red wigglers

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Earthworm Biology
... red wigglers, or angleworms because of their squirming reactions when handled). These are particularly adaptable to commercial production and are one of the two types most commonly grown by successful worm farmers. Red ... of the internal structure. The nightcrawler has about 150 segments, while manure and red worms have approximately 95. Segmentation within the earthworm serves the same general ...
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Botanical Garden | MUN Botanical Garden Compost Education Program
... active. However, they should never be placed directly near a heat source. 2. Worms Red wigglers (Eisenia fetida and Lumbricus rubellus) are the best worms for vermicomposting. They are much ... kept in captivity. Some people call them "redworms", "manure worms", "brandling worms", or "trouters". The red wigglers used at MUN Botanical Garden were generously donated by Bill Glynn of Trouters Special ...
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Composting Your Organic Kitchen Wastes with Worms
... North America is Eisenia fetida. Common names for this worm include tiger worm, brandling worm, red wiggler, and manure worm. This worm is a litter dweller; i.e. it likes to ... . 1997. Worms Eat My Garbage. Flower Press, Kalamazoo, Mich. Hand, Julia. 1995. Wonderful World of Wigglers. Food Works, Montpelier, Vt. Return to Table of Contents Acknowledgements The author would like to ...
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Paghat's Garden: Corydalis flexuosa 'Blue Panda'
... like minnows, some of them with their mouths wide open as if to eat mosquito wigglers. By April it is just thick with blue flowers that persist & persist. The first two ... garden in winter & did not come back. C. ophiocarpa with tubular ivory blooms with deep red tips thrived, but surprised me by its homeliness as it got bigger, & I ended up ...
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