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Professor Ann has spoken. Mic drop. 🎤

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Lol yep

Awesome video!! Such great information!! So glad you mentioned the w-urban legend about worms not eating food, so strange to me that is floating around the interwebs😀I really like your analogy to being in different families...more different than apes and humans, that really helps to show how distinct they are!!! Great, well sourced research and info!!🪱🪱🪱

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I do quite a bit of reading. I like to share what I learn.

Always interesting to learn new things about the wormies - thanks for doing the research & sharing! 👍🏻

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Thank you for sharing the great information . I learned new things today .

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😃

Not only was that a fascinating video, so too are many of the comments and the mini debates generated by them. I love this channel.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I love all the comments and side conversations that go on. I learn so much from everyone 🥰

Great info about the size of worms. It’s good you are able to accommodate the temperature range for the ANCs.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Well I used to have a dining room. Now I have a worm room.not everyone is happy about main floor worms. Lol

I find all this so interesting

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video and great information

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

excellent information!

@PlantObsessed

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!👍🏼😊🪱

Great information Ann. 👍

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Great video Ann. I am always fascinated by the experiences others have when raising the same type of worm. Two people can have very different experiences with the exact same species. I've had ANCs for a long time and honestly don't see any noticeable difference in their behavior my other compost worms. Certainly they are bigger and look unique, but their behavior isn't different. Like you, I keep my worms in the basement most of the year. This past year my Africans we're at about 48°f and thrived (maybe as low as 40° at night). I learned from that experience that they will continue to eat, breed, and grow in temperatures far cooler than their natural habitat. Likewise when I was unable to take care of them over the past few weeks, they did just fine in temperatures above 100° with the heat index as high as 130° and are still going strong. I didn't know this any effects of the heat on them. Your species analogy (man to ape) is also interesting. There are so many theories on the origin of humans. For those who are religious, the belief is that man was made by a higher power and didn't evolve from anything. For those who are not, evolution is the theory. For centuries, those that believed humans came from evolution believed we evolved from primates. However, the latest theory and that with the most compelling evidence is that man evolved from sea creature, not a primate. I'll give you one link and you can research others. I've read many different articles on it and am convinced that ocean life explains us far better than a primate. www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/science/humanity-evolved-sea-creatures-large-mouth-no-anus-sccorhytus-millions-year-ago-micro-fossils-china-a7552611.html%3famp Glad to be able to watch videos again 😉👍 I have some catching up to do, but I'll get there

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I am convinced some breeds of ANC are fussy. That is mine..they are fussy

@connecticutwormsgardens

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed excellent point. There are many bloodlines or breeds out there whatever they're called and I do believe some are hardier than others. Mine originally came from a breeder raising them in a cold climate so maybe that had something to do with they're overall cold tolerance but that doesn't explain there heat tolerance. Whatever it is they're pretty damn good worms 😉👍

@wormsforlife7352

Жыл бұрын

​@@connecticutwormsgardens I was reading the comments and thought I would join in. I am pretty sure if you trace your worms back to the person you got them from, they will trace them back to Tom Chapman/UNCO and Ann can trace hers back to Emily and the person Emily got them from can trace them back to Tom Chapman/UNCO and Tom can trace them back to Charlie Morgan. When Tom got them from Charlie, they were a mix of Eudrilus eugeniae and Eisenia fetida. Charlie was doing experiments with sewage sludge and worms; Tom already had a very advanced system with the RWs, a 10-day system. Tom picked out the ANCs and renamed them Cultured Nightcrawlers and came up with the 14-day system. If it wasn't for Charlie and Tom, the ANCs would most likely only be found wild in Florida. With that being said T.J. (Toms son) said "if they can get down deep enough, they will resurface in the spring." they are in southern Wisconsin, it may be possible, the cocoons surely would not hatch after a winter though. In my opinion Cultured Nightcrawlers/ANCs are a lot more fussy than Red Wigglers and the other composting worms. It is also my strong opinion that you have a "special touch" in regard to your ANC's (with all worms in general). I also think you have gained this "special touch" with many years of experience and the ability to be modest with yourself alongside with the humble earthworms. My opinions and thinking may sound crazy, but I am being honest. I am looking forward to your next upload. Have a wonderful Day!

I respect your work. I'm going to dump a dead bins' castings over on my roses after this show.. Don't go crazy over it; it's a classical art.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

It's not Picasso lol

Your video is very informative and enjoyable. I think these particular worms would freeze in the winter; even in the house.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

They do well in my dining room at 70 to 80 degrees. I lost half the first year when i had them in the basement at 45-60 f. High maintenance worms for sure where i live.

Ever since I bought anc recently, my castings seems fluffy. Which is what I want

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

They do make beautiful castings for sure.

Very interesting video. I will read these books when I can get hold of them for less than £170 😮 I am digging into human anthropology a bit, mainly about human diet, nutrition and the digestive system.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

The Amazon versions are like 30$ here. Except the one ... It is more.

Great information as always, Ann. Do the African nightcrawlers like to live deeper than the red wigglers? I’m not sure if that’s why you put them in the continuous flow bag. Looking forward to the harvest! ~ Sandra

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

They do like to be deeper than the RW but they are in a CFT zipped bag because they escape all the time. I live on a road that has heavy trucks all the time I think the vibration makes them crawl.

Hi. Another great video and sharing of knowledge thank you!! Interested in the book you mentioned. Can you provide a reference. I can’t seem to find it in the information. Thank you!!!!

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

The first book is The biology and ecology of earthworms. Edwards and Bohlen. Second book is Biology of Earthworms- Edwards and Lofty. I bought them at a used book dealer online.

@michaelambrose9760

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!!!!

Always wanted to establish an African Night Crawler colony, then release some to see if they would establish in my soil

@hazel552

Жыл бұрын

Please don't release worms in a non native area, they can do so much damage to the environment

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Depending on where you live that may be illegal. Better check before you do that. Here in Illinois there are fines for releasing invasive species.

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I do worry when I use my castings in the garden if I am doing just that.

@greatergood3706

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed doubt red wigglers and blues can survive in your soil through a winter

@greatergood3706

Жыл бұрын

@@hazel552 they consume decomposing organic matter. What damage can they do? Limited USDA zones where they could thrive.

I was thinking about my top three wormers and their videos to day You come at the top because of both your content and presentation I do really miss Emily Karen and Lilia Don't disappear think they did

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

I see Emily online sometimes. Karen pops in every once in a while. Lilia totally went AWOL. I worry about her.

@hazel552

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed yes I worry when we don't see them At least you say even if it is for only short periods of vacation but if you need time out let us know

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@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

African Night Crawlers vs European Nightcrawlers vs Red Wrigglers. Which produce a better quality casting? Which produce a heavier mass of castings?

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the food. If you have lots of leaves and paper the ANC hands down faster. If you have people food leftovers red wigglers all day . I think that is why my bins that have 3 species work best for me.

@oldporkchops

Жыл бұрын

If I can feed them cardboard all day long because I have a ready supply of brown cardboard, and perhaps brown paper bags, I suppose ANC would be the suggested worm of choice?

@PlantObsessed

Жыл бұрын

@@oldporkchops if you can keep them over 65 f they would be ideal. If not I would go with European nightcrawlers. They tolerate 45 to 80 really well, mix in a bit of food scraps and the ENC will be happier.

@oldporkchops

Жыл бұрын

@@PlantObsessed Thanks for this wealth of info. The temperature range is critical to know. I'll have to measure the temperature of my garage this winter. ENC ranks second to ANC in terms of castings generated, I suppose?