How To Breed European Nightcrawlers. Nightcrawlers produce an average of 38 cocoons per year, or roughly one every 10 days, in the right conditions. Chris bean from bilsdale worms reveals the entire cycle used in producing dendrobeana worms for fishing and composting.
They’ll also produce rich worm castings for you (which you can make into an organic fertilizer); European night crawlers go by many names. Apply worm feed over the entire surface of the worm bedding, dampened again.
That freeze creates a frozen cap that will actually. Of course, you wouldn't want to sell off all your worms and you would encounter some losses along the way. Breeding boxes can be built out of wood or they can be plastic bins.
Soon after setting up your bins and beds you will notice many capsules in your beds and bins. Check the worm bedding mixture often to see the moisture content, ph level, and temperature. Having decided to reduce the stocks i breed of this species, but having customers requiring access to the species for school science or as breeding stock, the euros are now priced as specialized breeding stock.
Here are some numbers george m. I have found that the european lays more capsules than many other worms including the red worm. A european nightcrawler will produce about one egg capsule per week, if kept within the optimum temperatures and fed well.
Shared with me from his own operation. Unpacking european nightcrawlers that i ordered from amazon. For long term holding, breeding and growing worms, mix something else with the peat moss.
In fact some worm industry leaders predict that someday european night crawlers (enc) will become more popular than red worms. Ideal growth is achieved between 60° and 70° f. Peat moss and coconut coir are perfect for bedding.
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