Uncle Jim's Worm Farm European Nightcrawlers Composting and Fishing Worms 1 Lb Pack

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Uncle Jim's Worm Farm European Nightcrawlers Composting and Fishing Worms 1 Lb Pack

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A "Can't go Wrong" Worm!
Easy to raise
Grows to 4-5" in length (2 to 5 times bigger then regular red worms and just as active)
Heat and Cold Resistant
Breeds quickly

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THE BEST QUALITY WORMS, PRICES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE! GIVE THEM A TRY FOR GREAT RESULTS!I'm very happy with both Uncle Jim's Worm Farm's service and quality of product! I received a full 1 pound weight of large, nearly fully mature European night crawlers in the best of condition. They actually arrived sooner than expected. I had bought my smaller Red Wiggler composting worms elsewhere online and had to write them due to a large shortage of weight (not dehydration) and get them to send me more. If anything, I think I might have gotten slightly over the promised weight from Uncle Jim's. I looked at buying the same species night crawler from our local bait dealer so they wouldn't have to be shipped, but Uncle Jim's crawlers were much larger than the bait shop's when they arrived and much more economical.I had a couple questions regarding the night crawlers, weight and number of worms, and depth of bedding, etc. so gave them a phone call. A friendly rep took the call right away and answered every question I had. Great for new worm composters!The night crawlers are in a stackable worm compost system (the bright lime green Target Mio because it has deeper trays than the Worm Factory 360 I use for the worms) and they settled right in with no attempts at escape or other issues. I live in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and my composters have to be able to come inside during all of winter and part of fall and spring, and I can't lift huge bins so the systems are both working really well for me. The crawlers seem to be content in it which I was a little bit concerned about prior to receiving them. Both types are doing a great job composting food scraps and paper for me, plus I let the hubby get into the night crawlers for bait occasionally.In summary--if you need composting or bait worms or crawlers, the place to get them is from Uncle Jim's! I won't deal with anyone else now for any future needs!! 5I've got worms!!"I've got worms."I tell people that all the time. The worms are now part of the family. Christmas is ridiculous and remembering all those birthdays is a nightmare, to say the least.I made a liner out of fiberglass window mesh to allow the water to drain away from the herd. It also makes it easy to aerate the soil by pulling up on the mesh instead of digging. Digging could do more damage than good, especially when it cuts worms in half. If you grab the side of the liner and pull it toward the middle of the bin, it will make turning the soil very easy.I think all worm farmers deal with mites; white mites are fine but red mites are very, very bad. I put a piece of bread on top of the soil and remove it after a few days, throwing it in the trash. They mites love it! They also like watermelon rinds too, should you prefer that method. The red mites more or less eat the worms. Not good. 5They Start Small but Given Time they are Giant Catfish KillersMany negative reviews focus on the arrival size of the worms, so please read the vendor's description & instructions closely prior to purchase in order to know what to expect. These worms are dehydrated for shipping, so they will arrive quite small, but full grown they will reach a size ever-so-slightly smaller than a Canadian Night crawler (European Crawlers are the same as an Alabama Jumper if you experience with those). For those looking to save money on fishing bait, these worms will be of fishable size in a couple of weeks, and can eventually provide a self-sustaining population through reproduction. If you plan to start using these worms for bait in less than 5 weeks, I recommend purchasing the 2-lb package in order to prevent fishing out your base population before they have adequate chance to begin the reproductive cycle. Overall, these European Crawlers have proven to be a much better value than trying to purchase Canadian Crawlers or Red Wigglers by the retail unit, and they are much easier to handle than the Wigglers. Below are some tips based on my experience in raising these for bait:1. Arrival Size Many negative reviews focus on the condition of these worms upon arrival. Please read the instructions closely, as the worms have been prepared for efficient shipment and are near dehydration. These worms will not be anywhere near adequate fishing size when they arrive. They will need time to grow. In my experience, (with proper feeding and moisture management) they will be of fishable size in a couple of weeks and within 5 to 8 weeks will be rather large and begin to breed new worms.2. Follow the Directions As mentioned above, the worms are purposefully shipped in an almost dehydrated state. It is imperative that you follow the