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1. What is the earthworm breeding technology?

Earthworm feed is organic waste that has been fully fermented, such as various livestock manure and straw. Before fermentation, the livestock and poultry manure used must be sprinkled with water and crushed. If you use crop straw or rice straw, it is best to cut it into 6-9 cm long with a hoe, then water it, mix it evenly, make it fully moist, and then pile it on the ground. When piling, the material should be loose and not compacted to facilitate the reproduction of high-temperature bacteria. When piling, water should be sprinkled fully, the water content should be between 50-60%, and the pile height should be about 1 meter.

After the feed is piled up, it can be covered with plastic cloth to achieve the purpose of heat preservation and moisture retention. Earthworms are omnivorous annelids. These organic wastes must be composted and fermented before they can be eaten and used, otherwise a large number of earthworms will die. After 3-4 days, the temperature of the accumulated organic waste can rise to between 50-60℃. The pile can be turned over once every half a month and water can be added. After three or four times of turning over and composting, it can be used.

There are many ways to raise earthworms, and flat-ground composting is the most commonly used method, which can be carried out indoors or outdoors.

Take the fully decomposed feed and put it into the earthworm bed. At this time, the well-decomposed feed is dark brown, odorless, soft and non-sticky. The width of the decomposed compost is 80-100 cm and the length is 2-3 meters. Water the feed to keep the moisture content between 60-70%.

To be on the safe side, before formal breeding, feed identification and testing should be done, and a small amount of earthworms should be placed on the feed bed. If the earthworms are unwilling to enter the feed, it means that the feed is not fully decomposed and needs to continue fermenting.

Production practice has proved that the method of flat composting can breed earthworms in large quantities. 1000-2000 earthworms can be inoculated on each bed. After about 3 months, when the earthworms have reproduced in large quantities, they can be cultured in separate ponds in time. Generally, feed is added once a month to ensure that the earthworms have enough feed so that they can reproduce and grow rapidly.

During the growth and development of earthworms, temperature has a great influence on them. Temperatures below 5℃ or above 30℃ are not conducive to the reproduction and growth of earthworms. When the temperature drops to 7℃, a large number of earthworms will escape. If the temperature is below 0℃, they may freeze to death.

The growth temperature of earthworms is between 5-30℃, and the most suitable temperature is 20℃.

Earthworms are aerobic and breathe through their skin, so the feed in the breeding bed must be sufficient in oxygen. Ventilation and loose feed must be provided to ensure sufficient oxygen so that the earthworms can grow well. Otherwise, their growth and development will be hindered, their body color will become dark and dull, and their movements will be slow.

The growth and reproduction of earthworms are closely related to the pH value of the feed. The general adaptable range is between PH6.0 and 8.0, and the most suitable is PH7.0. Exceeding this range, the earthworms will become dehydrated, dry, and atrophied, their body color will turn black and purple, they will feel sluggish, and they will escape.

Production practice has proved that flushing the feed with water before feeding can adjust the pH value. Although flushing the feed with water will lose some water-soluble nutrients, it can remove harmful gases, wash away salts and harmful substances, but the pH value of well-fermented feed does not need to be adjusted.

Earthworms like to eat sweet feed, protein, and feed rich in sugar, especially rotten fruits and vegetable leaves, and they also like to eat sweet and sour feed.

The earthworm feed must be watered frequently to keep moist. Feed that is too dry or too wet will affect the growth and development of the earthworms.

Water is the material basis of earthworms' physiological activities and an important factor in regulating body temperature. Earthworms can obtain water and nutrients from feed.

The water content in the body of earthworms is about 85%, and they must have a certain amount of water to grow and develop.

After the earthworms have eaten the feed for about a month, it is necessary to add new nutritious feed in time. The feed is usually added after the feces are cleaned. The earthworms feed from top to bottom, and the feces particles excreted on the surface accumulate for a long time, which is not good for the growth and reproduction of earthworms and should be removed in time. While scraping the earthworm manure, add new feed to the breeding bed.

When most of the earthworms in the bed have reached a weight of 400-500 mg and the density reaches 15,000-20,000 per square meter, some of the adult earthworms can be harvested. There are many ways to harvest earthworms.

On the surface of the breeding bed, use a multi-tooth rake to loosen the surface bedding. After the earthworms drill down, scrape the surface earthworm castings. Repeat the process of loosening the bedding material and scraping earthworm castings. Finally, the earthworms will be concentrated on the bottom layer, thus achieving the purpose of capturing adult earthworms.

