CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Soil with earthworms and soil without earthworms (Are soil with earthworms the same as soil without earthworms)

1. What are the similarities and differences between soil with earthworms and soil without earthworms?

There are many types of soil, and earthworms may not be found where there is soil. The longest earthworm found in China should be in Lushan, which is more than one meter long. Because if it is suitable for earthworms to survive, there will be earthworms.

2. What kind of soil is suitable for raising earthworms?

It is best to use earthworm soil when raising earthworms.

Earthworm soil is a pure natural granular material with good porosity and high water holding capacity. Its colors are generally black, khaki, red, etc. Its particles are relatively uniform. It is also a finely divided material with a natural earthy smell.

Earthworms must be kept at a certain moisture level. If it is too dry, they will die, and if it is too wet, they will not survive. The earthworm culture medium is composed of 60% poultry manure and 40% grass. We often see that after a heavy rain, a lot of rainwater seeps into the ground, and many earthworms are pulled out from the deep soil until they are dried and die. This is the reason. Generally, keep the culture medium until you can squeeze it into a ball with your hands but you can't squeeze out the water.

3. What are the requirements for the soil used for earthworm farming?

The most suitable temperature for earthworms is about 20-27℃, and the most suitable temperature for earthworm cocoons to hatch is 18-27℃. Moreover, earthworms like a humid environment, so they are generally raised in moist soil. Earthworms are omnivorous animals and can eat almost anything in the soil. Earthworms have a keen sense of taste and like sweet and sour food. They hate bitter taste. They like to heat and soften soft feed, and are particularly greedy for animal food.

Therefore, it is best to feed them with animal food, which can speed up the breeding process.

Although earthworms are hermaphrodites, they still need cross-fertilization because their sex cells mature at different times. The male reproductive cells of earthworms mature first. After mating, two earthworms will mate. During mating, the accessory glands secrete mucus, which makes the ventral surfaces of both sides stick to each other, and the head ends are separated into two directions. The male genital opening is opposite to the spermatheca opening of the other body, and semen is discharged from each male genital opening and enters the spermatheca through the spermatheca opening of the other.

4. What are the requirements for the soil used for breeding earthworms?

It depends on how you raise them, on the ground or in a three-dimensional box.

1- Ground culture, feces do not need to be fermented, culture method, take 5 cm thick garden soil, cow dung cannot exceed 5 cm, cow dung 70% pig or chicken dung 30%, cannot exceed 2 cm. Density 1 square meter, earthworms 1 kg

2- Three-dimensional box breeding, no soil is needed, the manure must be fermented, the method is, 100% cow manure, 50% cow manure, 50% straw, 70% cow manure, 30% pig or chicken manure. Density 1 square meter, 25 cm, 5 kg earthworms.

5. What kind of soil is used to raise earthworms?

There are many choices for the base material of earthworms. The best is fermented cow dung, which turns black. If you think it is unhygienic, you can also choose softer garden soil. You can also mix shredded horse dung paper or straw paper soaked in water with garden soil, or mix garden soil with some sawdust.

6. How to prepare soil for raising earthworms?

Step/Method 1

First, lay a layer of soil.

Step/Method 2

Add a handful of rotten plant roots.

Step/Method 3

Spread out.

Step/Method 4

Add a handful of tea leaves.

Step/Method 5

The soil for raising earthworms is prepared in this way.

7. What crops are best grown with earthworms?

Millet.

Planting peas, millet, tomatoes, beans, carrots, etc. in the soil where earthworms are raised has a significant effect of increasing production. Planting peas, rapeseed, rye, corn, and potatoes in the soil where earthworm manure is used as base fertilizer can increase production by 3 times for peas, 6.2 times for rapeseed, 0.6 times for rye, 2.5 times for corn, and 1.35 times for potatoes.