directions to rehydrate the worms immediately upon receipt. I have received three shipments in total, and have never had any issues with ultimate mortality to date.3. Habitat/Containment Gardening use or compost production would be a totally different scenario than what I describe, as I am producing worms strictly for use as fishing bait. I have found that several different types of containment will work for these worms as the real key is substrate and moisture management. My main containment has been a HDPE (plastic) feed trough for cattle/horses. A containment of this size can sustain quite a population, and given time can be a self-sufficient breeding population without need to restock. The only reason I have had to restock for the upcoming season is due to my own negligence (moved the trough out of the shop and forgot about it for a couple of weeks, so the birds decimated the worm population). If you plan to store outside, you will need some mechanism to protect from birds. Furthermore, these worms are known as Alabama jumpers for a reason, and they will occasionally jump bail come nightfall, so either place a cover/lid on (with adequate ventilation) or put a light above the containment to discourage surfacing. All that being said, they won t leave containment most of the time if temperature, moisture, food, and substrate conditions are favorable.4. Portable Containment After a month or so, I usually have enough big worms to start a couple of satellite containers, as well. Typically, this is a five gallon bucket filled halfway with soil substrate. This makes for easy transport, and they will survive well in a container of this size. I used the same bucket of worms for all my fishing most of last summer, and the bucket still had a surviving population of worms well into winter (until I accidentally killed them all in January by adding dead leaves to the mix). I recommend turning over buckets every couple of weeks by pouring the soil back and forth a couple of times between two buckets. Make sure any lid or covering is adequately ventilated, or humidity in the air will likely condense into the bucket and create conditions that can become overly saturated. By the same token, keeping a moderately ventilated lid over the bucket will produce some condensation in humid weather and reduce the frequency of watering needed.5. Substrate The best mixture I have found so far is a mixture of highly organic soil (such as potting soil without fertilizer), natural topsoil, shredded (brown) packaging paper, and a tiny amount of sand. Europeans supposedly prefer dense soil types such as clay loam, but I found that they will thrive in the above mixture and it remains workable. (The addition of sand is not for the worms, but instead keeps the soil in a very workable texture so that retrieving worms and turning over the bed is easier.) These worms will compost, but I do not recommend the addition of leaves or grass clippings to the substrate in a small container. I made the mistake of adding dry leaves to a 5-gallon container this winter, and within a couple of days the entire bucket had turned septic and all the worms had died. My best guess is that the tannic acid from the decaying leaves caused a quick and drastic change in soil pH, which killed a portion of the population, which then quickly caused anaerobic conditions in the saturated lower portion of the container which quickly killed the remaining worms.6. Food The best quick and easy food seems to be unsalted corn meal. Apparently, no one advertises corn meal as unsalted any more, so you just have to read the ingredients on the label. Aunt Jemimiah brand has an unsalted version. (Do not use salted corn meal, as the salt content will eventually be fatal for the worms.) Corn meal is convenient, and it does not have any odor associated with it (unlike feeding scraps). Fruit and vegetable scraps are also viable foods (banana peels & corn husks work great), but they will attract insects and can produce odor. If you utilize fruit and vegetable scraps, mix the scraps into the soil and do not leave them directly on the surface to reduce insect attraction. Never use any meats or meat containing products such as dog/cat food. I also occasionally add finely shredded packaging paper, which has limited nutritional content but does provide a slower decomposing food source which enhances the soil substrate. I use unadulterated brown packaging paper, since it does not contain bleaching chemical remnants or dyes as newspaper or copy paper would. It also works better than corrugated cardboard packaging remnants, since the loose packing paper does not have glue joints like cardboard.7. Calcium - The addition of washed, finely crushed egg shells can help with breeding success rates. Earthworms need Calcium to produce their egg sacs, so if the soil substrate is Ca deficient, then an additional Ca source will be necessary.8. Moisture Management Maintaining adequate moisture in the soil substrate is paramount. Most sources claim that these worms can tolerate extremely saturated soil conditions. In my experience, over saturated is definitely better than under saturated, but I would be careful with over