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How to separate your small earthworm kit:
It doesn't do much good to have all the vermicompost in the kit and not be able to use it.
When we separate them, we want to get as many worms and babies as possible out of the vermicompost (bedding). Since about the only place they are healthy and happy is in the kit.. unless of course you want to keep some layers of garbage around your houseplants for them to munch on!
With the kits getting the un hatched egg capsules out is not easy. (That's why I designed AVSA!) So, if you want all the worms and babies out, then the best way to go is:
About a week before you plan to separate them, stop feeding them, keep an eye on the feed, when its almost gone, use a mesh bag (foot part of old pantyhose, works well) filled with goodies (melon rinds, fruit peels, (not citrus), etc.) let these get good and ripe! Place this bag in the end that you have been feeding, wait a day or so and check it, when it has a lot of earthworms around it, scoop them up and put them in some new bedding in a temporary container. If there are still a lot of adults in the old bedding, repeat the process. If not, dump this old bedding (vermicompost) into another container and put the new bedding and adults back into the kit.
Now, to remove the most part of the un-hatched babies from the Old bedding. Wait about a week and put another bag in one end, then wait a day or two and check it, repeat this process for a couple of weeks and most of the egg capsules should have hatched and the baby earthworms been captured around the bag. Since there are about 6-10 babies per capsule, and they won't do well except in the right environment, this process can greatly increase your future production. When you build AVSA you will see the advantages of it. The babies and adults are all together when you separate it.
Now use your vermicompost! Put it around your houseplants, by just putting it on top and watering it in, or mixing it into the potting soil around them.
Mix it one part vermicompost to two parts potting soil for repotting or starting your new plants.
Fill a gallon jug about one-fourth way full of it and add water, shake well and pour around your plants.
Watch the difference it makes, it cuts the amount of water you need, adds nutrients quickly to sick, under nourished plants and makes the leaves nice and green. Its natures way of taking care of her plants.. the best way...
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