Red Worm Farming Methods and a Detailed Breakdown of Annual Income

SummaryObtaining seed stock: you can go looking for wild red worms, or buy them from the market. Building the rearing site: choose a dark, damp site with basically no sunlight exposure. Rearing method: feed can be given once every 2-3 days, with the amount per mu controlled at 100-200 jin. Later-stage management: the water source needs to be changed frequently. Farming profit: the annual profit per mu can reach more than 50,000 yuan.

1. Obtaining seed stock

1. Red worms reproduce very quickly. Generally there are two ways to obtain seed stock. One is to find wild red worms yourself, but this kind of stock offers relatively low guarantees in terms of safety and yield, and the time needed for it to reproduce into a established population is very long.

2. The other is to buy them from the market. The cost is relatively higher, but the time spent is short. If you go out to collect seed stock in the wild, you can look in places with long-standing standing water that does not flow much and has poor water quality; they can basically be found there.

2. Building the rearing site

1. The most important thing in farming red worms is the choice of rearing environment. If this is not done well, the red worm population cannot reproduce and spread, so the rearing site must be relatively dark, with basically no sunlight exposure. A damp, shaded environment is the better environment for red worms to survive.

2. At the same time, the water flow in the rearing pond must be controlled in terms of speed; it should be basically imperceptible. Also, the water quality must not have an off odor, otherwise it will irritate the growth of the red worms. The water used for replacement usually needs to be treated by exposure to the sun; only water quality like this is favorable for the growth of red worms.

3. Rearing method

1. The food for feeding red worms is fairly varied. Whether it is manure or some fermented, easily rotting items, these are basically all food for red worms, but they mainly feed on organic debris. Some specialized facilities have special farming feed.

2. Things like rice bran and banana peels are generally relatively high-quality feed after fermentation treatment. They can be given once every 2-3 days, with the quantity chosen according to scale and density, and the amount per mu controlled at 100-200 jin. Take care to distribute it evenly.

4. Later-stage management

1. During the farming period, the water source needs to be changed frequently, because red worms also secrete some unnecessary substances during growth, and over a longer time this can easily affect their growth. Second, when rearing, pay more attention to changes in the color of the water quality. If the color is relatively dark, then less feed needs to be given next time.

2. Usually pay attention to controlling light. At night, make sure there is basically no light around the rearing pond and that it is in a dark state. If there is light shining for a long time at night, then the growth and reproduction of the red worms will be inhibited.

5. Farming profit

1. Each mu can produce 150kg of red worms per batch, and a batch can be harvested about every 10 days. Over a year, the profit per mu can reach more than 50,000 yuan.

2. Red worms have a wide range of uses. Whether used as rearing bait for aquatic animals, for water quality purification, or for testing water body conditions, they are all very good.

3. Moreover, because in recent years there has been relatively more farming of aquatic organisms, the demand for red worms is also relatively large, so the farming prospects are still quite considerable.