Red Worms, Earth Worms and Nightcrawlers

Red Worms aka Eisenia Fetida are the composting worms that produce the largest amount of worm casting. Red worms are much smaller than Earth worms and Nightcrawlers.

Red Worms are fast reproducers. The time it takes for the worm cocoons to hatch depends on the temperature and the conditions. It takes over 3 weeks for the development of the cocoons and after they hatch, it takes about 2 months to reach maturity and start reproducing.

If you mix Red worms with Nightcrawlers, the Red worms will become the dominant specie. The population of your Nightcrawlers will diminish over time if you mix both species. Even though Red worms are much smaller than Nightcrawlers, Red worms are tough worms that can tolerate a wide range of moisture conditions, acidity and drastic temperature change.

In nature, the natural habitat of Red worms is in decaying leaves, compost piles and manure piles. Red worms are a different type of earth dwellers. Red worms cannot survive under grass. The purpose of the life of a Red worm is to process organic material into compost.

When you feed your worm bin, your compost pile, always remember you are creating a habitat for your friends. Worms are our friends.
Keep adding coconut coir to retain moisture and your worms will reproduce even faster.

Share your composting worms with your friends and family. There is a huge network internationally of people like you and me who have befriended an army of little creatures, creatures the earth has gifted us with. It is the army of worms that will make it possible for your great grand children to be born on this planet. Worm casting is the remedy to curb pollution.

My ultimate goal is to teach the Chinese to compost with us. When a guy from Beijing bought a worm farm from us recently, I knew he was the lead to my march. When another guy from Hong Kong bought another worm bin from us, I laughed in delight.

China is waking up to the pollution mess they are in. I lived and worked in China. I saw with my own eyes many rivers change color every day because of all the factories along the rivers.

Our Gusanito Worm Farm bins is a worm that is made from recycled plastic. The instruction manual is also made from recycled paper. Worms are teaching us to recycle. I consider Red worms the ambassadors of the planet we live on.

btw, Greetings from Seattle
Caroline