Red Californian Worms
Source
Red Californian worms.
Presentation
Worms with solid humus sold by kilograms. We recommend a minimum of 100 kilograms to obtain solid humus.
Use
To start a worm farm, as food for birds, for fishing, or as a source of organic humus.
Overview
Red Californian worms can be raised anywhere on the planet that has a temperature not exceeding 40 °C. The minimum temperature in which they can survive is 0 °C, and a temperate of around 20 °C is the optimal temperature for them to reproduce. Worms that live in an area with a temperature between 14 °C to 27 °C are more fertile. During hotter and colder months they reproduce slower than normal. When the temperature is below 7 °C, earthworms do not procreate.
Adult worms weigh between 0.24 grams and 1.4 grams. Consume a daily ration that matches its own weight, of which 55% is transformed into humus. It advances by excavating at the ground as they eat, depositing their manure and making this area much more fertile than the one that could be obtained with some chemical fertilizers. Worm droppings contain 5 times more nitrogen, 7 times more phosphorus, 5 times more potassium and 2 times more calcium than the organic material they ingested.
Separating the worms from the compost is a very simple process. We leave them one or two days without food, and then we put food nearby. The worms in search of food will go to the new place quickly (50% of the worms come in just a few hours). To move all the worms to a new place sometimes is necessary to wait up to 30 days. While harvesting, we it's also a good idea to try to pick out as many eggs/cocoons as possible and place them on the new bin. Eggs are small, lemon-shaped yellowish objects that can usually be seen pretty easily with the naked eye and picked out. If your interest is to procreate worms to sale them, not to sale the humus, you will only need to follow this process.
The business of using worms to generate organic humus is rapidly expanding, and we believe that this type of fertilizer will be essential to the preservation of the fields. The only way to restore fertility on a field exploited with chemical fertilizers is with the use of biohumus. A field that is no longer good for agriculture can be productive again by using organic humus.
Characteristics
- Dark red color
- Breaths thru the skin
- Measurements: 6 to 8 inches long and 3 to 5 millimeters wide
- On average they eat 1 gram per day and weight about 1.4 grams
- Temperature needed to survive: Minimum 0 °C - maximum 40 °C - optimum 20 °C
- Does not tolerate solar light; a worm exposed to sunlight dies in a few minutes
- Live approximately 5 years, and under certain circumstances, is able to produce 1,300 new worms per year
- The worms are hermaphrodites, and therefore all individuals can reproduce
- Breed once a week and reach the reproductive maturity at 3 months of age
- Two thousand worms produce 1 kilogram of humus per day
- The population doubles every 40 days
- Processes organic wastes via its intestines, decomposes, digests and transforms them into humus
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