Thread: Worms

Originally Posted by jigdancer

Bamafan, what do you do about ants? If you keep it moist, does that keep the ants away.?

I do have ants periodically. I use seven dust around the bed. I use Amdro in the bed itself. The next time I feed them the ants are always gone and the worms are just fine.

Originally Posted by kygorski

Thats a good set up, where I went wrong was I didn't anticipate ants, they took the bed over in no time, my second shot worked a little better, I used 4X4 and raised the bed off the ground, but first I uswed coffee cans filled with water to put the legs in, this drowned most of the pesky ants, but the heat and dry weather made it a chore, switched to meal worms.

it is definetly a chore to keep up with the bed. Sometimes I just dread having to feed them or keep up with keeping the bed moist. It is like making jigs, you take pleasure in catching fish on something you made or raised! I have had the bed for 4yrs now and just changed out the dirt, I will keep it up as long as I am physically able.

Thosde things are really pesky,my coffee cans worked pretty good, with ouit using any ant poison, but still the watering and then the yellow jackets, and all the hassle, just wasn't worth it. Meal worms are cheap, and not as messy, at my age I just dont need any more chores, besidesmy wife has plenty of things she wishes I would do with my time, no man can serve two masters, I may not get much at home, but I make up for it at the lake lol