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    Does anyone keep worms? I bought one of the Frabil worm habitats and was wondering how well they work. Do you keep them in the fridge? Any suggestions or tips are appreciated.

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    A quick Google search turned up this:

    http://www.frabill.com/worm_care.html

    I've never kept large numbers of nightcrawlers, but those tips seemed to jive with what I've always heard: keep 'em cool, not cold and change the bedding frequently.

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    I keep worms in a plastic storage bin in my garage.Feed them left over food that we don't eat.Thay will eat anything.

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    I keep my worms in my garden. Just wet an area, lay down a 4x8 sheet of plywood and the worms will stay shallow under it as long as its wet.
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    Thanks for the replies. I was really wishing that someone had experience with using the worm habitats or keeping them inside. I think it would be too hot in the garage during the summer.

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    Default We use the Frabill bedding

    We started keeping our leftover red worms in a styrofoam cooler in the cellar with the Frabill bedding last year. I used an awl to punch holes along the side and in the top for ventilation and we feed the Frabill worm food weekly. Pretty soon, we started seeing egg cases and baby worms .Now we have two coolers set up.
    Sometimes I suppliment with diced vegetables and shredded newspapers, but the packaged bedding is great. When we need a few for fishing, we just pick them out and put them in a smaller container or the Frabill wormbox. I feel kinda bad sticking them on a hook, though, now that they're reproducing for us. Well, not that bad. - Roberta
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    Thanks Roberta!

    How often do you change the bedding?

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    Default Rasing Worms

    Hello Blugillin, I started a worm bed last year and have learned a lot through trial and error. I have red worms, I will say one thing they DO NOT like the heat. Once they get over eighty five degees you will lose some fast. Last forth of july I lost half of mine. I was out of town for a couple of days and the temp. got pretty high and when I came home I had lost about half of my worms. I had to put tbem in large storage containers with lids and move them inside. Once the weather cooled down I moved them back outside. I feed them chicken laying mash, bread, any green veg., coffie grounds and crushed egg shells. The crushed egg shells help them digest thier food. I took a small frig. drilled holes in the back of it for drainage and in the door for air and buired it in the ground on it;s back in a cool shady place and filled it with cow mannure. Man I have thousands of red worms now. The soil must be kept moist but not too wet Good luck! and good fishing, Jimmy S.

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    Default Bedding

    I only change the bedding about once a year, once it's so thoroughly composted I can add it to the garden. We do add bedding as it compacts - maybe monthly depending on how many worms are in there. When we changed it out last month, we picked through it very carefully so we wouldn't lose an egg cases or babies.

    I'm getting ready to order 500 redworms from Gurney's garden supply, which means we will go through vegetable scraps and shredded newspaper in a hurry.

    Jimmy's right - they don't take the heat. We keep ours in our cellar (old farm house) where the temp stays fairly constant and the humidity is high. When we take some fishing, we put them inside a cooler so they don't fry in the heat. Good luck!
    Hey, Jimmy - how fine do you crush your egg shells? I put some in once, but then I was afraid the sharp edges would slice through them. - Roberta
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    JimmyS,

    Thanks for the info. I live in town and if I were to go and try to bury a fridge in my back yard the cops would be there pronto. Good idea though.

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