Useful Worm Information

1)  Earthworms have no eyes but are sensitive to light

2)  Earthworms breathe through their skin

3)  Earthworms present no health problems to humans

4)  Earthworm castings are up to five times as rich in available nitrogen, seven times as rich in available phosphates, and eleven times as rich in available potash as anything else in the top 15 cms. of the soil.

5)  Earthworms are hermaphrodites

6)  Earthworms can set an egg (capsule) every ten days (2-6 worms/egg)

7)  Earthworms can reduce anything that was once living back to soil

8)  Earthworms are able to consume approx. their own weight in food in 24 hrs

9)  Earthworm castings are a natural rich blended soil conditioner and plant enhancer and contain readily available nutrients for a plant to absorb

10)  Composting with earthworms is up to twenty times faster than normal composting