From rcox@lamar.colostate.edu Tue Jan 16 11:17:08 EST 1996
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From: Roger Cox <rcox@lamar.colostate.edu>
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Subject: Re: WORM COMPOSTING Reproduction Question
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 18:06:10 -0800
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Kevin Kenward wrote:
> 
> I've got a worm composting bucket going and the worms seem happy.  I've
> recently noticed small capsules and I'm wondering if they might be worm
> 'eggs'.  How do worms reproduce?  How long does it take for baby worms
> to 'appear' in a pile?  Is there any thing I can do to encourage them?
> Now that I have worms I've gotten quite curious about their life cycle.
> Perhaps there is a book that somebody could recomend?  Thanks for your
> help.
> 
> Katherine

Katherine,
	If you have access to the Web, do a search on vermiculture; and 
you should come up with an address for "The Burrow". It's put together by 
a guy in Canada, and it is the most complete collection of worm 
composting information I have ever come across.

Good luck,

Roger Cox
rcox@lamar.colostate.edu


