My worms.

[Yinn]

Good morning everyone. 

 

Earthworms are hermaphrodites; that is, they have both male and female sexual organs. Earthworms have one or two pairs of testes contained within sacs.

A hermaphrodite is an organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes normally associated with both male and female sexes.

 

 

[Yinn]

This is one of my worm.

Name is Jingthing.

[sirineou]

5 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Good morning everyone. 

 

Earthworms are hermaphrodites; that is, they have both male and female sexual organs. Earthworms have one or two pairs of testes contained within sacs.

A hermaphrodite is an organism that has complete or partial reproductive organs and produces gametes normally associated with both male and female sexes.

 

 

That's why they never got anywhere in the evolutionary scale. While we were busy trying to get lucky, they were busy getting busy with themselves. 

Below is the theme song for evolution

 

[Yinn]

From the time it emerges from its cocoon to the day it dies, an earthworm's life expectancy can vary widely, depending on the species.

 

The night crawler has an average life span between six to nine years and has been reported to live up to 20

 

 Red worms typically live between two and five years

 

Gray worms, which spend their entire lives beneath the soil surface, tend to live between 1.25 and 2.6 years on average

[Yinn]

This is Mook.

She very curious about the worm farm. 

Everyday come to check.

 

 

[Yinn]

Tran Sam come to the worm farm today from the swamp.

My friend know about the monitor lizard. 

 

He confirm Tran Sam is a girl.

 

 

[Yinn]

 

Have disspointment. Really. 

 

TESCO promise will have paper bag 2020.

 Good for my worm. Good for nature. Sea animal not die if eat paper bag.

 

My friend arrive now. Say Tesco not have paper bag. Is plastic. Just sell this one 5 baht.

????

 

 

 

 

[Yinn]

On 11/2/2019 at 10:23 AM, jollyhangmon said:

Yeah, looking good so far.

Just keep an eye out for two-headed worms ... 

Ok. Have lot of rubbish. 

Time to feed the worm again

 

some of the jackfruit is mould. Think the worm not eat mould.

 

 

[Yinn]

On 11/2/2019 at 10:32 AM, Moonlover said:

Very interesting. Kudos to the O/P for his curiosity. Thanks for posting this @Yinn

 

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This jackfruit tree have to many fruits. If want to grow to eat. Better take off the small one. The big one will be better.

 

So will cut off and feed the worm, mix with the rubbish.

 

 

[Yinn]

Ok, @Gracas  @Hank Gunn @otherstuff1957 @grollies @Genmai @snowballthecat @Familyonthemove @toofarnorth @jollyhangmon 

 

Worm Update

 

Good news today, still have many termite. But 100+ baby worm. So many.

 

 

[Just Weird]

On 11/2/2019 at 9:53 AM, Yinn said:

Have the new eco takeaway container.

They biodegradable.

Not need to burn. No air pollution. Just feed it to the pet worm. 

I do this one to show it. I just put half in, to see it work how. 

 

It take 10 day for my worms to eat it.

What makes you think it's the worms doing that?  The containers are bio-degradable, as is everything else that you bury, of course that will happen, that's the point!  

 

Where your worms live there is more than enough natural food that worms actually eat, i.e. decaying plant and animal matter, why would they choose to eat your food containers?

Edited December 29, 2019 by Just Weird

[Yinn]

39 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

What makes you think it's the worms doing that?  The containers are bio-degradable, as is everything else that you bury, of course that will happen, that's the point!  

 

Where your worms live there is more than enough natural food that worms actually eat, i.e. decaying plant and animal matter, why would they choose to eat your food containers?

Not really.

the soil before have no worm. Sandy.

 

Now is black color, lot of life.

 Can see this photo. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Yinn]

Ok, the palm leaf, worm slow to eat.

maybe take 2-3 week.

 

[Yinn]

Give the jackfruit and rubbish.

check again one week.

 

 

[Just Weird]

13 minutes ago, Yinn said:

55 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

What makes you think it's the worms doing that?  The containers are bio-degradable, as is everything else that you bury, of course that will happen, that's the point!  

 

Where your worms live there is more than enough natural food that worms actually eat, i.e. decaying plant and animal matter, why would they choose to eat your food containers?

Not really.

the soil before have no worm. Sandy.

 

Now is black color, lot of life.

The dark soil is where you have turned it over and added plant matter.  The soil patch right next to it would be the same colour if you dug it over and filled it with organic waste also! 

 

Where do you think that the worms came from?  They came from the surrounding soil, obviously! 

[toofarnorth]

Vote for Yinn , she knows more about your worms than you do !

[khunken]

Just discovered this thread and find it very interesting.

 

Yinn you are avery enterprising lady and you have added your knowledge, wit and time to the Thaivisa forum.

