Worm castings are tricky, aren’t they? They can be soggy and have lots of unprocessed material encased in castings, used in containers to grow stuff, dry out and show what they’re really like. I’ve noticed that my worm castings that I recently removed from the Worm Inn system dried out in the sun quite fast and revealed a bunch of little purple eggs.
What are these things? After doing a little reading and talking to the dude Bentley over at redwormcomposting.com, I learned that they were worm cocoons. So is this a good thing or a bad thing? I don’t really know. Reproduction is obviously a good thing. However, I’m learning that the cocoons may be worms laying more eggs in response to a dry or unhealthy worm system. They also seem to lurk around the cardboard…but wouldn’t the best place for eggs be inside those corrugated tubes?
My castings seem to harden up in big chunks, and it has to be from the cardboard…I think I’m going to try chilling out on the cardboard for a bit to see if I can make a better end product…I think the worms must be getting bored of eating my cardboard scraps!