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Post by Darryl on Sept 15, 2005 2:36:33 GMT -5
I have never done it but I have read where others have created incubator bins and stocked the bin with cocoons only. How is an incubator bin different from a regular production bin? What type of bedding and feed is used?
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Post by Jay Blair on Sept 15, 2005 17:06:24 GMT -5
I just use powdered fattener. Sort of baby food for them.
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Post by Darryl on Sept 15, 2005 17:18:05 GMT -5
Jay, do you use your regular bedding or do you use something else? Also, is there a "best" way to stock a bin with cocoons? Just wondering if a person should place the cocoons at various depths of bedding. Through the years my worms have produced large amounts of cocoons it's just that I never tried using them by themselves in a bin environment before. Thanks.
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Post by Jay Blair on Sept 16, 2005 13:49:54 GMT -5
I use soil and peat moss as cocoon bedding then move the contents of the small nursery bed to a standard bin as core stock inoculation.
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Post by Darryl on Sept 16, 2005 14:43:18 GMT -5
hmmm interesting...... I am going to be harvesting some of my bins soon and so I may take some of the cocoons and try it. I have always just split my bins (adults and all) but I may try just the cocoons to see how it goes. Thanks for the replies.
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Post by theinfamousj on Sept 20, 2005 23:16:42 GMT -5
I've been debating rather than giving my students worms to start their individual bins, perhaps giving them each a coccoon or two because those who get squicked out by worms (though they should get over it by the end of the unit) may not get as squicked out by a "worm seed".
I don't imagine that there is any particular benefit to this method other than just being able to do it. After all, you will end up with baby worms who will have to grow up before they can compost as well as the adults.
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