Yay! My worms are breeding! we've had the bin for over a year and nary a single egg have I seen. I assumed this was due to the worms we got were very young though we have noticed mature worms in there for many months now. I still have not seen an egg but today I found proof: there are baby worms in there!!! I put in a halved avocado last week which of course increased the mite population by quite a bit, so I'll have to get rid of some of those with some cucumbers (great for getting rid of mites, less likely to break apart than the often-recommended soaked bread). There are also a bunch of pot worms, of which I had enough in the old bin to know the difference between them and baby worms. But these, well, these were new red wigglers!
Avocados attract mites, and pot worms, but the red worms love them, too, and it's always an exciting moment when I lift one up that's been there for a little bit. Today was especially exciting. I'm so happy there are baby worms! Hopefully they'll all grow up a bit before I harvest the next batch because picking out all those tiny crawlers will be impossible and I'd really like to try and avoid killing any. I've been toying with the idea of getting more worms to help increase the population but I guess there's no longer any need!
Next mission, after getting rid of the mites: search around for more eggs!
(Yes, I know the mites aren't really harmful, at least in the numbers I've got, but I just hate how they crawl up and over me and the girls when we check the bin. yes, the girls. They LOVE the worms!!)
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