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I learn something new every time I watch!! I didn't know the ideal temperature for cocoon hatching was 80 degrees!! Now it makes sense that I see so many more babies in the summer!! Great video!!🪱🪱🪱

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

You got that right ☺️

The heating pads are great along with an inkbird thermostat. 1 thermostat can run several heat pads up to 1500W, tho I wouldn't try to max that out. Time is money, so if getting them hatched quicker makes you more money, the heat pads w/ the inkbird thermostat would be an investment rather than a luxury

I would buy cocoons from you , yes!

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

I don’t sell cocoons because I’m trying to build up my population. When you buy Worms an ideal conditions within three weeks, you’ll have cocoons

@bearfruitgardening6908

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady yes thats been my experience so far. You asked in your video so I wanted to confirm that I was interested. In any event, onward and upward!

It all works out with the casting ms being a little moist. The cocoons should have a nice boost of bacteria already in castings that you mixed with the new bedding. Nice video Vee

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick!!

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos and provide the information you do. You make learning about worms very easy. Would you please share which shredder you use. I purchased one and returned it because it made tiny tiny little bits, not shredded into a “worm like” pieces like yours. Your point about lite and airy mix vs compacted makes sense hence the reason why I returned the shredder I purchased, but I would like to recycle while simultaneously creating a habitat and food for my worms. thank you for all you do :)

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your sweet comment. That shredder is very old I believe we got it on Amazon.

Cougars now huh? All done with the big foot documentaries? 😊 thanks for sharing your beautiful work!

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

😆

If you were to put your rotary sieve at an angle, so the handle is in the back higher and the front lower by a few inches, as you slowly turn it, the chunks of bedding containing the castings will fall through the holes in the sieve, while the earthworms will just tumble down into a tray full of new bedding material. It's like getting two things done for the price of one more or less. In a younger life, a friend of mine and I used to prospect for gold and found it by the way, lots of it. We used a similar device called a trommel. The only difference was, we had water running through the thing, which accelerated the heavier particles to go through the sieve, while washing off the larger stones and nuggets, as it were, which fell into a tray at the bottom where we could go through them and pick out the chunks of gold, if there were any that big. The small stuff was then run through what is called a sluice box to retrieve the smaller gold. This will work the same with worms, the critters being the nuggets and the castings being the equivalent to the fine gold.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Do you know that is so interesting because northern towns from me they go looking for gold. They have to apply for a license which they give you for free in the state of Indiana and they do it the same way you said.

Great video ❤

use water mellon to draw worms up.

Cute name!❤

I've never done a cocoon nursery, i would just let them hatch out with the adults, but im considering doing that, at the moment im reaching the point where my worms are becoming a whole colony with different kinds of containers, from buckets to storage containers, to 20 L containers, and its becoming crowded, but for me thats a good thing because it means i can harvest more compost

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely you can! Compost is amazing. Which size container is your fav?

@theunskoch4256

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady honestly i love the storage containers, better space to feed, and its much easier to harvest the compost doing a horisontal migration

Yes I watch your whole videos

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate that 🤗🤩

@zods1964

Жыл бұрын

As do I!!!❤

Where did you get the motor for Harvey

@TheGardenAndWormLady

8 ай бұрын

I found it on EBay

I felt like a mommy teaching everything in details to their kids🥰 love you so much for sharing everything you know! May God bess you abundantly ❤️

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🤗

What size is that screen? Mine is 1/8 and the cocoons fall through

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes the cocoons are small

What's the benefit of increasing temperature to 80 degrees F like you described? Faster hatching? According to the paper "Influence of temperature on the reproduction of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Oligochaeta)": "At a temperature of 25C fewer worms hatched per cocoon than at 20C." So if you leave them at 70F you could be getting more worms per cocoon than if you warmed them to 80F.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

The cocoons have hatched faster when the bedding is at 80°F. I personally don’t use one because I feel my room is temperature controlled enough but I know others that do and are very successful

You typically won't want to heat an entire room to a particualr temperature, that's energy inefficient. Instead of heating mats for plants, I'd recommend either 1. Terrarium heating mats. Should already be preset to provide constant temperature you want. 2. Restaurant food warmers float a bowl of food in a tub of water. You can do the same thing, place your cocoons in a tray, bin or container that's placed in some warm water. You can decide how complicated and automatic you wnat to make it but Imagine if there is minimal heat loss that warm water will keep your cocoons cozy for at least a day if not several days at a time even if you changed or heated the water manually.

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh that’s a great idea!

Hello, at what year/ age do worms slow down laying eggs?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

The life expectancy of a red wiggler is one to five years depending on their bedding and environment

Harvey the Harvester 🪱❤️💪🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

😆 thought you’d like that!

Are Red Wiggler cocoons smaller than EURO cocoons??

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Yes a little smaller

@mikewalters4994

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady thanks

Good stuff just found you today! Was thinking of ordering some Cocoons, I do have a worm bin but gonna start a new one and want to experiment, so I will sub happily to your channel. I'm a organic grower who loves my notill. Any suggestions you can think of that I may need?

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Hi welcome 😃 what do you need advice on? The worm farm or the garden?

@Bongwell420

Жыл бұрын

@@TheGardenAndWormLady raising worm cocoons in general. any certain steps to keep a eye out for?

70 is too cool, should be 80 degrees in your nursery!

@TheGardenAndWormLady

Жыл бұрын

Yes but I have a hard time getting there. I’m using heat pads now. The worms are in my basement so it’s a little tough to keep it warm.