lkittle
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A Juvenile Earthworm
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Re:Packaging worms for sale as bait in cups - 2008/03/01 15:15
s7309: No I have not had any problems with the newspaper. I shred it in .25 inch strips in a regular paper shredder. It is a little slower to decompose than other material because you can see the unbroken down particals longer. The manufacturer no longer advises the use of paper and cardboard. They suggest precomposted animal manure and chopped leaves and sawdust mixtures along with grass clippings and hay/straw chopped up. Thoes turn dark under composting conditions and if they are not finished it doesn't matter to them they will also ammend the soil. I layer in .5 layers than the suggested 1 inch food and 3-4 inches of bedding.
I water more in the summer than the winter because the heater dries the paper out in winter and the airflow does the same in summer. I also keep paper in the harvest area and it is dampened for the worms that do get down to that level.
larry
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