen a RED WIGGLER read the Wall Street Journal! So: get back to basics Also, u cant drown worms in an outdoor bin like an indoor bin. I also found that they like to stay on something that hold moisture. I used old tile scraps. I put 2" dirt, then cardboard and covered with old pine needles. so far so good Ialso found out how to catch you'r own worms.use asphalt shingles and cover with coarse mulch:half green and about every two weeks with rain or watering u can find plenty of worms as soon as the mulch starts to deteroiate
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mihardy
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 Re:Out door bin discovery - 2006/07/25 22:59 I just started an outdoor bin. don't know for sure how it will do, but have figued out by catching my own worms what they like They like dirt they like red dirt,gray dirt,white dirt,black dirt;I think they would like blue or green dirt if u could find it I know they will eat newspaper and cardboard etc. But have u ever seen a RED WIGGLER read the Wall Street Journal! So: get back to basics Also, u cant drown worms in an outdoor bin like an indoor bin. I also found that they like to stay on something that hold moisture. I used old tile scraps. I put 2" dirt, then cardboard and covered with old pine needles. so far so good Ialso found out how to catch you'r own worms.use asphalt shingles and cover with coarse mulch:half green and about every two weeks with rain or watering u can find plenty of worms as soon as the mulch starts to deteroiate
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Grimlock
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 Re:Out door bin discovery - 2006/07/26 00:13 Well I just added the other 5# of redworms into the outdoor bin. I think they will do fine as long as I get enough hot foods come winter, and I will cover it with an old quilt too. I also moved it right up by the house so I don't have to go as far through the snow to check up on them.
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Grimlock
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 Re:Out door bin discovery - 2006/07/28 11:17 I just got 10 more pounds of ENCs for my garage cows. Now I have even more mouths to feed. I'm curious to see how much they compared to the same pounds of red worms.
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