How-To episode for you guys today! In this one I'll show you how I've been breeding and raising my own worms. I don't know about you guys but I spend a lot of money on worms for fishing every month. Not exaggerating when I say I possibly spend $100 a year. I use worms for bait fishing, Bass, and some Catfish species. Since it's so easy and cheap to make a worm breeder box, I decided to try it out and its really paid off only 2 months in. All you need is a container with a lid, preferably one that has latches to keep it closed and prevent your worms from getting out. Some soil, I use Miracle Grow's Nature's Care Organic Potting Mix. And Worms. This $10 investment can really pay off if you do it right.
Some key points to remember to make this project successful is:
1.Make sure your soil is always damp and moist. Worms need moisture to survive and keep happy.
2.Make sure they have plenty of food. I use cricket feed from Petsmart/Petco. $4 and will feed them for months. You can use old vegetables too.
3.Chose your soil wisely. A lot of commercial gardening soils and potting soils have harmful chemicals that will harm and kill your worms.
4. Choose your Worm breed wisely. Some breeds like Canadian Earthworms need to be cold and pretty much refrigerated to stay alive. I use big Red Worms and they do fine in warmer climates.
5.It takes time. This will not happen overnight. It took me a month before I started to notice worm eggs/cocoons and little babies. But once they started to get comfortable my box has cocoons and little worms everywhere. My population of 60 worms to start off has tripled in only a couple months!
Follow those steps and you should be fine. Breeding and raising these guys is not hard. If you find your worm box isn't producing I can guarantee It's because you have one of those 5 points wrong. So hopefully this can help you guys out and save you some money because it sure did for me!!!!
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