 

A very happy and ecologically prosperous new year to you.

[jollyhangmon]

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

Ok, @Gracas  @Hank Gunn @otherstuff1957 @grollies @Genmai @snowballthecat @Familyonthemove @toofarnorth @jollyhangmon 

 

Worm Update

 

Good news today, still have many termite. But 100+ baby worm. So many.

 

 

 

... excellent, that's great news, just keep an eye on the offspring ... because if the babies are healthy (only one head, etc.) and remain so then maybe we all should switch to eat the bio food containers and throw away the food instead, might be healthier, 555 ...

 

Only half-kidding though ...

[Yinn]

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

The dark soil is where you have turned it over and added plant matter.  The soil patch right next to it would be the same colour if you dug it over and filled it with organic waste also! 

 

Where do you think that the worms came from?  They came from the surrounding soil, obviously! 

No, really you wrong. 

The soil have tin mining before. I got the worm from near the lake.

Before have no worm in that sand soil. 

I will take photo tomorrow and show you.. 

 

The black soil have lot of life now. The sandy soil not.

 

show you tomorrow.

 

ps the main point of this story not my worm

is about now have less plastic and foam 

 

people talk about the worm a lot.

so update

[otherstuff1957]

Actually worms play a very important role in creating healthy soil.  They aerate the soil, breakup dead organic matter and add nutrients.  The healthy black soil in Yinn's pictures is typical of worm castings. 

 

When I teach my students about soil formation next year (we already finished that chapter this year), I'll have them get two identical tubs of dirt and add worms to one, but not the other.  Unless one of the maids cleans up the experiment, as occasionally happens, the wormy soil should be darker and richer than the other.

 

And now for a bit of earthworm romance:

 

 

I'll name one NCC1701A and the other Yinn!  ????

 

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by otherstuff1957

[Yinn]

39 minutes ago, otherstuff1957 said:

Actually worms play a very important role in creating healthy soil.  They aerate the soil, breakup dead organic matter and add nutrients.  The healthy black soil in Yinn's pictures is typical of worm castings. 

 

When I teach my students about soil formation next year (we already finished that chapter this year), I'll have them get two identical tubs of dirt and add worms to one, but not the other.  Unless one of the maids cleans up the experiment, as occasionally happens, the wormy soil should be darker and richer than the other.

 

And now for a bit of earthworm romance:

 

 

I'll name one NCC1701A and the other Yinn!  ????

 

 

I will take photo again tomorrow.

 

Show the different way.

 

The worm soil have a lot of live. 

 

thankyou

[Yinn]

On 12/29/2019 at 3:33 PM, Just Weird said:

What makes you think it's the worms doing that?  The containers are bio-degradable, as is everything else that you bury, of course that will happen, that's the point!  

 

Where your worms live there is more than enough natural food that worms actually eat, i.e. decaying plant and animal matter, why would they choose to eat your food containers?

Ok, I took more photo for you.

 

Before we have tin mine. It bad for the soil.

 

I dig a small hole. Is no life.

 

[Yinn]

Where I do the worm have so much life, 3 species ant, termite, worm, dakaap, many different. Butterfly also everyday. Transam the monitor lizard, this bird in photo and many other bird everyday. 

 

And the puppy.

[Just Weird]

6 hours ago, Yinn said:

Ok, I took more photo for you.

 

Before we have tin mine. It bad for the soil.

 

I dig a small hole. Is no life.

 

What do you mean "there is no life", can't you see the plants growing there in your picture?  And just because there are no worms evident in the small cavity you dug does not mean that there aren't any out of sight!

 

It's amazing that you seem to think that soil that has been made "no good by tin mining" can be made wonderful again by the addition of your old food containers and a handful of worms.   If the soil was that bad the worms that you introduced there wouldn't stay regardless of your degradable trash.

[amykat]

On 12/24/2019 at 11:34 PM, Yinn said:

Most morning this lizard come visit my worm.

 

we call him transam

 

 

I wonder who is WE?  You discuss Transam with someone else who knows him and reads TV???  And then laugh ....right?  No Thai person will care or get it.  Congratulations on your win by the way, I was waiting for that to finish before asking this ....

[Yinn]

Worm update.

 

photo 4

the rubbish, leaf and jackfruit Dec 31 worm eat already.

But the palm leaf, the worm not finish yet. Dissapointing about that. 

I really want worm to eat the palm leaf. Because have so much.

 

photo 1

add more jackfruit. Vitamin

 

photo 2

rubbish and leaf. Fiber 

 

photo 3

put the worm cover it again. 

 

Photo 5 and 6.

Nice air in Ranong. Blue sky. 

 

It rain this week, but if not rain 3 days I will add water. The worm not like dry.

Edited January 21, 2020 by Yinn

[Yinn]

Everyone like have worm!!

 

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