Garden Worms

[Dendroman]

i have being digging up worms out my garden for my fire sals for a while now and they love them but since we have had all this freezing weather i have had no luck anyone got any tips

[jack14]

this works with me as i catch them to go fishing
pour hot water out of the kettle on the soil wait for 5-15 mins then dig up and there should be some there do this repededly in different places until you have what you need

[Dendroman]

Cheers mate i give it a go

[Ron Magpie]

Next time there are lots about, set up a tub in a cool place (outhouse etc), filled 3/4 full with garden soil, with a thick layer of old leaves or a towel on top. feed them occasionally with a small amount of grass cuttings or used tea leaves once in a while. You can store them this way for months, or even breed them, although the culture does tend to go sour eventually. I used to cover mine with wire screen to keep out mice and so on.

[Dendroman]

Originally Posted by Ron Magpie

Next time there are lots about, set up a tub in a cool place (outhouse etc), filled 3/4 full with garden soil, with a thick layer of old leaves or a towel on top. feed them occasionally with a small amount of grass cuttings or used tea leaves once in a while. You can store them this way for months, or even breed them, although the culture does tend to go sour eventually. I used to cover mine with wire screen to keep out mice and so on.

So how many worms do you need to start a culture and how long doe it take to start off

[Ron Magpie]

This was a while ago, but I started off with about 10 big ones (we were digging over a veg patch at the time, lol), and I started noticing small ones a month or two later. I carried on collecting from the garden mostly- this was a backup for dry or cold weather. After about a year, I started again with fresh soil and all the worms I could pick out- as I said, it got a bit sour after a while, probabaly 'cos it was kept out of the rain, so it didn't get 'flushed' clean. The used soil was good on the veg patch, though!

[Ben W]

worms life cycle is about 3 months approximately, i did all i need and put them in a soil filled plastic dustbin in my garage, every few weeks i take out some of the top layer of soil and replace with fresh, i would say i have about 2-300 worms in there of varing sizes

[tenman]

heh, culture some house spiders as well... my old Fire Sals used to go crazy for them, they'd actually come out during the day if you put a few in the tank, was the only time I ever heard em grunting during the day

[funky1]

You could also just bung a load of regular garden soil in a tub, and leave it for a few weeks - when you go back it should be full of little worms as the garden soil you put in the tub will already have thousands of eggs in it!!!!

[joeyboy]

could always buy a few if your running low...

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