[Killietalk] Grindal's Life Cycle

[Pablo Robles <roblepl at gmail_com>]

Hello Gang:

I got a big starter culture recently form another lister. Thanks to all 
that replied. Al, I have not forgotten about your almond leaves :-).

My question is simple... when is it ok to start harvesting the worms? I 
have searched the archives and google looking for info on the grindal 
lifecycle to avoid over harvesting. In Diane's page I read something 
like... when they are eating 9 catfood pellets it is ok to start 
harvesting them. I have a 6x6x1.5 plastic food container with a lot of 
worms that consume only 2 to 3 trout chow pellets each day. I have setup 
another bowl as backup.

How long do they live? How long before there are so many I have to move 
them to a bigger container if I don't harvest them? I guess those of you 
doing the dirt less method have a better feeling for this as you can 
basically see all the worms. Since I'm a grindal newbie I want to stick 
to the traditional soil method for a while.

hasta pronto,

Pablo
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