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Cuban vermiculture




Hello,

Anyone who is interested in reading my article on Cuban vermiculture, 
how about sending me your address and I'll snail mail a copy to you. (Or 
attempt to instruct me on the use of Crosstalk software to send a WOrd 
file over email.)

Matt Werner
UCSC Agroecology Program
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 13:32:52 -0700
From: Mat Werner <werner@zzyx.UCSC.EDU>

I want to second the explanation that the term hybrid attached to earthworms
is pure hype. The species to use for vermiculture, vermicomposting is
Eisenia foetida, aka the red worm. Anyone who perpetuates the hybrid myth is
causing troubles for others. I recently visited Cuba and the Cubans went to great lengths in the 80's to track down and obtain living specimens of the
supposed "California Red Hybrid". It wasn't until after they got a shipment
from Spain (via Italy, originally from CA) that they realized the worms were
none other than E. foetida. 

I am currently working on a book on the general subject of earthworm 
biology and ecology, and practical applications. 

Matt Werner
UCSC Agroecology Program
Santa Cruz, CA 95064