CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What is the soil for raising earthworms called? (What is the soil for raising earthworms called?)

1. Can coconut bran be used to raise earthworms?

No. Coconut soil is mainly made from wood cellulose, which is the outer shell of coconut. It is a widely used substrate and soil conditioner with good moisture retention and air permeability.

Since earthworms prefer moist and acidic soil, and coconut soil itself has a relatively high salt content and is insufficient in nutrients for earthworms, although they can survive in it, earthworms still need sufficient acidity and other nutrients for their growth.

Coconut soil can be mixed with soil, manure, rotten leaves, etc. to become the soil needed by earthworms. In our rural hometown, some people use fruit peels, rotten fruits, and rapeseed cakes left after rapeseed oil extraction, mash them into pieces and mix them into the soil. The earthworms reproduce very quickly. It is nutritious and easily degradable and is very suitable for the growth of earthworms.

2. What kind of soil is suitable for raising earthworms?

It is best to use earthworm soil when raising earthworms.

Earthworm soil is a pure natural granular material with good porosity and high water holding capacity. Its colors are generally black, khaki, red, etc. Its particles are relatively uniform. It is also a finely divided material with a natural earthy smell.

Earthworms must be kept at a certain moisture level. If it is too dry, they will die, and if it is too wet, they will not survive. The earthworm culture medium is composed of 60% poultry manure and 40% grass. We often see that after a heavy rain, a lot of rainwater seeps into the ground, and many earthworms are pulled out from the deep soil until they are dried and die. This is the reason. Generally, keep the culture medium until you can squeeze it into a ball with your hands but you can't squeeze out the water.

3. What kind of soil is used to mail earthworms?

Natural terrestrial earthworms generally like to live in moist, loose soil rich in organic matter. When packing earthworms, you can consider leaf mold and garden soil as the main soil. You can usually use a spray bottle to spray the soil with water (keep the soil 30% to 50% moist, that is, it feels a little moist). Earthworms have a sensitive sense of taste, like sweet and sour food, and hate bitter taste. Occasionally, you can soak some sugar or bury a few sugar grains to supplement their nutrition.

4. What kind of soil do earthworms usually use?

Earthworms are accustomed to dark, humid and quiet environments, and most of them are concentrated in the surface soil within 20 cm deep.

2. Living habits: In terms of temperature, the activity temperature range is 5-30℃, and the suitable temperature is 20-27℃. In terms of food, it mainly feeds on dead grass, vegetable scraps, rotten leaves, melon and fruit peels, crop straw, etc. In terms of humidity, 40-60% is appropriate (soil humidity), not too dry or too humid.