| Author |
 Topic |
|
|
grenoble
USA
11 Posts |
 Posted - 02/22/2010 : 18:37:33
|
I am interested in red wigglers, farm redworms, gusanito worm, red worms,vermiculture , vermicompost, worm bin, Organic Worm Castings, Compost, Mulch, Aged Dairy manure.
I am interested in knowing more about reproduction of EISENIA FOETIDA.
I have been working with them for the past 8 months and I would like increase the number of individuals fast so I can have a large quantity of organic material digested daily. |
|
|
7YY |
|
|
7YY |
|
| Y
|
|
pati1975
USA
3 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2010 : 18:51:47
|
| How do compost worms multiply? Like all earthworms, compost worms have female and male gender organs (hermaphrodite). If they pair off, the genitals come mutually to narrow contact. These are localized in the wide rings (clitellum) of adult worms. This ring walks in the course of the next days on and on to the back and is shored up, in the end, so that a yellowish cocoon originates which has the form a lemon. After a certain time, out of this small mites are slipping. |
 |
|
|
grenoble
USA
11 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2010 : 18:52:30
|
Thank you.
I've read that conception takes place with the mating of compost worms. It comes to 61% of the matings to the transfer of sperm. Of it a mutual transfer of sperm takes place in 88.2% of the cases, in 9.8% the transfer occurred only in one direction. Merely in one case a self-conception occurred. |
|
|
|
pati1975
USA
3 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2010 : 18:55:07
|
| Thank you. Which compost worm multiplies faster? Eisenia foetida or Eisenia andrei? Scientific investigations from the year 2003 showed that Eisenia andrei multiplies much faster under the elective conditions of the study. The percentage of the worms, that produced cocoons was substantially higher (33% compared with 3.5%). Also the number of the produced cocoons was higher with Eisenia andrei, likewise the slip rate of the mites from the cocoons. The life ability of the cocoons was possibly equally high with both species. |
|
|
|
cool2re
USA
1 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2010 : 18:56:23
|
| Here goes some info: Body cylindrical, 35-130 x 3-5 mm Color purple, red, dark red, brownish red. There are unicolored forms and forms that have alternating bands of red-brown on dorsum with pigmentless yellow intersegmental areas. Epigeic habit; detritivorous; very little soil consumed Principal earthworm for composting kitchen wastes, animal manures, etc. Live a maximum of 4-5 years, 1-2 more frequent Reproduce sexually, up to about 900 eggs per year per worm Little tendency to burrow into mineral soil |
|
|
|
grenoble
USA
11 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2010 : 18:57:49
|
Just read this on the Internet:
- The Benefits of EARTHWORMS
Improve the physical structure of the soil
- improve water filtration rates and absorption rates helping the soil to drain better. Less runoff equals less watering and less erosion.
- the tunneling activity improves soil aeration, porosity, and permeability.
- increase moisture absorption and moisture available to plants. Castings absorb water faster than soil, castings hold more water than equivalent amounts of soil. Bhawalker Earthworm Research Institute
- castings have the ability to absorb moisture from the air and hold it in a manner that plants can use. Bhawalker Earthworm Research Institute
- 25 earthworms per square foot of soil equal 1 million earthworms per acre. Studies in England have shown that in healthy soil forty tons of castings per acre pass through earthworms bodies daily. A new USA study indicates 1½ million worms per acre which move 20 tons of earth each year.
- studies have shown that with good food sources and favorable conditions, a field might have over 100 nightcrawlers per square yard. National Soil Tilth Lab
- One earthworm can digest 36 tons of soil in one year. US Soil Conservation Office
- the tunneling activity of worms helps breakup hardpan and other compacted soils.
- studies have shown that 30% of a fields respiration during cold wet winter-spring months are due to earthworms.
- A study in European orchards found that earthworms could increase the pore space in soil by 75-100% and that earthworm burrows accounted for _ of a soils air-filled pores. Earthworm Ecology and Biogeography in North America, 1995. |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
|
|
All Forums
How do compost worms multiply?
New Topic
Printer Friendly