Re: [Killietalk] Killietalk Digest, Vol 72, Issue 28

[Frans Thamura <frans at meruvian_org>]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:21 AM, debunix <debunix at well_com> wrote:

>
>> hi dianne. 5-6 cultures for 1. This means u have 1 every day. Why dont
>> make 2 but bigger. I think this is to much work.
>>
>
> I harvest each culture daily--swipe my finger around them and rinse in
> water--easy.  More smaller cultures are easier to harvest, because the worms
> climb up onto the sides of the culture dishes, and with smaller dishes, you
> have more side per unit of surface area.  I find my many little dishes more
> productive than fewer larger ones I used before.
>
> And, with more smaller cultures, easier to be sure that you never end up
> with your only culture dissolving in to a horribly smelly mess.  I have
> given many worm starters to people who kept one large culture until it went
> bad.
>


got the idea

thx.

NB: i use plastic box 10cmvs 15cm, with 2cm tall, the plastic used for Pizza
Hut's sphagety :)...





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