Worm Farming: Worm Characteristics
Farmers who grow corn know an awful lot about corn. Farmers who raise cows know a whole lot about cows. Farmers who raise chickens know about as much as there is to know about chickens. So doesn't it make sense, if you're going to start worm farming, to learn as much about worms as you can? That way, your worm farm will be a great success.
There are a number of fun facts about worms, and some things a worm farmer should know in order to keep their worms happy.
Did you know that the worms used in most worm farming are called "red wigglers," or by their official, scientific name, which is "eisenia foetida."
When worms first move in to a place, it takes them about 30 days to get settled into their house, to arrange the furniture, paint the walls, figure out which pot goes in which cupboard, before they will start eating new food that's introduced. Worms used for worm farming can eat more than their weight in a day. Can you imagine eating that much food?! Worms have as many as five hearts, unlike people, who just have one. If you are very, very quiet, when you open up the bin of a worm farm you can hear the worms wriggling through the soil. There's a theory that, like starfish, if you cut a worm in half you'll have two worms. Don't believe it! If you cut you worms in pieces, you won't have two living worms, you'll have one dead one. Worms can drown, because they breathe through their skin. That's why worms come up out of the earth after a rain. So when worm farming, make sure you don't over-water! Worms are scared of the sun. Did you ever pick up some leaves or turn over a spade full of dirt, and watch the worms wiggle away? That's because their skin is really sensitive, and they can get sunburned easily. Worms come from eggs, and those eggs can hang out in the earth for well over 10 years, some say even as much as a hundred years. They can just decide when to hatch; when the climate is right, when the moisture is right, when they'll have enough food and space, that's when they hatch. That's not like people at all, who have to be born after just 40 weeks, with only a few weeks wiggle room on each side of that timeframe. This should be enough information to get you intrigued about worm farming! Worms are fun, and do some really important work for breaking down waste and making soil. So learn as much as you can about them, if you want to be a worm farmer!
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