Ok so it took another day to get the pics ready, but here they are-
The butter container with holes in the lid
I opened the container to find that the lid was covered with eggs, there was nothing just a couple of days ago
The butter tub with egg masses, I keep the whole mess covered with a paper towel, if the towel is wet, then the worms aren't dry (but they may be flooded)
I opened the container to find that the lid was covered with eggs, there was nothing just a couple of days ago
A close up of the eggs
When I transfer the worms to a new container I will try to keep better records of how long things are taking, but this container has been set up for maybe 4 weeks.
Ok so I just checked to see how many more eggs there were and I found this, never seen this before
Yes that is a worm covered with eggs. When I picked him up to check it out he just about broke in half. I'm not sure if the worm was dying and so everybody laid eggs on him or what.
I decided to check the rest of the the container. Tons of eggs but the worms don't look as good as they did before I started seeing lots of eggs. I know that worms will grow more if they are not breeding as much (more room in a container so they don't find each other as much, they eat more and breed less). I've never kept this close of an eye on the worms (they live on a shelf right behind me as I type this) so I'm not sure what's up.
There still seems to be plenty of food there, but maybe I don't know the difference between coffee grounds and worm poop. I will try adding more grounds and keeping track of things. I was planning on moving the worms soon, but I think I will keep them in this container and try to get them back looking healthy first.
I could try some other food, but that wouldn't be true to this experiment would it?
I will keep every body posted.
Oh yeah no baby worms in sight yet.
Matt Wehland
