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GBlist: RE: GB List: Worms for composting
The worms most commonly used for composting are the Eosinia foetida aka the
red wiggler, the manure worm, red worm, or even yellow tails. You can buy
them at bait shops but you will pay a premium price because people who fish
only need 25 or so. To start up a vermicomposting project you will need at
least a thousand worms (about a pound). The bait shop will usually direct
you to their supplier. They do use red wigglers for a certain type of fish
during a certain time of year--sorry can't remember which one. Red
wigglers are usually quite small compared to your average garden variety
earthworm. The worm growers have neat tricks to fatten them up for the
bait suppliers and make it easier to put the worm on the hook.
A great resource if you are interested in vermicomposting is Worm Digest at
http://www.wormdigest.org/.
Worm Digest
P.O. Box 544
Eugene, Oregon 97440-0544 USA
541-896-9058
editors Stephen White and Zorba Frankel
They did two issues on vermicomposting of human waste in the Spring and
Summer of '95.
Penny Linke
Environmental Health Clearinghouse
1-800-643-4794
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