Key Points and Practical Methods of Earthworm Farming Explained

First of all, the farming site needs to be built, and generally farming boxes are used for raising them. All kinds of rotting plants or some composted grains are food for earthworms. Earthworms like warm, moist yet shady places, and the soil they live in must be kept in a relatively moist state for a long time. The feed should not be left piled up for a long time, and it needs to be cleaned up about once a week.

1. Construction of the Farming Site

Earthworms are very agile in the soil, so to ensure the farming results, farming boxes are generally used. The height of each box does not need to be too high; 30-50 cm is enough, but the horizontal area should be as large as possible. The filling inside can be farmyard manure such as cow dung or pig manure, or some rotting leaves mixed with soil. The soil used as filling fluctuates around half, and in some places even all of it is livestock manure. The farming boxes can be plastic or sheet metal, and plastic ones are recommended.

2. Putting in the Bait

The food of earthworms is diverse, so there is no need to worry too much. All kinds of rotting plants or some composted grains are food for earthworms. For better growth of the earthworms, when putting in the bait you should crush a mixture of various materials, add a certain amount of soil or dry straw and the like, and feed it after fermentation. High-quality bait after fermentation will be similar to black soil and will not have a bad smell. If you want to fatten them quickly, you can add some highly nutritious substances such as fish meal for the earthworms to absorb.

3. Environmental Control

Earthworms have relatively strict requirements for light, temperature and humidity. Earthworms like warm, moist yet shady places, so the farming boxes generally need a sunshade board, and usually letting them have 2-3 hours of direct sunlight each day is enough; longer than that is not good for their growth. Secondly, the soil they live in must be kept in a relatively moist state for a long time, that is, when the soil is turned, it can be clearly seen that there is moisture in it. Earthworms have relatively high temperature requirements; under normal circumstances, 20-30°C is their ideal living environment.

4. Points to Note

There are also many things to pay attention to when farming earthworms. The feed should not be left piled up for a long time, and the leftover feed from before needs to be cleaned up about once a week. Earthworms often rely on the smell of their droppings to identify their burrows, so when too much of their droppings have piled up and need to be cleaned, you cannot clean them all away; you need to leave some relatively fresh droppings, otherwise the earthworms will easily escape. When feeding, note that it should be done many times in small amounts, so that the feed can be used by the earthworms to the greatest extent.