Thanks Cherene Rick and David for a lovely chat today will chat again next week Monday have a great week all

Congratulations to @Kimberly Newton for guessing the exact number of cocoons!!! Your prize pack will be on the way Monday morning!!! Here's some pics of the prime locations in Big Ben where I've always found crazy amounts of cocoons(over 300 per handful). The folds in the pond liner create the perfect environment for breeding and cocoon deposition I guess, but theres always loads of em here. I raked back the top layer of castings to get to the good stuff. Also I repurposed @Cherene Packard cups and worm chow bag from my order she sent me(knew they'd come in handy). Get a bin ready @Kimberly Newton got all the big worms out but I did see some baby wisps and wouldn't be surprised if theres over 300 cocoons so you could end up with 500-1,000 worms in a couple months. I put some broken up pieces of squash/cantaloupe sprouts in the top of the cups for moisture and food for the babies to eat on their journey. I will pack them in a box with cardboard fluff and shredded cardboard that can be placed directly into your bin, and a couple other goodies for you and your worms. Hope you enjoy and thanks again for playing!!!

Over the years, not going to age myself, my Worm Farming has been pretty run of the mill Feed and Harvest, and split bins when population max out for the bin. Of late I have begun to experiment with Breeder Bins, different feeding methods like Coffee only bin like AV does for 1 of his on his YouTube channel. My next experiment will be using a piece of Fiberglass window screen beneath the Bubble Wrap and Newsprint on the surface of a breeder bin. I have seen many state the cocoons seem to be in greater concentration near cardboard, seams or folds in their Pond Liner material, or on surface of Corn Cobs. The theory being the worms rub against them to help release the swollen clitellum so they can get back to business. I want to see if more cocoons show up on the surface of the bedding. I have done Breeder bin, precompost bedding, horizontal migration to harvest worms easier, foraging where near end of bin lifespan, food is placed into bin with out carbon so that worms consume the little bedding left, to make castings "Cleaner" and a few "Micro Bins". I used a plastic Folgers coffee container, a hand full of bedding, and 50 worms. I found out how long food lasts with 50 worms. A decent size strawberry top with some fruit on it has vanished in a day or 2, but greens stick around for a week or more. A light sprinkle of veggie powder or Worm Chow disappears overnight. What have You done or thought of doing ?

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