Originally Posted by
Techno2000
About 5 month ago I bought 2 pounds of Louisiana swamp worms to try and raise. I used Majestic Earth peat moss and Black kow from Lowes .So far my worms look super healthy and eat a lot . I keep them indoors, but... I to, i'm a little disappointed with reproduction.
When the premier peat moss killed my LSW I decided not to start over with them. I too noticed their slow, fickle breeding.
Just straight black kow, with no peat, will get you better results.
Also adding ground alfalfa pellets as a feed.
But they are too fickle for me to justify raising in bulk anymore. The demand for red wigglers is greater than it's ever been.
Probably the reason there's only one LSW breeder now, is due to this strain stopping reproduction for no valid reason... This worm has been sold to many farmers but only one has been able to produce them in bulk for the market. And even he can't produce very many and is always sold out.
Commercial worm farmer, but presently sold out until further notice.