Red Wigglers Composting Worms

Product ID: RDWigglers

$29.95

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Overview

Red wiggler worm! By far, these guys are the best gardeners on the planet, and will only help your lawn and garden. Red wiggler worms are nature's ultimate composting worm and a great pick for worm farms. Red worms go by many names. They're often called red wigglers, tiger worms, manure worms, composting worms, and the trout worms. Whatever you call them they're among the best composting worms available. Unlike common earthworms that borrow deep into the soil red worms thrive in the first several inches of topsoil directly beneath decomposing vegetative organic matter. It really doesn't matter what the matter is red worms love it. Decaying leaves, grasses, wood, and animal manure are all favorites of red worms.

Red Wiggler Worms (Eisenia foetida) are the most common type of composting worm! As they feed, red wigglers swallow great quantities of organic material, digest it, extract its food value and expel the residue as worm castings, which are very rich in nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Red wiggler worms can process large amounts of organic matter and, under ideal conditions, can eat their body weight each day. They also reproduce rapidly, and are very tolerant of variations in growing conditions. Item quantities are a close approximate and will arrive in various stages of growth. Release 5-10 worms per sq. ft.

Red Wigglers are epigamic earthworms, meaning they live on the soil surface. These Red worms are non-burrowing and non-migratory. Red Wigglers live in the top 12 inches of the earth’s surface. Red worms feed on decaying organic matter. Red Wigglers are tough and hardy. Adaptable to many environments, Red worms have been breaking down organic waste to make natural fertilizer for millions of years. What is relatively new is the utilization of Red Wigglers to recycle food scraps by composting, red worms can consume organic material equivalent to their body weight each day to produce castings equal to 75% of their body weight each day. Use Red Wigglers to convert organic matter into high quality humus, providing your garden with earthworm castings, a complete natural fertilizer.