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- Placing narrow strips of 1-2 day old manure along each side of bed.
- Waiting 1-2 days
- Scooping out from the centre of the bed some castings.
- Checking for eggs and worms – these should be very limited.
- Collecting castings from centre of bed.
- Spreading castings to dry.
- When castings clump and crumble, pack into plastic bags with pinprick
holes
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Photo 2. 11. Harvesting of
castings.
source: Basavaiah (2006)
b- Harvesting adult worms is performed according to the following steps:
- Selecting a growing bed.
- Placing narrow strips of 1-2 day old manure inside 70% shade-cloth along
centre of bed.
- Waiting 1-2 days.
- Collecting worms and castings from side walls.
Photo 2. 12.
Harvested adult worms from the
growing beds.
Source: Author