100 is plenty to start with! If you can't keep them outside or in a garage, I suggest using a small Rubbermaid bin that will be easier to keep in your house. You can use dirt but not sand. The soil has to be able to hold moisture without compacting. You can also use cheap bags of organic soil from Walmart or Home depot. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. When I was a little boy, I kept a worm farm in my backyard for fish bait. I used the dirt from outside and threw in table scraps every now and then. It's very easy, no matter which way you choose to go about it.The Flizzle;4890703;4890703 said:
Jumbo Panfish Worms?
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Awesome. Thanks for all the info. I might be headed to Walmart tonight. I hope they have the dirt in stock right now. My local Home Depot and Lowes dont have much of anything for gardens in stock right now. Maybe because its been in the single digits for a while. =)
Just thought of another question. How deep should the soil be? Im going to start with about 100 worms, but I hear in six months that will turn into 5k or so.
Get one at least 6" deep. That way you can fill it up with 3-4" of soil and have a few more inches for air and plenty of room to turn the soil without losing soil in the process. You will raise a lot of worms but remember you will also be taking many out to feed to your fish. I would wait about 2 months before you start harvesting them. That will give the worms time to grow fat and healthy and to reproduce. If you buy 100, separate half in a container to feed to your fish and put the other half in the worm bed. Another trick to is to cut the worms in half. Each half becomes an individual worm in time. This is pretty gross so dividing the numbers is usually the better option.The Flizzle;4890758;4890758 said:
YEAH I THROW BANANA PEELS AND SCRAPS INTO MY DIRT AND TURN IT. I ONLY DO IT IN THE SUMMER AS I USE A SECTION OF WIFEYS FLOWER BED HAHA.
I feed my worm box frozen peas and mixed vegetables. They like corn too plus it helps with moisture retention. Coco peat for soil.
I just got back from Walmart where I bought 90 panfish worms. The enclosure is all set. I have 4" of topsoil and turned it over with a few cut up apples, bananas and peel, and lettuce. I pour the three containers of worms in ..... and they are pathetic. A third of them are dead and the rest are very small ... less than an inch. Im giveing it a go and will tell you how it turns out.
I always open up the containers before I buy them... Last time I was in there I found a couple like your describing, and one that had mold growing in it. It's all relitively clean dirt, just shake it up and check their health.
Will be doing something similar very soon.
Will be doing something similar very soon.
Well, it only takes a few to get started. So don't worry over the dead ones too much. The food you added should be enough to feed them for long while. Good luck.The Flizzle;4892869;4892869 said:
