Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Michael Nevin <mikepnevin@yahoo.ca>]

Hi - you might be right in assuming that adverse conditions induce increased breeding but I make the opposite assumption, namely, that lots of cocoons are a signal that the worms find the conditions right. And that population will increase up to the carrying capacity of the worm environment.

Cheers, Mike in Toronto

jerry walker <cubby149@vermontel.net> wrote:

>From what I've read they lay egg like crazy when adverse conditions occur.
Survival of the species and all that.

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Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Worms & Winter Compost tea.


> All:
>
> Can anyone point to or know of a great resource for worm assisted
> compost.
>
> We are in a snowy cold Winter here in Colorado and would love some
> advice on
> the practical use of worms for compost use.
>
> Some preliminary questions would be :
>
> Can they survive in the pile in Winter?
>
> If you invest in them will they freeze come hard Winter ?
>
> What about the location for a worm bin ? Well house ?
>
> Can we replace the fish tank and pipe the fumes outside ?
>
> In general, wonderful list, Creasote & green wood discussion was a
> little
> much yet important.
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