Type of Worms
There are over 6000 different types of worms ranging from 1 cm to over 22 feet in length. All produce castings, but the best castings come from the following varieties.
• African Night Crawler
• Red Wiggler
• Tiger Worm
• Blue Worm or Traveling Worm
• The European Night Crawler
The highest quality castings with the most nutrients and microbes come from two species, the Red Wiggler and the African Night Crawler
The advantage of the red wiggler is that they reproduce quickly, but they make castings slowly and are not as large and cannot take tropical heat. When the temperature is above 80 degrees, they start to die. The advantage of the African night crawler is that is is a larger worm, therefore it makes more castings in less time, but they don't reproduce as quickly as the red wiggler. They do make a higher quality casting.
The reason African night crawlers make better castings is that they are larger worms, therefore the material they eat spends more time in the worm's gut before it is excreted, and that is where it picks up the nutrients to help your plants grow.
Worms live 4-10 years in captivity, depending on the species.
• African Night Crawler
• Red Wiggler
• Tiger Worm
• Blue Worm or Traveling Worm
• The European Night Crawler
The highest quality castings with the most nutrients and microbes come from two species, the Red Wiggler and the African Night Crawler
The advantage of the red wiggler is that they reproduce quickly, but they make castings slowly and are not as large and cannot take tropical heat. When the temperature is above 80 degrees, they start to die. The advantage of the African night crawler is that is is a larger worm, therefore it makes more castings in less time, but they don't reproduce as quickly as the red wiggler. They do make a higher quality casting.
The reason African night crawlers make better castings is that they are larger worms, therefore the material they eat spends more time in the worm's gut before it is excreted, and that is where it picks up the nutrients to help your plants grow.
Worms live 4-10 years in captivity, depending on the species.
