Earthworms are dying! String of pearls disease?
by Rolf
(Germany)
Hello,
I have been involved in worm composting for many years now and worked mainly with Eisenia Fetida worms and more recently with Dendrobaena Veneta worms. I hardly ever had problems with my worms and have recycled large amounts of kitchen- garden- and animal waste with the help of my worms. Recently I moved to Germany and ordered 2 batches of worms. I started both batches more or less the same way I had been doing for years now and after just a few days I experienced massive problems with the worms especially the Eisenia fetida's. While I noticed just an occasional Dendorbaena veneta worms being bloated like a long balloon or disfigured mostly around the clitellum, I had massive losses of Tiger worms (Eisenia fetida) with many of them looking like a String of pearls, or parts of there bodies fallen off or completely dissolved.
I've started hundreds of worm farms and raised millions of worms and never experienced similar problems before and my research on the Internet didn't bring much light into the cause of those diseases and deaths of the worms. Many people all over the world have apparently experienced similar problems with their worms but no one had a convincing explanation about the cause and treatment of those diseases?
Many attributed the "String of pearls" effect in worms to "protein poisoning" which didn't satisfactorily explain the situation. In my observations it seems to be clear that the worms are struggling to digest their food properly which could lead to the production of gas inside their bodies and possibly the explosion of some of the worms segments!?
My question is if your earthworm research group has any information about the diseases that the above mentioned earthworms can get and in particular those that I have described. Any assistance from your side could be most useful to thousands of passionate worm composters which I would gladly share on my website free of charge.
I am looking forward to hear from you and any assistance would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards
Stephan Kloppert
Editor of www.worm-compostsing-help.com
Author of
"How to start a profitable worm business on a shoestring budget"
https://www.amazon.com/author/stephan-kloppert
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