Using earthworm feces on crops can improve soil and agricultural product quality, increase yields and increase economic benefits.

2. Why can’t you water the earthworms?

When raising earthworms, you cannot water them in large quantities. Earthworms like warmth and are best suited to living in an environment of 15℃-25℃. You can build a plastic greenhouse or cover it with plastic cloth in winter, and cover it with straw in summer. Place it in a cool place and sprinkle water frequently to cool it down. Earthworms like moisture and are afraid of dryness, so you need to water them regularly, but don't water them too much. Just water them thoroughly.

Earthworms like darkness and are afraid of light, so the breeding bed should be covered with straw to block light and kept moist. In addition, ventilation should be increased and the breeding bed should be kept loose.

Choose a breeding container of appropriate size. Wooden boxes are the best choice, as they are both ventilated and can filter water. If you don't have one, flower pots, plastic boxes, iron boxes, etc. are also OK. There should be some dense small holes at the bottom to filter water. The holes should not be too large, otherwise the earthworms will run away.

The feeding bed is made of compost, using rotten cow dung, horse dung, and rough cardboard. In rural areas, it is best to use rotten crop straw, weeds, mule and horse dung, etc. that have turned into black soil. If it is difficult to find in the city, you can only collect some plant leaves yourself and ferment them slowly to make them rot. Note that the nutrient soil must be loose.

3. If the flowerpot is not watered for two weeks, will the earthworms die?

It shouldn’t happen. The earthworms won’t die if the flowerpots aren’t watered for two weeks.

Although earthworms are beneficial insects that can loosen the soil, it is not necessarily a good thing to have earthworms in a flowerpot. Earthworms will damage the plant roots when they drill around in the flowerpot. If there is not enough humus in the flowerpot, the earthworms will eat the roots of the plants. Earthworms drill holes everywhere in the pot soil, which can easily lead to the loss of water and fertilizer. Watering cannot be thorough, and the water will flow directly from the holes to the drain. Earthworms are afraid of water. If there are earthworms in the flowerpot, put the flowerpot in deep water and soak it. The earthworms will run out after a while. In this case, you can use something to pinch it out.

4. How much water do you need every day to raise earthworms?

Proper watering is required when raising earthworms: In order to ensure the normal growth of earthworms during the process of breeding earthworms, especially in summer, water should be poured at least once a day. The water must not be polluted and the water flow should not be too large. It must be watered thoroughly so that the upper and lower layers of materials are connected. It is best to water in the morning or evening when the temperature is lower.

Feed field breeding: including planting comfrey, broad beans and other perennial green fodder fields. When breeding, choose a flat fodder field and dig a watering and drainage ditch every 10 rows. Dig a 15-20 cm wide and deep trench between the comfrey rows, apply organic feed in the trench, cover it with about 10 cm of soil, and then put in green earthworms for breeding. Pay attention to irrigation or drainage frequently to keep the soil moisture content at about 30%.

5. How to breed large earthworms?

1. Container: When raising earthworms, you need to use a water tank or basin, and then clean and disinfect it.

2. Substrate: Use silt, animal manure and leaf mold to prepare the soil substrate.

3. Planting seedlings: Place the earthworm seedlings in a container filled with substrate.

4. Maintenance: Cover the soil with straw to block out light, and water it once a week to allow the earthworms to reproduce quickly.

6. Do earthworms need to be watered every day?

unnecessary.

When raising earthworms, you cannot water them in large quantities. Earthworms like warmth and are best suited to living in an environment of 15℃-25℃. You can build a plastic greenhouse or cover it with plastic cloth in winter, and cover it with straw in summer. Place it in a cool place and sprinkle water frequently to cool it down. Earthworms like moisture and are afraid of dryness, so you need to water them regularly, but don't water them too much. Just water them thoroughly.

7. How often should you water earthworms?

Earthworms like the water content to be above 60%, so they must be watered once a day or every 1-2 days. The water should not be too much, but it must be watered thoroughly and connected to the lower layer of material. The watering time is noon in winter, evening in summer, and daytime in spring and autumn.

3. Like darkness and afraid of light: earthworms hide during the day and come out at night. They can be seen foraging under the moonlight. The breeding bed should be covered with straw to keep it moist and shaded.