watering, as well. In containment, whenever I have gotten too much water in the soil, they tend to start migrating out of containment. That said, however, under watering the substrate is fatal. Adding just enough water to give the soil a moist appearance is usually plenty. I typically add 4 or 5 oz to the 5 gallon bucket containers every 3 or 4 days. Unchlorinated or de-chlorinated water works much better than chlorinated tap water. Chlorine will evaporate from tap water if left out, so if city water is your only source, just fill the watering can up a day prior to using it for watering the worms. Putting a lid on the worm bucket will reduce needed watering frequency, but the accumulated condensation can also lead to overly saturated conditions during extremely humid weather, so ensure the lid is somewhat ventilated.9. Temperature These are not Canadian Night Crawlers, and do not like extremely cool conditions. Those who fish Canadian crawlers know that they must be kept cold in a cooler or refrigerator to survive. These Europeans thrive in temperate conditions similar to soil conditions in the mid latitude U.S. (soil temperatures in the mid-South are usually above 50 degrees for most of the year). They don t really like either extreme of temperature. If you place them in the refrigerator or cooler, they will usually survive for several days, but they become extremely lethargic and certainly will not grow under those temperature conditions. Keep this in mind when carrying them in the boat during fishing trips, as if you need an extremely lively worm for you target species, then you will not want to keep them in an iced cooler. That being said, they cannot survive in small containers in direct sunlight or extreme heat for long, so in these conditions they will need to be transported in a cooler or at least shaded. For long term storage, they will grow and thrive best around room temperature or slightly lower. Storing in a basement, shop, or crawl space under the house works best.10. Compatibility with Other Worms I have found that these European Crawlers can co-exist with Red Wigglers in the same container bed. I originally worried about whether European Crawlers would reproduce well enough to keep a self-sustaining population, so with my initial order, I ordered 1-lb of Red Wigglers as well. (Through previous experience, I knew the Wigglers would reproduce well in captivity). As mentioned earlier, this was totally unnecessary as the Europeans (if given time) demonstrated sustainable reproductive rates. I no longer mix the two species, simply because the size of the European is far more convenient for handling purposes. The Red Wiggler is essentially only useful for small pan fish, whereas the European Crawler is plenty big for Catfish or Black Bass and can be cut up for smaller pan fish species. I did want to mention the compatibility of the two worm species, however, for those fisherman who want varying bait sizes. 5European NightcrawlersI ordered this 1lb pack of European Nightcrawlers and when the package first arrived, it looked like the other package in the box...they all looked alike! I had ordered the Red Wigglers as well and both packages looked like red wigglers! I thought an error in shipping had occurred. I notified the seller and they explained that baby nightcrawlers resemble adult red wigglers as they are of similar family backgrounds. I went to my worm farm and pawed around some. Sure enough, the night crawlers had grown so much in a week that they now resemble the night crawlers I know. Good information for anyone to know. I intend to grow the night crawlers for my own fishing pleasure (they are so expensive to buy by the dozen! We may sell some locally after a winter's reproduction. Or we may mix them with the red wigglers as these night crawlers have voracious appetites! They arrived in perfect condition, every one of them wiggling and healthy. Thank you! 5Too Bad They Didn't Come Wearing Capes, But Still WonderfulI bought these after preparing my garden for fall, which involved turning over a ton of dirt. The kiddies are obsessed with worms - in a good way, not in a fry-them-with-a-magnifying-glass kind of way, so you can imagine their disappointment when I only found two in the whole garden. The girl child said about her single nightcrawler: "I love worm! I want to kiss him" And then "I want see more!" It got me thinking maybe I should get some more, maybe worms would be a good adjustment for my garden. So, I bought these guys. Oh my, imagine the fun! I mean, we watered the garden a bit, and then the kids and I sprinkled our new friends about. In a minute flat, they were gone, tunneling down to their "house" as my kids put it.I saw one review that said the worms were DOA, and the seller includes an instruction sheet that says the worms might be skinny and in need of water/food/dirt (so get them in the ground fast). We had no such problems. Ours came priority mail, and we took a full day to open them. Then, we weren't ready to put them in, so they sat in the bag another day and a half. Now, three did escape from the bag on the dining room table and journey about fifteen feet across carpet and