#redworms

#grownostr

I came across an experiment to breed a bazilion redworms really fast in a really small space back around 2005 as I recall. I can't remember where I read it online, and I haven't heard of anyone else trying it since.

The idea, as I recall, was essentially to put a lot of red worms in a container with soil (redworm bins generally avoid soil except maybe a small amount for grit)and relatively little food stressing them out, making them lay eggs and then to let the eggs hatch out into that environment where they would mature into small highly virile worms. Maybe I missed some of the details, but the author was implying that relatively few worms could be multiplied this way really quickly in a very small space where they could then be released into a more abundant environment.

Does anyone else recall seeing this experiment or has anyone seen something similar happen?