Or, the compost can be used as a top dressing for your indoor or outdoor plants. Then water plants as you normally would. Biology of worms Worms can live for about one year in the worm bin. If a worm dies in your bin, you probably will not notice it. New worms are born and others die all the time.
Worms are hermaphrodites, which means they are both male and female at the same time.
In order to mate, they still require two worms. The worms are attached for about 15 minutes while they exchange sperm cells. Several days later, eggs come in contact with the sperm cells and form a cocoon, or egg case. The cocoon separates from the worm, then fertilization takes place. Inside the cocoon, 2-5 baby worms may be found.