Question about earthworms again :D

[Freezekougra]

I made a thread asking about finding earthworms in my backyard a few days ago...
Most people suggested wetting the soil or putting food/some kind of cover and finding them at night. Would I have any success finding 2 or 3 earthworms by just wetting the soil and digging late in the afternoon?

 

[redchaser]

There are spots in my yard that I know the soil is rich in, and I can walk out there with a shovel any time of day or night, turn over a few spades full of dirt and get lots of worms. No watering, cardboard, visquine or anything else.

 

[Freezekougra]

There are spots in my yard that I know the soil is rich in, and I can walk out there with a shovel any time of day or night, turn over a few spades full of dirt and get lots of worms. No watering, cardboard, visquine or anything else.

I asked my mom about finding earthworms before...and she said the neighbors downstairs plant stuff in it and use pee to add nutrients

I'm guessing the soil isn't too rich

 

[Stonefish13]

This is dangerous and I do not recommend doing it but when I was a kid my grandfather used to wet a section of the ground, take a wire coat hanger and bend it straight then stick it in to an extension cord push the hanger into the wet ground and plug it in after a minute or two the worms would come flying out of the ground to avoid the shock. He would unplug it and we would scoop them up and go fishing. He never bought a worm in his life.

 

[KYeasting]

Just put some cardboard over the ground. It seems to get worms to hang around near the surface longer than usual.

 

[Lupin]

Earthworms usually don't like water seeping through the soil so they tend to come out in the open. I see plenty during rainy seasons and take advantage of that to collect as many as I can for my fish. I just pick the smaller ones though as I never liked the idea of chopping big ones even though I had done it before. I was able to find ones reaching 18 inches.lol I just released them after a close look and didn't use them as food for the fish.

 

[badreverend]

This is dangerous and I do not recommend doing it but when I was a kid my grandfather used to wet a section of the ground, take a wire coat hanger and bend it straight then stick it in to an extension cord push the hanger into the wet ground and plug it in after a minute or two the worms would come flying out of the ground to avoid the shock. He would unplug it and we would scoop them up and go fishing. He never bought a worm in his life.

Now youre talking my language- Id say thats pretty ingenious of the old man

 

[Mr.Kiet]

she said the neighbors downstairs plant stuff in it and use pee to add nutrients

I actually know peoples that do this. They say its natural's fertilizer.