Baby Red Wiggler Worms
The cocoon can produce 3 to 4 baby worms.
Baby red wiggler worms. How fast can red worms reproduce. When it rains worms or red wiggler worms tend to emerge in the soil s surface. It is easy to cultivate a massive worm population in a very short time period. Many worm farm sell red wigglers that you can use to start a bin.
Small white worms in my worm bin help. Now multiply this by the number of mature worms in your worm bin that s a lot of worms in a little time. Make sure to cover food with bedding after feeding. Red wiggler worms start out as cocoons contains about 4 to 6 baby worms only and begin with the egg stage.
Some believe that this is maybe due to worms can t breathe through flooded burrows forcing them to pop up the surface. Their scientific name is enchytraeids in case you re wondering. The red wiggler has a clitellum that bulges. Red wigglers will have several stripes or rings down the entire length of the worm s body.
An adult red wiggler worm can produce 2 to 3 cocoons every week and each cocoon can hatch up to 20 baby worms. Make sure not to over feed worms by alternating locations of food within the bins. These worms are reproducing at a fast pace. 1lb red wiggler worms 49 95 44 95.
Chances are they re not baby red wiggler worms but a species of worms known as potworms. This is where it s reproductive organs are located. If you start with 2 pounds you should have about 4 pounds in 90 days and 8. Our red wigglers are reproducing and we show baby red wigglers here.
The common name potworms comes from the fact they re often found in you guessed it pot plants. They re not maturing and i think they might be killing my red wigglers this is the thought that i had earlier this week when i pulled back the worm bedding in one of my bins and found a tonne of small white worms. Potworms are a common sight in worm farms. When adult worms give birth or deliver worm eggs their eggs will typically be in a grape seed like size.
So you can imagine how tiny it can be. When red wiggler worms feels threaten they secrete a pungent slippery substance that others believe that it s a form of defense mechanism. There are hundreds of small white worms in my worm bin. But aside from that these eggs will usually go through an incubation process of 23 days.
The red wiggler is a topsoil worm with a deep reddish brown color.