🪱 Red Wiggler
Worms · species reference
THE composting worm — a surface feeder that lives in the top few inches of bedding, tolerates crowding, and eats about half its weight a day. A pound is roughly 800–1,000 worms and doubles every couple of months in a happy bin.
| Latin name | Eisenia fetida |
|---|---|
| Kept in | Bins |
| Product | castings |
| First harvest | ~12 weeks |
| Temperature | 55–77°F |
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