4. They like air and quietness. Loose bait is good for the growth of earthworms. Our experience over the years is to loosen the bed before feeding to increase ventilation. This is very important. Over the years, we have found that there are very few earthworms at the bottom of the bed soil, but there are still baits. The main reason is the lack of air, which is not good for the growth of earthworms.

8. How to water the earthworm bed cover shade net?

1. During the high temperature period, water must be applied once every afternoon to facilitate the earthworms to crawl to the surface of the earthworm bed in the humid environment at night to forage for food. If conditions permit, watering twice a day in the morning and evening will have a better effect.

2. Never use hot paddy field water or seriously polluted industrial wastewater. In the high temperature period of summer earthworm breeding technology, the above cooling measures are adopted in combination with annual greening to reduce the temperature of the earthworm bed to less than 30℃ to prevent earthworms from dormancy due to high temperature and affect production. In earthworm breeding, appropriate warming or cooling measures should be taken according to local climatic conditions to keep the temperature of the earthworm bed within the optimal growth and reproduction range of earthworms throughout the year.

3. Collect adult earthworms in a timely manner, maintain a reasonable density of earthworms, and lay a good foundation for reproduction.

9. How to raise earthworms? And raise red earthworms?

Earthworms like warmth, and also like dark and humid environment. We must pay attention to the environment when raising them, choose good breeding containers and breeding beds, and also choose good breeds. We must pay attention to reasonable feeding during breeding and maintain sufficient water and bait.

1. Habits of earthworms

Earthworms like warmth and are best suited to living in an environment of 15℃-25℃. You can build a plastic greenhouse or cover it with plastic cloth in winter, cover it with straw in summer, place it in a cool place, and sprinkle water frequently to cool it down. Earthworms like moisture and are afraid of dryness, so you need to water them regularly, but don't water them too much, just water them thoroughly. Because earthworms like darkness and are afraid of light, the breeding bed should be covered with straw to block light and keep it moist. In addition, you should also increase ventilation and keep the breeding bed loose.

2. Selection of breeding containers

Choose a container of appropriate size according to your needs. Wooden boxes are the best choice, as they are ventilated and can filter water. If you don't have one, flower pots, plastic boxes, iron boxes, etc. are also OK. There should be some dense small holes at the bottom to filter water. The holes should not be too large, otherwise the earthworms will run away.

3. Selection of feeding beds

The feeding bed can be made of compost, using well-rotted cow dung, horse dung, and rough cardboard. In rural areas, it is best to use rotten crop straw, weeds, mule and horse dung, etc. that have turned into black soil. If it is difficult to find in the city, you can only collect some plant leaves yourself and ferment them slowly to make them rot. Note that the nutrient soil must be loose.

4. Variety selection

The selection of earthworms is very important. Choose earthworms that are cold-resistant and heat-resistant, have strong reproductive capacity and can produce in all seasons. Do not dig a few in the wild by yourself. The reproduction rate of good earthworms is about ten times that of ordinary earthworms, and they have strong vitality and high yield of earthworm bodies and earthworm feces.

5. Earthworm breeding

First, make the breeding bed looser, and then water the breeding bed thoroughly at one time. Earthworms like air, so do not bury the earthworms deep in the bottom of the box, but put the breeding earthworms on the surface. If you want the earthworms to enter the breeding bed quickly, you can turn on the light. Earthworms do not like light and will enter faster. If the population is large, then you need to pay attention to the breeding density. It is recommended that the breeding box be shallower and as long and wide as possible.

6. Bait selection

The bait can be animal feces, straw, rice straw, or even discarded fruit peels and vegetable leaves. The leftovers filtered through the sink can also be used. Nothing is rejected.

7. Daily feeding

Usually check once every 1-2 days, or once every 3-5 days, mainly to observe whether the humidity of the breeding bed is appropriate, whether the bait is sufficient, the reproductive development of the earthworms, etc. If any discomfort is found, make adjustments immediately.

8. Propagation and harvesting

Generally, under normal environmental conditions, earthworms can develop and reproduce naturally. Therefore, pay a little attention to it, observe and inspect it every three to five days, and keep it well hydrated and fed. If you find that it escapes, it may be due to insufficient feed or too much water. After a few months of careful care, you will start to reap the rewards. You will be able to produce continuously in the future.