into the kitchen (imagine!). Two we rescued; the other was lost during his trip. Poor guy. 5Happy worms, happy life!This review is for Uncle Jim's Worm Farm European Nightcrawlers (1 lb., about 600 worms). I don't think there was quite 600 worms but I didn't count. And they where pretty puny due to shipping. As far as I can tell they where all alive and really got going once I added the 1/2 cup water to start the rehydration process. I will say I spent a good while making my DIY worm bin absolutely perfect for them. Nice and moist. With minerals and a dry food mix. I did have a light on them that first night. Once I noticed that all have moved under the soil I put some wetted down packing paper over them and put the lid on. I added some mashed up fruits and veggies I had mashed up (and with chunks) that I had frozen. I let it thaw dug up a small hole added some after it thawed on the 2nd day. Then reburied it. Wetted down the packaging paper again. Replaced. Snapped on lid. 4 days later. No escapes. So I checked on them. They are definitely fattening up! Alive and active. They where attacking the area where the wet food was. But they are taking advantage of the entire bin. I believe they love the DE and Azomite too! Happy worms, happy life! Thanks Uncle Jim! I love my little army! 5Deep soil love!Once again Uncle Jim comes through! Now that my red wrigglers have had a year to spread, I m adding these beasties to my garden worm towers! All the night crawlers were happily squirming around, and now they ve been dumped into a worm tower full of food scraps! I can t wait for fall to find 10 worms cultivating my soil! Thanks again Uncle Jim!!! 5All arrived healthy and they're multiplyingOn time shipping and all worms were healthy and alive. It's been years since I would see worms on my driveway after a rain which is how I knew I didn't have any in my yard anymore for some reason. Now just 2 months later after putting the worms in the yard they've multiplied and made their way close enough to the driveway that they came out during the rain. Not exactly what I wanted but it's a good indicator that they're thriving. I would buy from Uncle Jim's again, I got these for soil aeration and a natural poop fertilizer.Update: now it's been 6 months and a snowy, frozen winter. I still see worms on the driveway during heavy rain. I'm fully satisfied that I got what I paid for and hopefully my grass thanks me during the summer. 5Euro's reproducing like crazy!I ordered 1lb of Euros to raise for fishing. They arrived within a couple days of shipping and were extremely lively and ready to be out in their new home. Even though I made the mistake of using mostly organic soil (along with peat moss, newspaper, cardboard) as bedding they have thrived like crazy in it! Almost 3 months have passed and I have doubled and probably even tripled the amount of worms I started with. The adults have reached a great fishing size (with help of corn meal) plus there are TONS of cocoons and baby worms are EVERYWHERE. I'm extremely happy with this purchase and recommend them to anyone looking for worms to raise for fishing and/or composting!UPDATE- 4.5yrs later since I bought these little boogers, they just keep on thriving and now I need 2 large tubs to keep them! Sadly, I got lazy/busy last year and didn't feed them for 6 months, they just had the newspaper in their bin. Lost a good bit of the little guys and the rest were thin/lethargic BUT but as soon as fed them they plumped up and was back to normal in days. 2 months later and I literally can't believe how much they've multilpied!!!! SO. MUCH. WORM. POOP. GARDEN. GOLD.Don't get angry if you're accidently shorted on your order (I've read some people were) . They will exploded in numbers in no time and it won't matter.Thanks Uncle Jim!!!! 5Good review for a good product2 days after getting these European Night crawlers in the mail they were flopping around like fish out of water when I raised the lid of my indoor composter to check on them. Full of vitality and I couldn't be happier about their health. It gets pretty hot in Northern CA where I live too and they survived that trip during some hot days/ so I'm impressed. My well-established worm bin has had only red wigglers in there up to now since I started it about 8 months ago. The seller confirmed the 2 breeds can live in the same bin together, etc. I wanted to add these guys because the red wigglers cannot break down heavier food scraps. I wanted to both reduce the amount of work I was putting into the care of the worms and get more worm castings out of them at the same time. So far, so good! Now instead of cutting up my kitchen scraps or pureeing them in a blender I just dump whatever scraps I have in there whole and the worms go at it! Another observation: also when I opened the bin after 2 days I saw a HUGE increase in the amount of worm castings that were in there. There was ALOT of food in there but they had turned about 1/3 of it into pure black, rich castings in just that short amount of time. It looked the same as any expensive potting soil I've ever used. Good review for a good product. 5

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