worms

[acabtp]

i don't have luck storing collected worms in the fridge. then again, i keep mine set at about 34°.

canadian nightcrawlers do fine at that temperature, but the red worms i collect i just keep in the basement where it's between 50 and 60 year round.

[Billfish715]

Buss Bedding work extremely well for nightcrawlers. A guy from the Pine Brook area used to sell worms on Rt. 46. He packaged his worms in Buss Bedding and stored them in a refrigerator. The earthworms never kept well in Buss Bedding. They dried up. Most of those worms are kept in commercial topsoil which keeps them a little longer but you can't keep too many in one container. For what it's worth, I've always done better with crawlers and baby crawlers. The leftover worms can be repackaged and refrigerated to be used later.

[tycomps]

Originally Posted by acabtp

i don't have luck storing collected worms in the fridge. then again, i keep mine set at about 34°.

canadian nightcrawlers do fine at that temperature, but the red worms i collect i just keep in the basement where it's between 50 and 60 year round.

went to check my stock last night and it turns out my son hit the "colder" dial again on the fridge! looks like I'll be hittin the leafpile tomorrow