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wormman1980
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 Buying cocoons in bulk - 2008/03/11 13:56 Hi all,

I have several thousand worms muching away in the garage as i type. However, I am looking to expand my operation tailored more to the vermicompost market.
I want to increase my worm population drastically and rapidly without spending a fortune. This got me wondering, could i buy in bulk (thousands) of cocoons to kickstart my population? Would the cheapness of the cocoons be offset by the labour time taken to seperate them from the castings? Does anybody know where i could purchase such an amount of cocoons particuarly in England?
I am in the process of aquiring land and need to build up a large breeding stock to inoculate these new outside beds.

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hbspwqg
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 Re:Buying cocoons in bulk - 2008/03/11 21:48 my email: hbspggsp@yahoo.com

How much and which species do you want? i have ens and red worm's eggs in Toronto Canada How much and which species do you want? i have ens and red worm's egg in Toronto Canada
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wormman1980
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 Re:Buying cocoons in bulk - 2008/03/13 14:26 Mnay thanks, I have sent a email to you regarding this. Help Fight Cancer!
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Homesteadfamily
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 Re:Buying cocoons in bulk - 2008/03/20 23:42 I live in the U.S. can you ship out of country without problems. Also, I would like to start up worms as a Homeschoolers project. This would involved about 4 locations of Homeschool Families.
We will be teaching about worms. Then we also teach about budgeting, business management. The children enjoy doing one project like this a year. Some of the older Homeschoolers have went on with some of our projects to start and carry out their own business out side of the school project once we finish. So I have no clue one amount would be needed to help get this up and going at each school. If you could give a idea of prices and thought on this we would be thankful to you.
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squirminwormfarm
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 Re:Buying cocoons in bulk - 2008/03/21 11:14 Homesteadfamily,

If you PM me I would be glad to try and help you out with everything that you asked. It would be a huge post if I just replied, and I will need some additional information. Dave Wallace
Squirmin' Worm Farm
Plymouth, WI
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