CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to prepare the soil for earthworms (How to prepare the soil for earthworms)

1. How to cultivate soil for earthworm breeding?

The first step is to cultivate soil suitable for raising earthworms. You can mix poultry manure and soil from the vegetable garden. The quality of soil cultivation directly affects the growth of earthworms.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. How deep does the soil need to be to grow earthworms?

It is better to keep earthworms in soil 5 to 8 cm deep. This is because earthworms live in dark, moist, well-ventilated soil rich in organic matter. If the soil conditions are good, earthworms generally live in the surface soil 5 to 30 cm deep. If the climate is dry or the temperature is low in winter, earthworms can drill into the soil nearly 2 meters deep. Therefore, soil 5 to 8 cm is suitable for earthworms to survive.

5. How to improve the soil by breeding earthworms?

Earthworms are animals that live in the soil and have a special body. Its body is a long cylinder with two slightly pointed ends. It can drill around in the soil and eat the soil, which is then excreted from its anus after passing through its digestive tract.

The soil excreted by earthworms not only changes from rough and dry to fine and moist, but also adds many chemical substances, turning poor soil into fertile soil.

Earthworms often turn fine soil on top and coarse soil underneath, loosening the soil by turning it up and down, which is equivalent to plowing the land, allowing crops to fully absorb water and nutrients in the loose soil and thrive.

6. What kind of soil do earthworms usually use?

Earthworms are accustomed to dark, humid and quiet environments, and most of them are concentrated in the surface soil within 20 cm deep.

2. Living habits: In terms of temperature, the activity temperature range is 5-30℃, and the suitable temperature is 20-27℃. In terms of food, it mainly feeds on dead grass, vegetable scraps, rotten leaves, melon and fruit peels, crop straw, etc. In terms of humidity, 40-60% is appropriate (soil humidity), not too dry or too humid.

7. How to change the soil for domestic earthworms?

To improve the soil with earthworms, you can first plow the soil, then add earthworm castings and earthworm breeding fertilizer to the soil; maintain soil moisture at 50-60%, and place 400-500 kg of earthworms per mu; add feed every 10 days, turn the soil every 30 days, and adjust the breeding density every 3 months. This can improve saline-alkali soil and soil with pesticide residues, and plays a major role in the formation of soil aggregate structure.

8. What kind of soil should be used to feed earthworms?

1. The most suitable living temperature for earthworms is about 20 degrees Celsius. They will hibernate if the temperature is lower than 5 degrees and die if the temperature is lower than 0 degrees. They can reproduce normally at 15 degrees. If the temperature exceeds 333 degrees, they will crawl away or die. Therefore, it is necessary to choose a suitable temperature environment for earthworm breeding. 2. A certain amount of moisture must be maintained for earthworm breeding. If it is too dry, it will die, and if it is too wet, it will be difficult to survive. In the earthworm breeding base, poultry manure accounts for 60% and grass accounts for 40%. We often see that after a heavy rain, a large amount of rainwater seeps into the ground, and many earthworms are dug out from the deep soil until they are dried and die. This is the reason. Generally, the culture medium is kept, and it can be squeezed into a ball by hand but no water can be squeezed out. 3. Selection of base material. There are many options. It is best to use fermented cow dung and use it after the color turns black. If you think it is unhygienic, you can also choose softer garden soil. You can also choose torn horse manure paper or straw paper soaked in water and mix it with garden soil, or you can mix some sawdust with garden soil. The above are all good breeding base materials. 4. Feed: Earthworms like to eat sweet and nutritious food. Rice soup, rice washing water, porridge and rotten fruits are all good feeds. But please note that food fermentation will release heat, so the feed should be fermented before feeding to avoid heat in the breeding container that affects the survival of earthworms. The feeding time should be controlled according to the earthworms' eating habits. Generally, the higher the temperature, the more food they eat, and the more frequently they are fed. Feed about once every half a month at 10-25 degrees. 5. Breeding container: wooden boxes, clay pots, wooden barrels, and porcelain pots can be used, but they must be easy to penetrate water and breathable.